27 May 1942 Part 6

27 May 1942 Exercise ship sighting near Guernsey

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. Seventh Army Headquarters to Commander West, exercise control: “No telephone connection to the 319th Infantry Division on Guernsey.”

“An enemy ship formation, so far sixteen ships detected, was located at 02:15 halfway between Paimpol and Guernsey, heading south-east. An attempted landing at St Malo is expected.”

Alarm Level II has been ordered throughout the Army area.

Original source image 00836.jpg — T-312 Roll 1563. Exercise ship sighting near Guernsey.

German Seventh Army records, NARA T-312 Roll 1563. T312_R1563_Jersey_and_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx. File 57350/3 • Scan 00836; parallel scan 00456 • 27 May 1942, 05:00. Local scan references identify the supplied image filenames, not substituted microfilm frame numbers.