24 June 1944 Part 1a

24 June 1944 Part 1a Island sailings continue; reserve increase judged impossible

Date note: 24 June 1944.

Related existing record: 24 June 1944. Separate Army evidence concerning continuation of island supply and limits on reserve increases; retained without changing the earlier naval account.

24 June 1944 continued

General continued

… to be secured directly by [Chief Quartermaster] West, since there is no fuel in the Army area. [Sentence begins on the preceding page.]

The Chief Quartermaster requests from Qu 1 of Army Group B the delivery by air of 50 light machine guns for Cherbourg, since the Navy is no longer sailing there.

Qu 1 informs the armed-forces supply staff at St-Malo, Major Lieberich, that the following will be arriving at St-Malo by 16:00: 20 tonnes of weapons; 20 tonnes of anti-gas equipment; 50 tonnes of ammunition; 30 tonnes of 28 cm high-explosive projectiles; 30 tonnes of 8 cm mortar bombs; and 6–8 tonnes of field post.

Qu 1 informs Chief Quartermaster West, Major Hassbach, that according to the St-Malo supply staff the Navy, on orders from Naval Group Command West, is stopping transport to Cherbourg and continuing only to the islands. Qu 1 requests a decision. Chief Quartermaster West will contact the Navy.

Qu 1 informs the St-Malo supply staff that supply sailings to Cherbourg are discontinued under an Armed Forces High Command order. Supplies for Cherbourg will remain at St-Malo for the present.

General Fahrmbacher, commanding LXXIV Army Corps, urgently requests Russian infantry ammunition.

Army headquarters reports to Commander-in-Chief West and Chief Quartermaster West that increasing island reserves is currently impracticable. [Annex 81.]

The Chief of Staff reports to Army Group D that, in the light of experience in the Normandy fighting, resistance nests and field-fortified coastal strongpoints have excessively high reserves. [Annex 82.]

The Chief Quartermaster asks Chief Quartermaster West and the Chief Quartermaster of Army Group B for information about the intended involvement of Panzer Group West in supply. [Annex 83.]

Qu 1 informs LXXXIV Army Corps headquarters that the supply establishments of the 319th Infantry Division employed on the mainland remain at the corps headquarters’ disposal until further notice. [Annex 84.]

German Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1571. Roll 1571 Jersey and Channel Islands English translations.docx, reference 23. Scan extracts: img049_06_9886_11871.jpg. Extract filenames identify the original image strip, section number and horizontal pixel boundaries; these are not archival frame numbers.