Marching Orders: The Untold Story of How the American Breaking of the Japanese Secret Codes Led to the Defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan

by Bruce Lee

“There are the Nuremberg-Regensburg and the Augsburg-Munich areas. Apart from their economical and administrative importance, there is the transcending political importance of Munich. Moreover, there may be an impelling demand to occupy these areas and cut off enemy forces withdrawing from Italy and the Balkans. “Clearly, therefore, our objective cannot be precisely determined until nearer the time, so we must be prepared for one or more of the following: “A. To direct forces of both army groups on Berlin astride the axes Ruhr-Hanover-Berlin or Frankfurt-Leipzig-Berlin or both. “B. Should the Russians beat us to Berlin, the northern group of armies will seize the Hanover area and the Hamburg group of ports. The central group of armies will seize part, or the whole, of the area Leipzig-Dresden, depending upon the progress of the Russian advance. “C. In any event, the southern group of armies would seize Augsburg-Munich. The area Nuremberg-Regensburg would be seized by central or southern group of armies, depending upon the situation at the time.