22 June 1941 Part 2

22 June 1941 Organization Branch orders equipment for island garrison reinforcement

[Scan 1179.jpg] Army General Staff, Organization Branch III no. 2054/41, top secret. Headquarters, 22 June 1941. Fourth of six copies. Reference: Organization Branch I no. 1977/41, top secret, of 14 June 1941. Subject: reinforcement of the Channel Islands garrison. To Chief of Army Armaments and Commander of the Replacement Army/General Army Office, with additional copies for General Army Office/In 6 and Army Weapons Office/Wa J Rü [final abbreviated office designation uncertain]. Received 24 June.

Following the referenced order, the Army General Staff requests: 1) Supply the following medium tractors to Fifteenth Army: one for the 15 cm gun battery on Alderney, two for the battalion headquarters on Guernsey, and three for the battalion headquarters on Jersey. 2) Equip the 319th Infantry Division, which is to occupy the Channel Islands, fully with light and heavy mortars. 3) As soon as equipment permits, supply Fifteenth Army with the following fixed-position weapons: Alderney, two light infantry guns and two 3.7 cm antitank guns; Guernsey and Jersey, each six light infantry guns and six 3.7 cm antitank guns, with accessories and equipment. Please arrange delivery in agreement with Fifteenth Army. After dispatch: Operations Branch, fourth copy; Quartermaster-General, fifth; draft, sixth. [Signature unclear.]

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 1179.jpg.