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26 May 1942 Part 4

Summary

EXERCISE — Exercise warning on 26 May 1942

Location Details

Channel Islands; Cherbourg

Diary Entry

26 May 1942 Exercise warning on 26 May 1942

Date note: Feuerzauber map exercise: hypothetical scenario, not an actual combat incident. Dates and times refer to exercise messages or the tactical scenario.

EXERCISE TRANSLATION. Higher Command LX, operations branch, to the 716th, 319th and 320th Infantry Divisions, 7th Air Division, 11th and 13th Anti-Aircraft Divisions and Sea Commander Cherbourg:

“From 26 May 1942, 12:00: Imminent danger.” Dispatch time: 11:15.

Original source image 00471.jpg — T-312 Roll 1563. Exercise warning on 26 May 1942.

Source of Information 

German Seventh Army records, NARA T-312 Roll 1563. T312_R1563_Jersey_and_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx. File 57350/1 • Scan 00471; parallel scans 00476 and 00812 in the exercise files. Local scan references identify the supplied image filenames, not substituted microfilm frame numbers.

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