The Fuehrer has ordered: Apart from the three contingencies mentioned in the instructions of 10/21/38 preparations are also to be made to enable the Free State of Danzig to be occupied by German troops by surprise.
The preparations will be made on the following basis: Condition is a quasi-revolutionary occupation of Danzig, exploiting a politically favorable situation, not a war against Poland. . . .
The troops to be employed for this purpose must not simultaneously be earmarked for the occupation of the Memelland, so that both operations can, if necessary, take place simultaneously. The Navy will support the Army’s operation by attack from the sea . . . The plans of the branches of the armed forces are to be submitted by January 10, 1939.
Though Beck had just warned that an attempt by Germany to take Danzig would lead “inevitably” to conflict, Hitler now convinced himself that it could be done without a war. Local Nazis controlled Danzig and they took their orders, as had the Sudeteners, from Berlin. It would not be difficult to stir up a “quasi-revolutionary” situation there.
William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 456
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