12 July 1940 Part 1

12 July 1940 Confirmation: no active fortifications or batteries found

Naval Sector Commander Normandy. Registry No. G 161 I. 12 July 1940. Secret!

To Naval Commander Northern France.

The radio report that further reconnaissance on the English Channel Islands has found no fortifications or batteries of any kind is confirmed.

Where guns are present in individual old forts, these are cannon barrels, mostly muzzle-loaders, placed in the embrasures as exhibits.

[Signature.] Receipt stamp: Naval Commander Northern France, 15 July 1940, secret registry No. 1189. Handwritten routing: for information; for the Green Arrows file. [Initials.]

T-1022 Roll 2439, T1022_R2439_English_Translation.docx. Archive and frame references follow.
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