Measures to reorganize the German secret services in Croatia in the autumn of 1944

Abstract

The evolution of events in the autumn of 1944, the defeat of German troops on all fronts, made new organizational measures necessary to cope with security problems. The situation in Croatia required drastic unification and discipline. In accordance with the Supreme Military Command and the SS High Command, all forces came under the command of the Military Abwehr (Abwehr Sub-regional Headquarters (AST) or the Intelligence Unit (Nahriehtentrupps), or, as the case may be, the Ie branch of the competent division (corps). S.D. relations with the Abwehr or Ie branch in other areas outside Croatia were not affected by this decree. This paper presents the main measures taken by the German military authorities in the fall of 1944.