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27 May 1942 Part 5
Summary
EXERCISE — Exercise report at 0430 on 27 May 1942
Location Details
Channel Islands; Cotentin
Diary Entry
27 May 1942 Exercise report at 0430 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. LXXXIV Army Corps to Seventh Army Headquarters: “No telephone connection to the 319th Infantry Division. Has radio silence been lifted?”
The message reports Alarm Level II and considers committing the corps reserve in response to the simulated attack on the Cotentin.
Original source image 00454.jpg — T-312 Roll 1563. Exercise report at 0430 on 27 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 00454; parallel scan 00833. Local scan references identify the supplied image filenames, not substituted microfilm frame numbers.
