20 June 1943 Part 5

20 June 1943 Part 5 Water supplies during prolonged fighting

In response to an enquiry, Army Headquarters reports to Commander-in-Chief West that water supplies on all the Channel Islands are assured for the Armed Forces, Organisation Todt and the civilian population, even during prolonged heavy fighting and after the destruction of all artificial installations, through stored mineral and fresh water and the available fresh-water sources.

Editorial note: This is the command’s contemporary assessment of supply resilience.

German Army, Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1553. T312_R1553_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx, translated entry 122. Original source T312-1553.pdf, PDF page 424. PDF pages count from the first page and are not original folio or microfilm frame numbers.