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30 April 1943 Part 9

Summary

Map or chart: Naval command organisation.

Location Details

Guernsey; Channel Islands; St Helier; St Peter Port; Paris

Diary Entry

30 April 1943 Part 9 Naval command organisation

Naval organisation in the western theatre. Naval Group West is based at Paris under Admiral Krancke. The Channel Coast command is under Rear Admiral Rieve; the Channel Islands naval command on Guernsey is under Captain Steinbach. The island branch includes the harbour posts at St Peter Port and St Helier. Seekommandant = naval coastal commander; Hafenkommandant = harbour commander.

Original map or chart — T-312 Roll 1553, PDF page 672.

Source of Information 

German Army, Seventh Army Headquarters (AOK 7), NARA T-312 Roll 1553. T312_R1553_Channel_Islands_English_Translation.docx, map or chart 33. Original source T312-1553.pdf, PDF page 672. PDF pages count from the first page and are not original folio or microfilm frame numbers.

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