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1 March 1944 Part 3

Summary

Island fuel depot stocks at the beginning of March

Location Details

Jersey; Guernsey; Alderney

Diary Entry

1 March 1944 Island fuel depot stocks at the beginning of March

Editorial note: Filed on the stated stock date, 1 March; the report is dated 5 March. Two photographs preserve the stock-list overlay and unobscured map.

Annex 3: Stocks of ammunition, fuel and provisions in the Seventh Army area. Stock statement as at 1 March 1944; map attached to the report of 5 March. Army ammunition depots, stocks in tons: Michel 1, 145; Michel 2, 2,728; Martha, 2,550; Max, 2,200; Maria, 2,200; Martin, 1,518; Manfred, 1,709; Mathilde, 2,356; Moritz, 2,200.

Army fuel depots, cubic metres of petrol/diesel respectively: Jersey, 313/47; Guernsey, 315/73; Alderney, 40/25; Plessis-Grammoire, 49/11; St Berthevin, 55/18; Le Mans, 126/19; Rennes, 163/151; Lamballe, 221/52; Landivisiau, 164/60; Quimper, 93/41; Pluvigner, 111/32; Blain, 148/83; Condé-sur-Vire, 94/28; St Sauveur, 52/34; Noyers, 172/8; Domfront, 87/6; Cérences, 21/2.

Second exposure of the same stockpiling map, with the stock-list overlay removed, revealing the underlying base-map title: Composite map, northwestern France, 1:500,000. German Army map. For official use only. Both exposures are retained.

T-312 Roll 1570 — Original map from PDF page 1044. Island fuel depot stocks at the beginning of March. Original image; enlarge in Word to inspect fine detail.

T-312 Roll 1570 — Original map from PDF page 1045. Island fuel depot stocks at the beginning of March. Original image; enlarge in Word to inspect fine detail.

Source of Information 

T-312 Roll 1570, Seventh Army records. Supplied English translation T312_R1570_English_Translation.docx. PDF pages 1044–1045; annex to supply assessment of 5 March 1944. Selected island-related extract; PDF page numbers refer to the source reel as numbered in the supplied translation.

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