16 November 1941 Part 2

16 November 1941 Transfers to the Channel Islands from 18 October to 15 November 1941

[Scan 1028.jpg] Secret command matter. Army High Command/Army General Staff/Operations Branch (IIa), no. 38159/41. Army High Command headquarters, 16 November 1941. Two copies, copy 2. Reference: Chief of Armed Forces High Command no. 44938/41 secret, 10 June 1941. Subject: Reinforcement of the Channel Islands. To Armed Forces High Command/Operations Staff/Branch I. In response to the above directive, Army High Command reports: Draft. Subject: Garrison of the British Channel Islands.

Between 18 October and 15 November 1941 the following transferred to the Channel Islands. 1. To reinforce infantry on Alderney: 10th Company/Infantry Regiment 251 (83rd Infantry Division). 2. To Guernsey: (a) Cyclist Squadron 319; (b) Signals Company 319; (c) 5th Company/Infantry Regiment 596 (327th Infantry Division) for Infantry Regiment 583; (d) one light infantry-gun platoon each for Infantry Regiments 583 and 584; (e) 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th Companies/Fortress Construction Battalion 149; (f) two 5 cm Pak38 anti-tank guns; (g) headquarters Luftwaffe Construction Battalion 9/XVII and Luftwaffe Construction Company 1/4/XII.

3. To Jersey: (a) I Battalion/Artillery Regiment 319; (b) one light infantry-gun platoon for Infantry Regiment 582; (c) ten 5 cm Pak38; (d) seven Czech 4.7 cm guns on R35 self-propelled mounts; (e) 3rd, 6th and 7th Companies/Fortress Construction Battalion 40.

[Scan 1029.jpg] 4. Anti-aircraft forces reinforced since 18 October 1941 as follows: (a) Guernsey: headquarters, 4th and 5th Batteries/Reserve Anti-Aircraft Battalion 441, each battery with three 8.8 cm and two 2 cm guns; (b) Jersey: one column of Anti-Aircraft Transport Battery 2/171. 5. A total of 3,556 mines have so far been laid on the islands. By order: [signature unclear]. Distribution: Armed Forces High Command/Operations Staff/Branch I, copy 1; Army High Command/Army General Staff/Operations Branch (IIa), copy 2.

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 1028.jpg, 1029.jpg.