A file of reports, correspondence, and memoranda concerning peace proposals directed from Germany to Britain in the early stages of the Second World War. Subjects discussed in this file include a reported peace offer from a group led by General Halder, offering to overthrow the Nazi regime and make peace with Britain; enquiries about the conditions Britain would wish to impose; the intentions of the Italian government; an anti-Nazi organisation based in Copenhagen wishing to overthrow the German government; rumours of German plans for the invasion of the Low Countries; a suggested insurrection by Bavarian royalists; a report on German morale and loyalty to the Nazi regime, the condition of the Nazi leadership, and the state of the German army; rumours that Hitler might be prepared to abdicate; suggestions for the reorganisation of Germany; and reported peace feelers put out via France and the Netherlands.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Austria Belgium Czechoslovakia Denmark England Finland France Germany Great Britain Holland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Poland Romania Russia Spain Switzerland
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/228/2
- Document Types
- Report Memorandum Correspondence
- File Reference
- FO 1093/228
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0228.002
- Keywords
- Peace Proposals German Army Coup D’état German Strategy Anti-nazi Resistance German Morale German Government Nazi Leadership
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Foreign Office Geheime Staatspolizei Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 64
- Persons Discussed
- Alexander Cadogan Neville Chamberlain Hermann Göring Adolf Hitler Samuel Hoare Gladwyn Jebb Peter Loxley Benito Mussolini Joachim von Ribbentrop Franklin Delano Roosevelt Josef Stalin Robert Vansittart
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations
