Extracts from Admiral ASSMAN'S Headline Diary
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[Sheet 10] E The Fuehrer agrees that for the time being the 2 battleships, .which are at present the only ones, are not to be employed fully—Russia has offered bases at Murmansk (of sheet 23)—question of blockading England. The Fuehrer and the C in C Navy agree that all objections by neutrals have to be rejected even in case of a danger of the USA entering the war, which seems certain if the war continues. "The more brutally the war is waged the earlier the effect, the shorter the war." [Sheet 12] UK Capacity for big U-boat building programme— N for political reasons Fuehrer rejects proposal to R build or buy in Russia—C in C Navy states that (Ob.d.M.) the conquest of the Belgian coast brings no advantage for the U-boat war; points out the value of acquiring Norwegian bases, (Drontheim) with the help of Russian pressure. Fuehrer wishes to weigh the question.
[Sheet 14] UK Memorandum: prerequisites in the field of war economy for a great U-boat building programme —draft of a Fuehrer order for them to be put into effect.
Extract from war diary, on Raeder's opinion that occupying Belgium would not benefit the U-boat war but that bases in Norway would be valuable; Hitler will "weigh the question"
Authors
Assmann (admiral, naval historian)
Kurt Assmann
German admiral (1883-1962)
- Born: 1883-07-13 (Naumburg (Saale))
- Died: 1962-07-26
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: author; military historian
- Military rank: Admiral
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/20119247
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000082048315
- WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2010008621
Date: 10 October 1939
Literal Title: Extracts from Admiral Assmann's Headline Diary.
Defendant: Erich Raeder
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: D-879
HLSL Item No.: 453055
Notes:This is the first version of D 879 in this folder; the second version covers more points and has more text.