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10 April 1944 Part 2

Summary

1st SS Construction Brigade remains available for Alderney fortification work until 31 May.

Location Details

Alderney

Diary Entry

10 April 1944 Construction brigade retained for Alderney works

Editorial note: The passage is a continuation of the 10 April entry, not the 11 April entry that begins at the foot of the page.

Army headquarters issues the following order to LXXXIV Army Corps headquarters: in accordance with the assurance given by the Reichsführer SS to the Commander in Chief, the 1st SS Construction Brigade remains available until 31 May for construction work on the fortifications of Fortress Alderney.

Original source image — T-312 Roll 1564, PDF page 237. Construction brigade retained for Alderney works.

Source of Information 

German Seventh Army records, NARA T-312 Roll 1564. T312_R1564_Jersey_and_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx, extract 20. Seventh Army war diary. Source PDF page 237. PDF page numbers count from the first page of T312-1564.pdf, not the photographed frame or handwritten folio.

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