The "second unit" in the Nazi "Eastern" plan
While preparing for a military expedition against the Soviet Union, Hitler and his generals worked out a more long-term plan to eliminate the Soviet Union, and they planned to establish German colonies on Soviet territory and set up four imperial councils: "Austrond", "Ukraine", "Moscow" and "Caucasus".
As early as three months before the attack on the Soviet Union, Hitler claimed at a secret meeting on March 30, 1941 that the war against ** was not an ordinary war. "This is a war of annihilation......In the East (that is, in the USSR) the war itself was even more brutal - that was the need for future happiness. ”
Following Hitler's instructions, his subordinates concocted the "Eastern" plan – a plan to physically exterminate the Slavic peoples, especially the Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Poles, Jews and other peoples.
In this way, both the German armed forces and the authorities of the occupied territories should follow Hitler's brutal instruction in the order: "We must destroy the population - this is part of our vocation......."We need to develop technologies to exterminate the population. ”
On Hitler's instructions, Keitel wrote: "It should be remembered that human life has no value in the countries mentioned here. ”
The German General Staff, the secret police, other criminal organizations, and German generals systematically and elaborated a program of atrocities to be committed in the occupied territories of the Soviet Union.
According to the provisions of the "Vostochny" plan, 12000-14000 people were to be killed in 25-30 years, and finally "the biological potential of the USSR was eliminated." In order to accomplish this terrible mission, a second unit was actually created, alongside the armed forces, consisting of a number of "special forces", "operational groups" and SS units, with dozens of divisions, each of which had a large selection of communist-haters.
Goering's "Green Briefcase".
German fascist politicians and generals also developed plans for the economic plundering of the Soviet state. Before the attack on the Soviet Union, Hermann Göring, who maintained close ties with German monopoly capital, was already one of the richest people in the Reich. He was at the helm of the "stronghold of economic leadership in the East", whose aim was to plunder the national wealth of the Soviet Union. Under Goering, specialized detachments of marauders of all classes were trained for the organized and planned constant misappropriation of the fruits of the labor of the Soviet people.
Goering and his advisers developed an "economic instruction" (i.e., the "Green Briefcase") that helped the military command to understand that "the economic task must be solved by the occupation of the eastern region."
To plunder as much as possible, to plunder as efficiently as possible, and to send as much grain and oil as possible to Germany - this was the main task set by Goering.
The instruction declares that our "land, and all farm animals, and farm implements...... are declaredall are the property of the Germanic nations".
The "Green Briefcase" provided for the participation of a steady stream of labour and "slaves of the East" in the future economy of the German landlords-settlers. The instructions also called for measures to be taken to physically exterminate the inhabitants of the occupied lands by means of famine.
A week before the attack on the Soviet Union, the "Green Briefcase" document was signed by the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Keitel, and was transmitted in the form of an order to the units of the German army, which was carried out unconditionally.
The aggressive plans of Hitler and the German generals were characterized by a bitter hatred of the Soviet Union, the world's first socialist country, for which they were fully responsible for their bloody actions. In every sense of the word, this is a preparation for a "war of extermination" in every sense of the word.
The scarlet pen of the SS execution, the tracks of German tanks, and the dense bullet holes left by machine-gun fire" all record the crimes committed against the Soviet people.
14 Diplomatic preparations for the "Barbarossa" plan
While preparing for war against the Soviet Union, Hitler sought to enlist the support of the Allies in advance in order to create an international environment favorable to Germany. To this end, Hitler's diplomatic efforts were to expand the alliance of state of the fascists.
The High Command of the German Armed Forces "On the accession of foreign countries to the 'Barbarossa' program"Special instructions have also been developed.
Both Japan and Italy, deeply disturbed by the rapid results achieved by fascist Germany, and also feared the unequal distribution of the spoils, both wanted to strengthen political and military cooperation with Hitler. On September 27, 1940, the three aggressor powers, Germany, Italy and Japan, signed the Berlin Trilateral Treaty.
The purpose of the Triple Treaty was to coordinate the actions of Germany, Japan, and Italy with a view to achieving global domination by the "Axis powers." The spearhead of this treaty was directed not only at the Soviet Union, which was the main target, but also at the Western powers. Commenting on the treaty, Ribbentrop noted that "this stick will have two outcomes - against ** and against the United States." ”
The treaty fixed the cooperation of the fascist aggressors in the form of a military alliance, and for a certain period of time alleviated the contradictions between them and the imperialist competition in the realization of the aggressive plan.
Contrary to the will of the people, Hungary with the Horti elements, Romania with aristocratic power, and the pro-fascist Tiso regime in Slovakia all quickly agreed to join the Triple Pact.
For his expedition to the Soviet Union, Hitler brought together the aggressive blocs of fascist and militarist countries.
15 Jan Antonescu is in the same boat
In order to attack the Soviet Union, Hitler intensified the preparations of the bases in Romania and Finland, tying Romania and Finland more tightly to his tanks. And Jan Antonescu was especially hard - he intended to supply Romanian soldiers to Hitler as "cannon fodder", along with raw materials, especially oil.
Demanding that the Soviet Union return Bessarabia, which had been illegally seized from Romania, further ignited the flames of Antonescu's courageous struggle.
Hitler was adept at using the strategy of "discord and control". Under the Vienna Arbitration, Northern Transylvania, which had seceded from Romania on 30 August 1940, was to be handed over to Hungary. This arbitration gave Hitler the effectiveness of exerting pressure on vassals such as Romania and Hungary. He promised Antonescu a revision of the "Vienna Arbitration" in favour of Romania, if that would have led Romania to take an active part in the war against the Soviet Union. Married to Hungary not preparing for war with the Soviet Union, he threatened the Hungarian leaders with the return of Northern Transylvania to Romania.
Hitler's first meeting with Jan Antonescu was followed by a second meeting in Berchtesgaden in January 1941. The meeting was attended by Ribbentrop, the German ambassador to Bucharest, Kieringer, Field Marshal Keitel, and General Jodel. Hitler and Antonescu agreed to allow the German team to be stationed in Romania, and to get Antonescu to agree to Romania's participation in the war against the Soviet Union.
In May 1941, Hitler and Antonescu met for the third time in Munich. It was a decisive meeting. The war criminal Antonescu confessed at the Nuremberg trials: "In this meeting, in addition to our side, Ribbentrop and Hitler attacked. Schmidt, a private translator, was also present. We have fully negotiated a joint attack on the USSR.
Hitler, proceeding from the war plan on his side, suggested that Antonescu not only use the territory of Romania to gather German troops, but also "take direct part in the implementation of the military offensive against the Soviet Union."
Antonescu was impressed by Hitler's aggressive plans. Therefore, he "declared his agreement to take part in the attack on the Soviet Union, to ensure that the necessary number of Romanian troops would be trained, and that the supply of oil and agricultural products would be increased to meet the needs of the German army." ”
After returning to Bucharest from Munich, he began to prepare for war even harder. Under the leadership of the German officer, the entire Romanian army and air force were reorganized and retrained in the German fascist manner on the eve of the war against the Soviet Union.
On the instructions of Antonescu, from February 1941, a number of fully mobilized and combat-ready divisions were redeployed to the Soviet borders. On the eve of Germany's armed invasion of the Soviet Union, 10 German divisions and 12 Romanian divisions were assembled on the border between Romania and the Soviet Union, with a total strength of more than 600,000 troops.
16 Project "Green Fox".
Hitler and his generals saw Finland as a reliable ally in the war they faced with the Soviet Union. Because after the signing of the Moscow Treaty in 1940, Reiti Manalin** continued to pursue a hostile and anti-Soviet policy.
The basic goal pursued by all agreements between the Supreme High Command of the German Armed Forces and the Finnish General Staff was that Finnish and German units should participate in the war of aggression against the USSR from Finnish territory. The deployment and expansion of the Finnish army were offensive in nature.
In December 1940, the Chief of the Finnish General Staff, Lieutenant General Heinrix, held talks with Halder in Berlin, and his visit resulted in an agreement on Finland's participation in the war against the Soviet Union.
In order to work out a concrete plan for Finland's entry into the war, Colonel Bushehagen, chief of staff of the German forces in Norway, was sent to Helsinki. Here he held numerous meetings with General Heinrix himself and his representatives, General Ere and Colonel Topora, during which a plan for fighting the Soviet Union from central and northern Finland was drawn up.
The resulting battle plan was named the "Blue Fox", which was a supplement to the "Barbarossa" plan.
In order to assist the German side, diplomats were also sent to Finland. On May 22, 1941, on Hitler's instructions, Germany sent Minister Schnureth to Helsinki for talks with Reiti**, in which he conveyed Hitler's request for Finland to send military experts to Germany in order to discuss issues related to the war against the Soviet Union.
On 25 May 1941, Field Marshal Keitel and Jodl held talks in Salzburg on behalf of the German side with General Heinrix and Colonel Topola, representatives of the Finnish Command, on the other hand. During these talks, the plans for cooperation between the German and Finnish armies in the war against the Soviet Union were coordinated and clarified. At the same time, the Finns were informed about the German campaign plan, which included the occupation of the Baltic republics, the military operations of the Luftwaffe from Finnish bases and the offensive to Murmansk from northern Finland. In addition, the German fascists concocted a monstrous plan for the destruction of Leningrad. The Chief of Staff of the German Navy noted in a secret order that "the Führer has decided on the complete destruction of the city of Petersburg." After the defeat of Soviet Russia, this huge settlement no longer had any point in continuing to exist. ”
At the beginning of June 1941, Bushehagen met for the third time with representatives of the Finnish General Staff, where the deadlines for the mobilization of the Finnish army were set, and the task of commanding the troops was given to Field Marshal Mannelin.
The mobilization of the Finnish Corps in central Finland is scheduled to begin on June 15, while the rest of the Finnish army is scheduled to begin on June 18. However, the reactionary forces in Finland, led by Reiti, Lipna, and Mannelin, could not wait for a German attack on the Soviet Union in order to realize their aggressive plans against the Soviet state in an alliance with it.