14 November 1942 Part 7

14 November 1942 Standing nightly alert ordered for the islands

Date note: Army-level instruction supplementing the naval diaries’ local readiness entries. An alert is not evidence of an attack.

Seventh Army Ia No. 5093/42, secret. To XXV and LXXXIV Army Corps; SS Panzer Corps for information. 14 November 1942.

Until further notice Alert Level I remains in force every night, from the onset of darkness until daybreak, along the entire coastal front and on the islands [a short passage after “islands” is blacked out].

During daylight, Army Headquarters may authorise cancellation. Corps headquarters are to apply on the basis of their own assessment of weather and visibility.

All arrangements must ensure that Alert Level I automatically resumes at the onset of darkness.

By order: signature. After despatch: Ic, Senior Quartermaster, Ia war diary.

German Seventh Army records, T-312 Roll 1548. T312 Roll 1548 English translation REVIEWED EDITION 4.docx. Local source scans: 0994.jpg.