Chapter 38:
August 31, 1939
Central Germany, 9th Military District Kassel, Frankfurt Resistance Headquarters
21:00
In the gathering of the resistance force's core participants, amidst the palpable tension, Ludwig Beck was briefing the outline of the operation.
“From our location in the 9th Military District, Kassel, and General Witzleben's 12th Military District, Wiesbaden, the Army Group Commanders of each military district must first summon each Corps Commander to demand their participation.
Anyone who commits insubordination must be arrested immediately, and the operation must commence. Since the reliable ones have already been recruited, there shouldn't be any major problems.”
Everyone nodded with nervous expressions. From this point on, nothing could be guaranteed.
We could only hope that those who hadn't been recruited yet would respond as favorably as possible.
“Once the 9th and 12th Military Districts are secured, General Witzleben of the 12th Military District will lead the 1st Army to the southern 5th Military District, Stuttgart, to assist our Corps Commanders and General von Hammerstein-Equord in subduing the pro-Nazi figure Friedrich Dollmann and seizing control of the 7th Army.”