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War: General; Assassination Priorities for OVERLORD

15 Apr 1944

A file of correspondence and memoranda discussing a proposed plan to assassinate key German personnel ahead of the invasion of Normandy, and a proposed assassination attempt directed at Adolf Hitler. The documents include a letter asking permission to undertake the assassination of Hitler, and a series of memoranda discussing the usefulness of his death; a report that Hitler was living in disguise in Perpignan and recommending that he be bombed; and a series of letters discussing the assassination of vital German personnel including Field Marshals Erwin Rommel and Gerd von Rundstedt, as well as logistics experts considered vital to the movements of German troops in France. The file also includes a number of objections to the assassination proposals, on the grounds of the danger of reprisals against French civilians, and the possibility that the Germans would attempt similar assassinations in Britain.
france germany united nations czechoslovakia spain second world war adolf hitler assassinations chiefs of staff foreign office alexander cadogan thomas bromley peter loxley intelligence operations nazi leadership nazi-occupied europe supreme headquarters allied expeditionary force abwehr permanent under-secretary's department german army operation overlord collaborators erwin rommel hastings ismay
Collection ID
FO1093
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Czechoslovakia France Germany Spain
Document Reference
FO 1093/292/2
Document Types
Memorandum Correspondence
File Reference
FO 1093/292
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0292.002
Keywords
Assassinations Nazi Leadership Operation Overlord Nazi-occupied Europe Collaborators German Army
Languages
English
Organizations
Abwehr Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force United Nations Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
Pages
35
Persons Discussed
Thomas Bromley Alexander Cadogan Adolf Hitler Hastings Ismay Peter Loxley Erwin Rommel
Published in
United Kingdom
Themes
Intelligence Operations

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