37. Steinhoff minutes of 12–14.6.41 meetings with L-Flak and WvB report, 18.7.41, on Lucht visit, in NASM, FE746.
38. Udet to Leeb, 18.8.41, and WvB to Pauls/Peenemünde-West, 4.12.41, in NASM, FE746; Steinhoff minutes of 25.10.41 meeting with Brée/RLM, in DM, (FE1068); Fieseler-Werke, “Voruntersuchung für den Höhenjäger Fi 166,” c. 11.41, NASM, FE639; Vorwald/RLM minutes of 6.12.41 meeting in NASM, FE368; WvB marginal comment on Holl/Arbeitsstab report, 24.1.42, in NASM, FE357.
39. Halder/Genst.6.Abt. (IVB) to Chef 6.Abt., “Ablauf der Flakentwicklung und Vorschläge,” 5.41, in DM.
40. Revised drafts of Halder document, 5–6.42, in DM; v. Axthelm, “Übersicht über den Entwicklungsstand…,” 22.6.42, Göring order, 1.9.42, and v. Axthelm cover memo, 18.9.42, in NASM, FE738/4; Speer minutes, 13/14.10.42, in Boelcke, Deutschlands Rüstung, 194; Schabel, “Wunderwaffen?” 304–6.
41. Boog, Die deutsche Luftwaffenführung, 204–8, 592; Speer, Inside, 364–65.
42. Speer, Inside, 468–69; Ludwig, “Die deutschen Flakraketen,” 89–90.
43. WD Vortragsnotiz, 31.7.41, in NASM, FE342; WD to Koch, “Beantwortung von Fragen Gen St d H/Org.Abtlg.,” 11.10.41, in NASM, FE341; minutes of 1.11.41 meeting in BA/MA, RH8/v.1260; Thiel minutes of 6.1.42 in NASM file “Peenemünde #2.”
44. Thiel, “Vortragsnotiz über Stand der Entwicklung…,” 15.9.41, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1260; WvB minutes of 4.8.41 meeting in NASM, FE733.
45. Schubert chronicle, 21–23.10.41 and 4–6.11.41, in BA/MA, RH8/V.1208; WD to HVP, 7.11.41, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1260.
46. WD, V-2, 139; manned A-9 drawing, c. 1941, in DM, (FE1604); A-9/A-10 as cited in note 7; WvB minutes of 15.2.41 meeting in NASM, FE728/f; Stegmaier (Thiel) to Schumann, 31.8.41 (with WD marginal comment), in BA/MA, RH8/v.1260; Thiel to Oberpostrat Gerwig, 16.9.42, in NASM, FE692/f; contract with Reichspostministerium, 15.10.42, in NASM, FE331.
47. WD to HVP, 13.11.41, in NASM, FE342; Thiel report, 27.11.41, in NASM, FE728/e; Roth to Riedel I et al, 25.2.42, in NASM, FE750.
48. WD to HVP 23.12.42, in NASM, FE728/e; WD Vortragsnotiz, 21.8.41, in NASM, FE341; WvB to Stegmaier, 3.10.41, in BA/MA, RH8/v,1260; WD to HVP, 8.12.41, in NASM, FE728/b.
49. WD to HAP, 5.2.42, and WvB minutes of 31.1.42 meeting, in NASM file “Peenemünde #2.”
50. WD to HAP 5.2.42, in NASM file “Peenemünde #2.”
51. Ibid. Other copies of this document exist in the BA/MA and in the FE microfilm, but Thiel’s original is in NASM.
52. Ibid.; WD to HVP, 8.12.41, in NASM, FE728/b; WD minutes of 3.3.42 Arbeitsstab meeting, in NASM, FE357; minutes of 29.10.42 meeting, in NASM, FE750; WD, V-2, 72; Dannenberg OHI, 36–38; Reisig OHI, 1989, 73–74; Rudolph OHI, 50–51; Tessmann OHI, 29–30.
53. WD to HAP, 5.2.42, in NASM file, “Peenemünde #2;” Schubert chronicle, 26.5.41, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1208; Schubert to WD, 21.6.43, in BA/MA, RH8/V.1210.
54. Thiel, “Diensteinteilung…,” 18.3.42, in NASM file “Peenemünde #2;” Thiel minutes of 14.3.42 meeting in BA/MA, RH8/v.1954; Thiel A-4/V1 accident report, 20.3.42, in NASM, FE692/f.
55. “Terminauszug…,” 20.4.42, in NASM file “Peenemünde #2”; WvB minutes of 15.2.42 meeting, in NASM, FE692/f; WvB to Stegmaier, 29.7.42, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1954.
56. WvB minutes of 23.4.42 meeting in NASM, FE692/f.
57. Stegmaier order, 10.6.42, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1209; WD minutes of 13.6.42 meeting, in NASM, FE342; Steinhoff(?), BSM report, 31.7.42, NASM, Arch. 96/24.
58. WD minutes of 13.6.42 meeting in NASM, FE342.
59. WD draft lecture, 9.6.42, in NASM, FE358; WvB minutes of 20.4.42 meeting, in NASM, FE750; WD order to HAP, 6.6.42, in BA/MA, RH8/V.1959; Wa Prüf 11 note of Arm. Min. phone call, 8.7.42, in NASM, FE728/f; WD, V-2, 72; Dannenberg OHI, 36–38. In Peenemünde documents, “Papa” was Riedel I, Klaus (from the Raketenflugplatz) was Riedel II, and the second design bureau chief was Riedel III.
60. WD Aktenvermerk, 30.4.42, WD order to HAP 6.6.42, and Leeb to Rüstungsamt/Arm. Min., (?).7.42, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1959; WD to HAP 17.9.42, NASM, FE692/f.
61. Steinhoff(?), BSM report, 31.7.42, NASM, Arch. 96/24; WvB minutes of 17.6.42 meeting, in NASM file “Peenemünde #2”; WvB to Stegmaier, 29.7.42, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1954.
62. Thiel minutes of 21.8.42 meeting in NASM, FE358.
63. WD to HAP, 29.9.42, in NASM, FE342. On V7, WvB to Stegmaier, 29.7.42, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1954.
64. WD, V-2, 3–17; WD, “A4: Stand der Entwicklung,” 8.10.42, in BA/MA, RH8/V.1228; Riedel III minutes of 4.11.42 meeting, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1954.
65. WvB, “Behind the Scenes,” 25, SRCH, WvB Papers. For Dornberger rhetoric, see his draft lecture, 9.6.42, in NASM, FE358, and “Denkschrift,” c. late 1943, NASM, FE496. For his political opinions, see entries of 31.10.38, 12.5.43 and 4.6.43, in WD notebook #1, DM.
6. Speer, Himmler, and Slave Labor
1. Speer office chronicle, 4–6.10.42, in BA, R3/1736; WD to Gen. Hartmann/Arm. Min., 6.10.42, in NASM, FE342; WD, “A4: Stand der Entwicklung,” 8.10.42, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1228; HAP/EW/TDZ, “Versuchsschiessen A4,” 7.43, pictured in WD, Peenemünde.
2. WD to Stegmaier, 9.10.42, in NASM, FE728/f; WvB to WD, 16.9.42, and WD to Leeb, 22.10.42, in DM, (FE1106). Dornberger must have forgotten Milch’s announcement of “Cherry Stone” at the first A-4 launch attempt in June.
3. Stegmaier order and WvB “Rundschreiben,” 10.10.42, in NASM, “Peenemünde #2”; A-7 drop test report, 10.11.42, in DM, GD630.0.10; WD, V-2, 139; Dahm OHI, 9–10, 13; Steinhoff minutes of 16.12.42 meeting in NASM, FE753/a; Renz/RLM/L Flak to Milch, 13.1.43, in BA/MA, RH8/V.1235.
4. WvB, “Behind the Scenes,” 26, SRCH, WvB Papers.
5. Speer minutes, 23.6.42 and 13–14.10.42, in Boelcke, Deutschlands Rüstung, 138, 194; Speer to Leeb, Milch, Fromm, and Zeitzler, 24.10.42, and Leeb (WD) to Fromm, 29.10.42, in NASM, FE342; WvB, “Einsatzplanung A4,” 18.12.42, in NASM, FE333.
6. Speer minutes, 22.11.42, in Hillgruber, Kriegstagebuch, 2/2:1312; Hölsken, V-Waffen, 37, 83–89.
7. Speer minutes, 3/4/5.1.43, in Boelcke, Deutschlands Rüstung, 214; WD (WvB) to Abwehr/OKW, 21.11.42, on a 13.10.42 intelligence report, in NASM, FE741. For fanciful German reports on U.S. rocket development in 1943–44, see Abwehr to Wa Stab et al, 10.3.43, in DM, GD629.1.2, “Bericht zur USA-Rakete ‘Comet’,” DM, GD620.0.9, and corr. in NA, T-78/663/347–53.
8. Speer minutes, 22.11.42, in Hillgruber, Kriegstagebuch, 2/2:1312; WD to Thiele/OKW/Ag WNV, 23.11.42, in NASM, FE692/f; Löhr to Wa Prüf, 24.11.42, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1230.
9. WD Vortragsnotiz, 14.12.39, in NASM, FE349; HAP/EW, “Vorschläge für den Einsatz,” 21.3.42, in DM, GD639.1.4; WD to Zanssen, 10.11.42, and WvB, “Einsatzplanung A4,” 18.12.42, in NASM, FE333; Reisig OHI, 55–58; WvB, “Die befestigte Abschussstelle für A4,” 27.11.42, in DM, (FE1714); WvB, “Behind the Scenes,” 28, SRCH, WvB Papers; WD, V-2, 103–4.
10. Stahlknecht minutes of 5.12.42 meeting, in BA/MA, RH8/v.1959.
11. WD, V-2, 75, 97–98; Freund and Perz, Das Kz, 35–38.
12. WD minutes of 22.12.42 meeting, in NASM, FE355; WD, V-2, 73–79; Hautefeuille, Constructions speciales, 20–27; Hölsken, V-Waffen, 38; Speer, Inside, 471, 694. Hitler could not have signed it on December 12 or December 22, as Speer inconsistently asserts. He was, however, at Führer headquarters December 15–17. See Speer office chronicle, 15–17.12.42, BA, R3/1736.