1 April 1944 Part 5

1 April 1944 Part 5 Organisation Todt telephone links with the islands

Undated annex filed in the April 1944 material; 1 April is a sorting date only, not a claimed issue date. HV denotes a main exchange. Code names Adolf, Julius and Gustav, and the network designation Schulrat, are preserved. These are telephone schematics and are rendered as text, not pictures.

Annex to Seventh Army Headquarters / Army Signals Commander (I), No. 877/44 Secret. Telephone connections of Organisation Todt offices.

Adolf, Alderney: responsible signals officer, Cherbourg.

Julius, Jersey: responsible signals officer, Saint-Malo.

Gustav, Guernsey: responsible signals officer, Saint-Malo.

Island branches in the LXXXIV Army Corps network: Organisation Todt Cherbourg connects through the Saint-Lô main exchange to the Jersey main exchange; Jersey connects to the Guernsey main exchange and the Organisation Todt office there. The Jersey main exchange is connected to Organisation Todt Julius by four circuits. Julius has two circuits to the Jersey naval exchange and three to the pioneer headquarters/main exchange branch. The Jersey exchange also links to the naval and pioneer headquarters branches.

The Alderney branch runs from Organisation Todt Cherbourg through Wehrmacht Schulrat to Organisation Todt Alderney.

In the Saint-Malo network: Organisation Todt Saint-Malo connects to Organisation Todt Guernsey, HOT 578; two circuits link that office to the Guernsey main exchange, which connects to the Jersey main exchange. The Saint-Lô main exchange connects to Organisation Todt Saint-Malo, HOT 579. Organisation Todt Paris is designated HOT 553.

German Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1566. Roll 1566 Jersey and Channel Islands English translations.docx, reference 30. T312-1566.pdf, PDF pages 641, 642, 643. PDF pages count from the first page of the supplied file.