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28 January 1944 Part 7

Summary

All Channel Islands included in the combat zone for transfer of command authority.

Location Details

Channel Islands

Diary Entry

28 January 1944 Command authority in the combat zone

Order to the corps headquarters: with immediate effect, unrestricted command authority in the combat zones is to be transferred to the commanding generals. On the mainland, the coastal battle area is regarded as the combat zone; within the area of the 319th Infantry Division, the combat zone comprises all the Channel Islands.

Original source image — T-312 Roll 1564, PDF page 182. Command authority in the combat zone.

Source of Information 

German Seventh Army records, NARA T-312 Roll 1564. T312_R1564_Jersey_and_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx, extract 6. Seventh Army war diary. Source PDF page 182. PDF page numbers count from the first page of T312-1564.pdf, not the photographed frame or handwritten folio.

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