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12 January 1944 Part 4

Summary

Naval command and harbour services in the islands.

Location Details

Jersey; Guernsey; Alderney; Channel Islands; St Helier; St Peter Port

Diary Entry

12 January 1944 Part 4 Naval command and harbour services in the islands

The sheet has a handwritten “12” over a struck-out 17 December 1943 date; placed under the 12 January 1944 compilation date. The corrected month is not legible.

Organisation of the Navy in the West.

Naval Group West, Paris: Admiral Krancke; Chief of Staff, Rear-Admiral Karl Hoffmann.

Admiral Channel Coast: Vice-Admiral Rieve; Chief of Staff, Captain Kopp.

Naval Commander Channel Islands, Guernsey: Captain Steinbach. The staff-officer field is blank.

Naval Artillery Battalion 604, Guernsey and Jersey; Naval Artillery Battalion 605, Alderney.

Harbour commandants: Guernsey, Jersey and Alderney.

Guernsey: Harbour Security Flotilla Guernsey; Harbour Surveillance Station Saint Peter Port.

Jersey: Harbour Surveillance Station Saint Helier; Harbour Security Flotilla Jersey.

Source of Information 

German Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1566. Roll 1566 Jersey and Channel Islands English translations.docx, reference 6. T312-1566.pdf, PDF page 65. PDF pages count from the first page of the supplied file.

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