| Max |
2.11.40 |
After defeating England |
The attack is expected from two flanks. Flanking from the north
(Finland) and from the Balkan Peninsula. He doesn't talk about
reasons.
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| Skornyakov VAT |
12.25.40 |
Spring of 1941 |
Anonymous. The offensive plan: from Lublin along the Pripyat
River to Kiev; from Romania - between Yasen and Bukovina to
Teterev; from East Prussia
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| Vkh.891ss (1 det.) |
15.2.41 |
In 2-3 months |
Germany does not have food and therefore seeks to seize the
Ukraine. The attack will take place through Romania.
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| Vkh.0356ss O VS |
6.3.41 |
After defeating Greece |
The Military Attache of Czechoslovakia Smakovich is convinced that the capture
of Greece precedes the attack on the USSR. The exit of the Germans
to the Dardanelles is an act against the USSR.
|
| A.G. |
February 1941 |
After signing peace with England
|
The USSR will be fully prepared for war in 1942, and Germany may
be exhausted by this time.
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| Alta |
17.1.41 |
In the spring of 1941 |
The Aryan said that the war with the USSR was not just rumors,
but Hitler's order, which is known to a limited circle of
people involved in preparing for a war against the USSR.
|
| Doj |
17.1.41 |
March 1941 |
It is said in military and diplomatic circles that after the
defeat of England or conclusion of peace with her, the USSR
will be Germany's closest enemy.
|
| Khlopov, mil. attache assistant |
8.1.41 |
|
An assistant to the American mil. attache in Germany, in a conversation
with our assistant to the mil. attache, said: “We now have
information from very reliable sources that Germany is preparing
to start a war against the USSR. The exact date is not indicated,
but it is emphasized that the information is reliable.
|
| Vkh.751ss (1 det) |
7.2.41 |
In the spring of 1941 |
The Aryan repeats once again that in the spring there will be a
clash between Germany and the USSR. It is believed in military
circles and the Foreign Office that the war will bring about the
end of the National Socialist regime.
|
| Savva |
26.2.41 |
|
German troops in Romania are intended for action against the USSR
... The flow of "tourists" to Finland and military
transports to Slovakia and Galicia (mechanized units) has
increased.
|
| Dixon, mil.attache |
2.3.41 |
|
The envoy in Belgrade was informed at the Foreign Office that the
Nazi Party and the army had agreed on the expediency of launching
an offensive against the USSR soon. The envoy assesses it as
German propaganda fabricated for the Balkan governments.
|
| Sophocles, mil.attache |
9.3.41 |
April - May |
It is known from the Minister of the Court in Belgrade that the
German General Staff has refused to attack the English Isles. The
immediate task was set - the capture of Ukraine and Baku. Hungary,
Romania and Bulgaria are now preparing for this.
|
| Yeshchenko (1 division) |
15.3.41 |
In 3 months |
Lawyer Sakar said that the Germans allegedly have completely changed
their plan and are going to attack the USSR. We, the Germans say,
will take grain, coal and oil from the USSR. The main headquarters
of the Romanian army, together with the Germans, is developing a
plan for a war against the USSR.
|
| Savva, mil.attache |
22.3.41 |
|
According to officials of the Ministry of Trade, on March 20 the
Germans issued a secret order to suspend the fulfillment of orders
for the USSR by the industry of the Protectorate. The attache of
the Yugoslav trade agency Tserovych showed the stamps of the
Ukrainian People's Republic.
|
| Yeshchenko (1 det.) |
24.3.41 |
May 1941 |
ABC data: when Antonescu met with Goering, they discussed the
role of Romania in the upcoming war with the USSR. Rumors about
the inevitability of war are widespread in Berlin. It is asserted
here that the Red Army is weak, that an invasion as far as Moscow
and the Urals will not present any difficulties for the Germans.
If there is a war, England will not help the USSR. At present, a
huge amount of weapons is being transferred from France to the
border with the USSR.
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| Savva, mil.attache |
24.3.41 |
April 14, 1941 |
According to unverified information, the deadline for speaking
out against the USSR is April 15. The termination of our orders in
the Protectorate is confirmed.
|
| Bart (1 division) |
24.3.41 |
|
Here they openly talk about the war with the USSR. The conscripts move towards our border. Recently, people under the age of 50 are conscripted. New troops arrive in Koenigsberg from the West.
|
| Tomasz (1 det.) |
24.3.41 |
April 15, 1941 |
Over the past week and a half, the masters are
brazenly pursuing. Instructions were received to delay the
shipment of equipment on orders from the USSR. By April 15, the
question of the German campaign to the East must be finally
decided.
|
| Tomasz (1 det.) |
26.3.41 |
|
The acceptance of all cargoes to Peremyshl was stopped, with the
exception of equipment, food and fodder. They confirmed from
another source the preparation of the German campaign to the
East.
|
| Yeshchenko (1 det) |
25.3.41. |
|
On March 24, Antonescu had a meeting at which the latter offered
his services to fight against the USSR. German officer Herbert
said: “Reds are dogs. Soon we will have an account with
them. We will take Ukraine away from them.”
|
| Yeshchenko (1 det.) |
25.3.41 |
May |
ABC: "Hoffmann said that he had a conversation with
Antonescu a few days ago, who said that back in January of this
year he was privy to the German war plan against the
USSR."
|
| Yeshchenko (1 det.) |
25.3.41 |
May |
The USSR is the behind-the-scenes enemy of Germany.
The USSR is trying with all its might to prolong the war, and
there is a danger that the advance of the German armies to the
southeast will be subjected to a flank attack by the Red
Army.
The food crisis is forcing Ukraine to be taken away. The main
reason for the war is the possibility of the USSR joining England.
|
| Yeshchenko (1 det.) |
26.3.41 |
After 2-3 months |
The Romanian General Staff has accurate information that 80
divisions are being prepared on the territory of East Prussia and
Poland for an offensive against the Ukraine. At the same time, the
Germans will also enter the Balkan countries, where they hope to
raise an uprising against the USSR. The Romanians intend to
participate together with the Germans in the war against the USSR
in order to get Bessarabia.
|
| Arnold |
27.3.41 |
May - August 1941 |
Romanian conveyed to Yugoslavia that Germany would oppose the
USSR, if not in May, then in August 1941.
|
| Yuri (Tokyo) |
25.3.41 |
|
The German offensive against England may fail. In this case,
there is a second plan of attack in the Middle East. Germany will
not reckon with the USSR, since the Red Army has demonstrated its
weakness in Poland and Finland.
|
| Maro |
27.3.41 |
|
The grouping of troops created by the Germans in the Balkans is
directed mainly against Ukraine, which should become the food and
oil base of Germany in the event of a protracted war with
England.
|
| Skornyakov |
11.3.41 |
Within 4-6 months |
Assessment of the situation by the Chinese mil.attache: “1. An
invasion of England is now presented as a very difficult
undertaking.
2. The Red Army does not have sufficient combat capability.
3. The Russians do not have any plan for a broad offensive
against Germany, and their opposition will be reduced to holding
back the German offensive.
|
| Doj |
First half of March 1941 |
War between Germany and USSR is inevitable
|
Hitler justifies the plan to seize the Ukraine with the following
motives: The creation of a 50 million Ukrainian state would solve
the problem of feeding Europe. This plan is supported by
Hitler's adherents - the old National Socialists.
1. The military does not approve of such a plan, as this will
lead to a bloody war, which will end in no one knows how.
2. Some reliability of the existence of such a plan is confirmed
by the support of the Ukrainians in the General Government.
|
| Khlopov, vkh. 1651 |
13.3.41 |
|
Statement by mil.attache Sweden: "The danger of a German attack on the USSR
is growing: the transfer of German troops to the border of the
USSR continues. Propaganda against the USSR intensifies in
Germany. Contradictions between Germany and the USSR on the Balkan
question are escalating."
|
| Likhterov, vkh. 1590 |
12.2.41 |
|
The press officer of the Romanian embassy in Budapest said that
he had spoken to a prominent German officer who said that if
Germany needed oil during the war, she would extract it by force
from the Soviet Union. The war of Germany against the USSR is
inevitable.
|
| Mars |
4.3.41 |
|
A high-ranking Hungarian official heard from German officers that
already this year Germany would oppose the USSR.
|
| Yeshchenko |
12.3.41 |
|
It was planned to transfer the Germans to Bulgaria on February
27-28, 1941, but there was an order from Berlin that part of the
troops that were scheduled for transfer to Bulgaria should be sent
to Moldova. There is a large concentration of Germans in Moldova
and Bukovina. In German circles they say: "We will defend
Romania and Bulgaria from England and the USSR."
|
| Yeshchenko |
24.3.41 |
May 1941 |
During the meeting between Antonescu and Goering in Vienna, the
question of the role of Romania in the upcoming war of Germany
against the USSR was discussed. Goering gave Antonescu a number of
instructions to coordinate the plan for the mobilization of the
Romanian armies with the plans for the mobilization of the German
army, referring to the general plan for the war with the USSR. It
is believed that the war should begin in May 1941.
|
| Yeshchenko |
26.3.41 |
|
There are rumors of an upcoming conflict between Germany and the
USSR. Antonescu, when visiting Berlin on January 1, 1941, was
personally privy to the German war plan against the USSR, and this
was discussed in detail when Antonescu met Goering in
Vienna.
|
| Yeshchenko |
26.3.41 |
After 2-3 months |
Germany is expected to attack Ukraine in 2-3 months, at the same
time the Baltic countries will act, where the Germans expect an
uprising against the USSR.
|
| Alta |
25.3.41 |
Between May 15 and June 15, 1941 |
To secure his food base and maintain his authority, Hitler would
oppose the USSR. Facts to support this:
120 divisions are concentrated in Poland.
Western airfields in Poland are occupied by bomber
squadrons.
There is an intensive construction of air defense facilities in
the East of Germany. Three army groups are formed:
a) under the command of Field Marshals Bock, Rundstedt and Ritter
von Leeb;
b) the 1st army group "Kenigsberg" is moving in the
direction of Leningrad;
The 2nd Army Group is moving towards Moscow;
The 3rd Army Group "Posen" is moving in the direction
of Kiev.
|
| "X" |
5.2.41 |
After the end of the war with England |
1. On the border with the USSR there is such a number of German
troops that is more than necessary to protect the border.
2. Immediately after the war with France, Hitler gave the order
to build eastern fortifications.
3. In the eastern cities of Germany, an enhanced installation of
air defense systems is underway ...
|
| "X" |
27.3.41 |
|
In early March, a press conference was convened in Berlin, at
which Hitler forbade writing anything about the USSR. Hitler
declared that not everything was in order with regard to the
friendship treaty with the USSR, and that public opinion should be
prepared regarding a change in Germany's policy towards the
USSR. In the circles of the NSDAP, the opinion prevails that if
Germany does not achieve a decisive victory over England in the
near future, then Germany will oppose the USSR in order to seize
Ukraine. Others believe that Germany should oppose the USSR in
June.
|
| "X" |
5.4.41 |
May 15-June 15, 1941 |
Government adviser Thode from the German Ministry of Economy
declared that the most responsible circles in Berlin were
convinced of the impending war against the USSR. The dates are
called May 15, 1941, but due to the events in the Balkans, the
speech was postponed to June 15, 1941. Berlin circles believe that
the Red Army is easy to defeat, since it has concentrated its main
forces on the central sector of the front. The Germans are going
to drive several wedges into these units in the south and north,
driving them into a hollow, and prepare the second Kutno. The
initial attacks will be made in the south and in the north.
|
| "X" |
17.4.41 |
|
At present, the majority of German representatives of firms,
frightened by persistent rumors about the upcoming war with the
USSR, have left Moscow. Judging by the ongoing preparations (the
concentration of troops in the east, especially in East Prussia),
a war with the USSR is not excluded in the very near future. Up to
100 divisions are concentrated on the borders with the USSR.
|
| "X" |
29.4.41 |
|
Schulenburg was not accepted by Ribbentrop. Only on April 23,
1941, Hitler suddenly summoned him. Timm, a correspondent for
German newspapers, was given the task of urgently reporting about the
quality of the Moscow-Minsk highway. Colonel Krippe stated that the
Germans expect to carry out the entire operation against the USSR
up to the occupation of Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev and Odessa in a
maximum of 4 weeks. The Hitlerites are quite openly preparing
German public opinion for a war against the USSR.
|
| "X" |
29.4.41 |
In 6 weeks |
Schulenburg was not received by either Hitler or Ribbentrop,
which is analogous to the position of the German ambassador Moltke
in Warsaw, who was summoned to Berlin six weeks before the start
of the German attack on Poland. Hitler's refusal to accept
Schulenburg means that the question of war with the USSR is
finally resolved.
|
| "X" |
29.4.41. |
15 May 1941 |
The Germans intend to transfer all the rubber from Asia to
Germany before May 15, 1941, or leave it in Asia altogether.
Embassy employees urgently send valuables to Berlin.
|
| "X" |
7.5.41 |
June 1941 |
Göring's adjutant reported that the adventure with the
concentration of German troops in the east had gone over the edge
and threatened with serious consequences for Germany. The High
Command gave the order to complete the preparation of the theater
of war and the concentration of troops in the East by June 2. The
number of troops after concentration: East Prussia - 2 million,
former Poland - 3 million, Romania, Hungary and the Balkans - 2
million. Thus, up to 7 million troops should be concentrated
against the USSR.
|
| "X" |
7.5.41 |
June 2, 1941 |
The war with the USSR has already been decided. Facts: In Warsaw
and other cities there are schools for infirmaries. The German
population from the General Government must be evacuated.
The Baltics, Russians and Ukrainians must be gathered for
military training. The order was given to complete all
preparations by June 2, 1941.
On the coast of the Baltic Sea, the Germans concentrated a large
number of ships intended for landing. It is possible that Hitler,
at the same time as making a move on the land borders, will try to
land troops in the Baltics in order to leave the army defending
the borders in the rear and turn the front from the north.
|
| "X" |
23.5.41 |
June 1941 |
Soldiers in the General Government openly talk about an imminent
war with the USSR. Up to 2 million soldiers are concentrated in
Poland.
|
| "X" |
29.5.41 |
|
Tippelskirch decided to send important classified material to
Berlin.
|
| "X" |
5.6.41 |
June 20, 1941 |
Most of the embassy workers sent their families to Berlin. In the
embassy, the general situation is assessed extremely
pessimistically. They believe that in the next three weeks they
should finally decide the situation that has arisen, that is, if
the war between Germany and the USSR does not begin before June
20, then it will not happen at all.
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| "X" |
10.6.41 |
June 20-June 23, 1941 |
The days before June 20 or 23, 1941 are, according to Schieber,
decisive. Hitler invited Stalin to come to Germany. The answer
must be given before June 12, 1941.
If Stalin does not come to Berlin, then war is inevitable.
Germany made demands on the USSR: a) additional supplies of 2.5
million tons of grain, b) free transit to Persia and military
occupation of Soviet grain warehouses for 4-5 million tons. The
deadline for accepting proposals is June 23, 1941. I am convinced
that in a few weeks after the start of the war, the most important
parts of the USSR will be occupied by the Germans. Unprecedented
in the history of preparations for this campaign.
|
| "X" |
10.6.41 |
|
Hilger declared that he was aware that German military circles
were afraid that the Red Army might concentrate its main forces
inside the country. Then the Germans would have been able to
occupy most of the country's territory, but they would not
have been able to defeat the Red Army even in the first phase of
the war.
|
| "X" |
14.6.41. |
First half JUNE |
In the German embassy in Moscow, anxiety and uncertainty reign.
Information from Berlin indicates that military preparations are
continuing and the ministries are convinced that the war will
begin in the first half of June this year.
|
| "X" |
19.6.41 |
June 1941 |
The embassy is firmly convinced that Germany is facing an attack
on the USSR within the next few days. The deadlines are June 15,
June 20 and June 24. Adviser Shiber stated that he believed the
attack would take place in the coming days, namely June 23 or June
24. There is an order that heavy artillery on June 19 be
transferred from Krakow to the border with the USSR. Tippelskirch
believes that some kind of border conflict on the Soviet-Romanian
border will be the reason for the war. Mobilization has been
announced in Romania and Finland.
|
| "X" |
19.6.41 |
June 20, 1941 |
The embassy is convinced that from June 20 the possibility of the
outbreak of hostilities between Germany and the USSR should be
taken into account every day. The embassy was instructed to
immediately send all children and women. I received an order to
leave Moscow from the German naval attache along with the staff.
Hilger received a conditioned telegram that the war had been
decided. Hilger stated that it was now perfectly clear that war
was inevitable.
|
| "X" |
20.6.41 |
June 23, 1941 |
The departure of the naval attache and the children has been
made. Regular diplomatic couriers were instructed not to leave
Berlin. Representatives of industrial firms in Moscow were
instructed (telegrams) to immediately leave for Berlin.
|
| "X" |
21.6.41 in the morning |
In the next 48 hours |
The Embassy received a telegram from the Foreign Office in
Berlin. From 4 o'clock in the morning there is a meeting at
the Tippelskirch. The source is convinced that the war will begin
in the next 48 hours.
|
| "X" |
21.6.41 19.00 |
Immediately |
The embassy in the morning was instructed to destroy all secret
papers. All employees of the embassy were ordered to pack their
things before the morning of June 22 and hand them over to the
embassy. Living outside the embassy - move to the embassy. It is
believed that the coming night will be a decision. This solution
is war.
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