23 October 1942 Part 6

23 October 1942 Proposed static infantry organisation for the island division

Editorial note: Selected island-related text and translated chart keys; original symbols and numerical tables are retained in the images. Uncertain small annotations are not silently expanded.

Annex to Seventh Army Ia No. 4850/42, secret command matter, 23 October 1942. The diagram is headed Static Infantry Division, thirteenth wave. It depicts the proposed organisation using island unit numbers including 319 and Infantry Regiments 582, 583 and 584.

English key: Bodst. Artillerie, static artillery; Schnelle Abteilung, mobile battalion; Nachrichtentruppe, signals troops; Pioniere, engineers; Nachschubtruppen, supply troops; Verwaltungstruppen, administrative troops; Feldpost, field post; Sanitätstruppen, medical troops; Veterinärtruppen, veterinary troops.

Copies and an adjacent comparison panel are consolidated. A proposed establishment is not evidence that all units or equipment shown were already present.

Original source image 0227.jpg — T-312 Roll 1547. Proposed static infantry organisation for the island division.

German Seventh Army records, T-312 Roll 1547, 28680/23, order of battle annexes. Supplied translation T312 Roll 1547 English translation DRAFT.docx. Local source scans: 0227.jpg, 0259.jpg, 0324.jpg, 0226.jpg.