15 May 1941

15 May 1941 Captured-gun battery personnel ready for deployment to the Channel Islands

[Scan 1234.jpg] Copy, secret. General of Artillery at Army High Command, Ia/II, file 11 no. 1569/41, secret. Headquarters, 15 May 1941. Subject: employment of captured-gun batteries on the Channel Islands. To Operations Branch.

The personnel batteries with administrative echelons for the batteries intended for the Channel Islands were reported ready for field employment on 15 May. The General of Artillery proposes delivery to Army Group A, Branch T, at Granville of Batteries 353, 7.5 cm French guns, and 354, 15.5 cm GPF guns, from Military District XI, formation location Hanover; and Batteries 355, 7.5 cm French guns, and 356, 15.5 cm GPF guns, from Military District VI, formation location Hamm. By order, signed Scheffler. Handwritten: delivery from 17 May arranged through Organization Branch III [reading partly uncertain].

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 1234.jpg.