...war with main effort in the South East (strategic concentration "Gruen") 1. Political Prerequisites. It is my unalterable decision to smash Czechoslovakia by military action in the near future. It is the job of the political leaders to await or bring about the politically and militarily suitable...

...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 by military action in the near future. It is the job of the political leaders to await or bring about the politically and militarily suitable...

...revision of 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...

...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...

...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...

...Czechoslovakia was constantly under review. On 30 May 1938 a directive signed by Hitler declared his "unalterable decision to smash Czechoslovakia by military action in the near future". In June 1938 as appears from a captured document taken from the files of the SD in Berlin, an elaborate...

...unacceptable to the Czech government. Two months later, Hitler's May directive left no doubt about his intent. "It is my unalterable decision to smash Czechoslovakia by military action in the near future."26 There were stories of the Czech mobilization and Czech terror against Sudeten Germans, as...