This is an Allied leaflet written by the Psychological Warfare Division of the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Forces and disseminated by artillery shells by the First U.S. Army, October, 1944-May, 1945 (CT 46).
The leaflet, addressed to German soldiers, depicts Russian, British, and American advances into Germany, and urges the Germans to surrender. This leaflet, like the other two leaflets Goetz inserted into his diary, attempted to convince German soldiers to surrender. This leaflet attempted to instill fear and distrust of German leadership in the German soldiers by making a German defeat appear inevitable. During the last months of the war, when the war’s outcome appeared certain, the Allied leadership hoped to quickly end the fighting through the use of these leaflets. The Germans, however, continued their lethal assault on Allied troops and some of the most difficult and hard-fought battles of the war occurred during the final six months.
For other leaflets produced by PWD/SHAEF and attached to the Goetz diary, see Inserts 17b and 32.
The leaflet front (with map) reads: “The Invasion. The ‘Third Reich’ of war criminals breaks! The end of the Nazi Führer is at the door! You must live – For Germany’s future!”