10 December 1943 Part 2
Summary
Island fortress engineers in the Army organisation chart
Location Details
Guernsey; Channel Islands
Diary Entry
10 December 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 00218.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 00218 • 10 December 1943. Local scan references identify the supplied image filenames, not substituted microfilm frame numbers.
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