On 13 March 1941 Keitel issued an operational supplement to Hitler’s Barbarossa order (446-PS). This order defined the area of operations and established the relationship between political and military officers in those areas (447-PS). On 1 June 1941 there was issued, with Hitler’s approval, a timetable for the invasion, showing the disposition and missions of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. This paper was signed by Keitel (C-39). On 14 June 1941 an order was issued for final reports on Barbarossa to be made in Berlin by Army, Navy, and Air Commanders. (C-78)
While the foregoing preparations were being made, planning for the production of armaments and supplies was being conducted by one of Keitel’s subordinates, General Thomas, Chief of the Wirtschaft Ruestungsamt in OKW. (2353-PS)
By a Fuehrer order dated 20 April 1941 Rosenberg was appointed “Deputy for a Centralized Treatment of Problems concerning the Eastern Territories”. Jodl and Warlimont were appointed Keitel’s representatives with the Rosenberg office (865-PS). A preliminary report by Rosenberg on his work up to the time of the invasion mentions Keitel and Jodl as having consulted and worked with him in those preparations. (1039-PS)
A memorandum written by General Thomas on 20 June 1941 states that Keitel had confirmed to him Hitler’s policy on raw materials—that it took less manpower to seize territories containing raw materials, than it did to make synthetic substitutes. (1456-PS)
(8) War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity;—Crimes against Military Personnel—Lynching of Allied Airmen. On 21 May 1944 Keitel received a note from WFSt to the effect that Hitler had decided that enemy fliers who had been forced down should be shot without court-martial, if they had engaged in “acts of terror”. Keitel wrote on the note “Please arrange for order to be drafted. K”. (731-PS)
By 4 June 1944 Jodl and Warlimont were ready to go ahead with formulating the plans. Goering was to be asked what actions of enemy fliers should be punishable by death; the Airmen’s Reception Camp at Oberursel was to be told which fliers should be delivered to the SD; and the Foreign Office was to be kept advised. (737-PS)
At subsequent conferences Keitel and Jodl raised questions about the difficulty of establishing general rules in such a matter. The “Acts of Terror” were:
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Low level attacks on civilians.
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