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Orders to treat any Czech troops in Austria as hostile, and Italians as friends
IMT
Authors
Alfred Jodl (chief of wehrmacht operations staff)
Alfred Jodl
German general and convicted war criminal (1890-1946)
- Born: 1890-05-10 (Würzburg)
- Died: 1946-10-16 (Nuremberg)
- Country of citizenship: German Reich; Kingdom of Bavaria; Weimar Republic
- Occupation: military personnel; politician
- Member of political party: Nazi Party
- Participant in: International Military Tribunal (role: defendant)
- Military rank: Generaloberst
- Military branch: artillery
Date: 11 March 1938
Literal Title: Special instructions No. 1 . . . Directive: for policy towards Czechoslovakian and Italing [i.e., Italian] troops or militia units on Austrian soil.
Defendant: Alfred Jodl
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: C-103
Exhibit Code: Prosecution 75
Document Book No: Prosecution N: Aggression: Austria (1)
Citation: IMT (page 561)
HLSL Item No.: 450682
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
C-103: Secret directive from the OKW that Czechoslovak troops are to be treated as enemies when encountered in Austria