...Copies, 1st Copy II. Two front war with main effort in the South East (strategic concentration "Gruen") 1. Political Prerequisites. It is my unalterable decision...may cause me to take early action. The proper choice and determined and full utilization of a favorable moment is the surest guarantee of success. Accordingly...

...basic directive under which the Wehrmacht carried out its planning for Case Green, reads as follows : . "1. Political Prerequisites. "It is my unalterable...cause me to take early action. "The proper choice and determined and full utilization of a favorable moment is the surest guarantee of success. Accordingly...

...that on 30 May 1938 Hitler signed a Most Secret directive to Keitel (388PS Item 11) in which he said: "It is my unalterable decision to smash Czechoslovakia...cause me to take early action. "The proper choice and determined and full utilization of a favorable moment is the surest guarantee of success. Accordingly...

...directives and memoranda on "Fall Gruen," including the directive of 30 May containing Hitler's statement : "It is my unalterable decision to smash Czechoslovakia by military action in the near future." After Munich, Keitel initialed Hitler's directive for the attack on Czechoslovakia, and issued two...

...Case Green, the plan of campaign against this southern neighbor, by the insertion of the statement "It is my unalterable decision to smash Czechoslovakia by military action in the near future."46 Hitler's Coup at Earth The bellicose turn in his policy Hitler now utilized to lay the final...

...Two FRONTS WITH MAIN EFFORT IN SOUTHEAST (STRATEGIC CONCENTRATION "GREEN") 1) Political Assumptions. It is my unalterable decision to smash Czechoslovakia by military action in the near future. It is the business of the political leadership to await or bring about the suitable moment from a political and...

...Two FRONTS WITH MAIN EFFORT IN SOUTHEAST (STRATEGIC CONCENTRATION 'GREEN') 1) Political Assumptiom. It is my unalterable decision to smash Czechoslovakia by military action in the near future. It is the business of the political leadership to await or bring about the suitable moment from a political and...

...read: "It is not my intention to smash Czechoslovakia in the near future," the new directive began: "It is my unalterable decision to smash Czechoslovakia by military action in the near future." What the "near future" meant was explained by Keitel in a covering letter. "Green's execution," he...

...demonstration.43 Nevertheless, in a military directive of May 30, 1938, Hitler declared that it was his "unalterable decision to smash Czechoslovakia by military action in the near future," and he ordered that immediate preparations for an attack be made in case a suddenly favorable political...

...Czech state must be ruthlessly crushed. As Hitler announced to senior military commanders in May 1938: 'It is my unalterable decision to smash Czechoslovakia by military action in the near future.' Himmler and Heydrich were his willing tools in this task of destruction. They dreamed of transforming...