3 December 1943 Part 1

3–4 December 1943 Channel Islands battery construction

No special occurrences for 3–4 December. Construction report follows.

Naval Artillery Battalion 604 — Batterie Mirus: work continued on the road by No. 2 gun, and a decontamination basin was built at No. 4 gun. Rifle positions were built at all guns and wire entanglements erected at anti-aircraft positions Nos. 5 and 7. Camouflage work continued at Nos. 2 and 4 guns, together with work on the day room and rearrangement of ammunition at No. 1 gun. The perimeter wiring at No. 3 gun was repaired. The firm Main planted trees and shrubs at Nos. 1–3 guns.

Batterie Steinbruch: fitting-out of crew bunker No. 1 was completed. Work continued on the NCO and accommodation rooms of anti-aircraft bunkers Nos. 1 and 4, on washrooms in the passage beside the crew bunkers, and on fitting out a sick bay. Hut II was converted into a garage. Camouflage of the infantry positions continued. Organisation Todt's gardening firm carried out earth banking at anti-aircraft position No. 3 and planted the battery grounds.

Batterie Strasbourg: expansion of the close-defence works continued. Organisation Todt continued levelling the foreground and camouflaging the battery.

Batterie Lothringen: camouflage work and construction of rifle pits continued. Splinter-proof conversion of the ammunition shelter at No. 1 gun was completed. Accommodation was prepared for the Eastern Legion troops. Organisation Todt installed girders for the intermediate floor of the new fire-control post.

Naval Artillery Battalion 605 — Batterie Annes: Organisation Todt cast the base of the return-cooling plant, continued excavation for the electrical cables and partly laid the cables. Battery personnel continued clearance and camouflage work.

T-1022 Roll 2422, scans 0733–0734.