27 May 1942 Part 4

27 May 1942 Exercise communications failure on 27 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 EXTRACT. At 03:30 the signals commander reports a fault in the telephone connection with Headquarters 319th Infantry Division in the Channel Islands.

In the surrounding scenario, bombing of Théville airfield, a landing in Machine-Gun Battalion 17’s sector and shelling of Cherbourg have been reported. Major Schöneich orders Alarm Level II throughout the corps area and is instructed to prepare a written report to Seventh Army Headquarters for 04:30 tactical time.

Original source image 00509.jpg — T-312 Roll 1563. Exercise communications failure on 27 May 1942.

German Seventh Army records, NARA T-312 Roll 1563. T312_R1563_Jersey_and_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx. File 57350/1 • Scan 00509; parallel scan 00877 • Scenario for the night of 26–27 May. Local scan references identify the supplied image filenames, not substituted microfilm frame numbers.