18 October 1941 Part 4

18 October 1941 Ultimate antiaircraft establishment for the permanently fortified islands

Date note: Undated table annotated 18 October; year inferred from the 1941 correspondence.

[Scan 1164.jpg] Operations Branch IIa. Antiaircraft forces, Channel Islands. Ultimate objective with permanent fortifications. Columns: Guernsey / Jersey / Alderney. Regimental headquarters: 1 / blank / blank. Battalion headquarters: 1 / 2 / 1. 10.5 cm batteries: 4 / 3 / 2. Light batteries: 3 / 5 / 1. Searchlight batteries: 2 / 2 / none. Personnel strengths: 2,000 / 2,400 / 700 men.

Handwritten remark: on 18 October, in an oral discussion, the Führer demanded one antiaircraft regiment on each of the two large islands and one mixed antiaircraft battalion on Alderney. [The table itself is undated; placement follows the annotated date, with year inferred from the 1941 file.]

Original source image 1164.jpg — T-78 Roll 317. Ultimate antiaircraft establishment for the permanently fortified islands.

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 1164.jpg.