30 August 1941 Part 2

30 August 1941 Army coastal-artillery formation requirements and planning memorandum

Editorial note: Regional total includes the mainland western coast; it is not a count of batteries on the islands alone. Other theatres and their summary chart are omitted.

[Scan 0219.jpg] Copy. Top Secret Command Matter, Commander Only, by officer only. Operations Branch III No 1469/41 Top Secret, 30 August 1941. Six copies; copy of fifth copy. Subject: Formation of new Army coastal artillery. One enclosure. To Organization Branch, copy 1. In agreement with General of Artillery at Commander-in-Chief Army, the enclosed briefing note on requirements for new Army coastal artillery is forwarded for comment and obtaining a decision from Chief of Army General Staff. By order, signed Stieff. After dispatch: General of Artillery, copy 2; Operations Branch Ia, copy 3; I, copy 4; III, copy 5; II, copy 6. Certified correct, including annex: [signature], Lieutenant.

[Scan 0220.jpg] Western coast including Channel Islands: existing 92 batteries—eleven 7.5 cm, twenty-seven 10 cm, twenty-seven 15 cm, three 22 cm gun, six 21 cm mortar and eighteen railway batteries. New requirement: four 15 cm gun batteries.

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 0219.jpg, 0220.jpg, 0221.jpg, 0222.jpg, 0223.jpg, 0224.jpg, 0225.jpg.