http://der-fuehrer.org/reden/english/wa ... es/13.html :
Directive No. 13
1. The next object of our operations is to annihilate the French, English, and Belgian forces which are surrounded in Artois and Flanders, by a concentric attack by our northern flank and by the swift seizure of the Channel coast in this area.
The task of the Air Force will be to break all enemy resistance on the part of the surrounded forces, to prevent the escape of the English forces across the Channel, and to protect the southern flank of Army Group A.
The enemy airforce will be engaged whenever opportunity offers.
2. The Army will then prepare to destroy in the shortest possible time the remaining enemy forces in France. This operation will be undertaken in three phases:
Phase 1: A thrust between the sea and the Oise as far as the lower Seine below Paris, with the intention of supporting and securing with weak forces the later main operations on the right flank.
Should the position and reserves available permit, every effort will be made, even before the conclusion of hostilities in Artois and Flanders, to occupy the area between the Somme and the Oise by a concentric attack in the direction of Montdidier, and thereby to prepare and facilitate the later thrust against the lower Seine.
Phase 2: An attack by the main body of the Army, including strong armoured forces, southeastwards on either side of Reims, with the intention of defeating the main body of the French Army in the Paris-Metz-Belfort triangle and of bringing about the collapse of the Maginot Line.
Phase 3: In support of this main operation, a well timed subsidiary attack on the Maginot Line with the aim of breaking through the Line with weaker forces at its most vulnerable point between St Avold and Sarreguemines in the direction of Nancy-Lunéville.
Should the situation allow, an attack on the upper Rhine may be envisaged, with the limitation that not more than eight to ten divisions are to be committed.
3. Tasks Of The Air Force.
(a) Apart from operations in France, the Air Force is authorised to attack the English homeland in the fullest manner, as soon as sufficient forces are available. This attack will be opened by an annihilating reprisal for English attacks on the Ruhr Basin.
Commander In Chief Air Force will designate targets in accordance with the principles laid down in Directive No. 9 and further orders to be issued by the High Command Of The Armed Forces. The time and plan for this attack are to be reported to me.
The struggle against the English homeland will be continued after the commencement of land operations. With the opening of the main operations of the Army in the direction of Reims, it will be the task of the Air Force, apart from maintaining our air supremacy, to give direct support to the attack, to break up any enemy reinforcements which may appear, to hamper the regrouping of enemy forces, and in particular to protect the western flank of the attack.
The breakthrough of the Maginot Line will also be supported as far as necessary.
(c) Commander In Chief Air Force will also consider how far the air defence of the areas upon which the enemy is now concentrating his attacks can be strengthened by the employment of forces from less threatened areas.
In so far as the Navy is involved in any changes of this kind, Commander In Chief Navy is to participate.
4. Tasks Of The Navy.
All restrictions on naval action in English and French waters are hereby cancelled, and Commanders are free to employ their forces to the fullest extent.
Commander In Chief Navy will submit a proposal for the delimitation of the areas in which the measures authorised for the coming siege may be carried out.
I reserve to myself the decision whether, and if so in what form, the blockade will be made public.
5. I request the Commanders In Chief to inform me, in person or in writing, of their intentions based on this directive.
Adolf Hitler.
http://der-fuehrer.org/reden/english/wa ... es/09.html :
The Supreme Commander Of The Armed Forces.
Berlin. 29th November, 1939. 11 copies
Directive No. 9 -- Instructions For Warfare Against The Economy Of The Enemy
1. In our fight against the western powers, England has shown herself to be the animator of the fighting spirit of the enemy and the leading enemy power. The defeat of England is essential to final victory.
The most effective means of ensuring this is to cripple the English economy by attacking it at decisive points.
2. The development of the general situation and of our armaments should provide within the foreseeable future favourable conditions for extensive operations against the economic foundations upon which England rests. Early preparations must therefore be made, by concentrating the appropriate weapons upon the most important objectives, to deal an annihilating blow to the English economy.
Nonmilitary weapons will be employed in conjunction with the measures taken by the Armed Forces and in accordance with special orders.
3. Should the Army succeed in defeating the Anglofrench Armies in the field and in seizing and holding a sector of the coast of the Continent opposite England, the task of the Navy and Air Force to carry the war to English industry becomes paramount. Efforts will be made to secure the cooperation of the Sabotage Column and Fifth Column organisations.
4. The Navy and Air Force will then carry out the following tasks, given in the order of importance:
(a) Attacks on the principal English ports by mining and blocking the sea lanes leading to them, and by the destruction of important port installations and locks.
In this connection aircraft are extremely valuable in mine laying, particularly outside English west coast ports, in narrow waterways, and in river estuaries.
(b) Attacks on English merchant shipping and on enemy warships protecting it.
(c) Destruction of English depots, oil storage plants, food in cold storage, and grain stores.
(d) Interruption of the transport of English troops and supplies to the French mainland.
(e) The destruction of industrial plant whose loss would be of decisive significance for the military conduct of the war, in particular key points of the aircraft industry. and factories producing heavy artillery, antiaircraft guns, munitions, and explosives.
5. The most important English ports, which handle 95 percent of foreign trade and which could not be adequately replaced by other harbours, are:
London } for the import of foodstuffs and
Liverpool } timber, the import and refining
Manchester } of oil.
These three ports, accounting as they do in peacetime for 58 percent of total imports, are of decisive importance.
Newcastle }
Swansea }
Blyth }
Cardiff } for the export of coal.
Sunderland }
Barry }
Hull }
Alternative ports, of limited capacity, and for certain types of cargo only, are:
Grangemouth
Holyhead
Leith
Bristol
Middlesbrough
Belfast
Grimsby
Newport
Southampton
Goole
Glasgow
Dundee
It will be necessary to keep constant watch for any possible shift in the use of these ports. We must also seek constantly to compress and shift English foreign trade into channels which are open to effective attack by our own Navy and Air Force.
French ports need only be attacked in so far as they are involved, geographically or economically, in the siege of England, or are used as harbours for troopships.
6. In ports where effective minefields cannot be laid, shipping will be crippled by blocking the approaches to the ports with sunken ships and by destroying vital harbour installations. In this connection it is particularly important, in the harbours of
Leith
Sunderland
Hull
Grimsby
London
Manchester (Ship Canal)
Liverpool
Cardiff
Swansea
Bristol-Avonmouth,
to destroy the large sealocks upon which, particularly on the west coast, the regulation of the water level, and thus the effectiveness of the ports, depends.
7. In preparing these operations it will be necessary:
(a) To constantly check and bring up to date all facts known to us about English ports, their equipment and capacity, and about the English war industry and supply depots.
(b) To develop with high priority an effective means of employing aircraft as minelayers for anchored as well as floating mines.
(c) To provide a supply of mines sufficient to satisfy the very heavy demands and equal to the capacities of the Navy and Air Force.
(d) To ensure that the conduct of operations be the joint responsibility of Navy and Air Force, coordinated as to time and place by both services.
Preparations to this end will be undertaken as quickly as possible. I request Commanders In Chief Navy and Air Force to keep me constantly informed of their intentions.
I reserve to myself the right to decide the moment at which the restrictions imposed by my previous Directives for Naval and Air Warfare shall be lifted.
This will probably coincide with the opening of the great offensive.
Adolf Hitler.
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