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1 August 1943 Part 15

Summary

Island fortress engineers in the Army organisation chart

Location Details

Guernsey; Channel Islands

Diary Entry

1 August 1943 Island fortress engineers in the Army organisation chart

The chart locates island fortress-engineer and construction units within Seventh Army organisation. It includes the Guernsey entry for Battalion 158 and island detachments or sections.

English reading key:

German abbreviation or label | English

A.O.K. 7 | Seventh Army Headquarters

A. Pi. Fü. | Army Engineer Commander

LXXXIV A.K. | LXXXIV Army Corps

319. I.D. | 319th Infantry Division

Pi. Btl. 319 | Engineer Battalion 319

Fest. Pi. Stab | Fortress Engineer Staff

Fest. Pi. | Fortress engineers

Bau Pi. Btl. | Construction Engineer Battalion

Guernsey or île de Guernesey | Guernsey

Jersey | Jersey

Alderney | Alderney

The complete original diagram preserves the command relationships and military symbols. Small handwritten names and indistinct subdivisions have not been expanded.

Original source image 00351.jpg — T-312 Roll 1563. Island fortress engineers in the Army organisation chart.

Source of Information 

German Seventh Army records, NARA T-312 Roll 1563. T312_R1563_Jersey_and_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx. File 41703/37 • Scan 00351 • 1 August 1943. Local scan references identify the supplied image filenames, not substituted microfilm frame numbers.

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