4 June 1941 Part 2

4 June 1941 Army High Command forwards the island readiness report

Editorial note: The enclosed readiness account substantially repeats the 3 June report and the 2 June corps report already included. Only the new forwarding record is reproduced here; no additional garrison or action is counted.

[Scan 1212.jpg] Army High Command, Army General Staff, Operations Branch IIa no. 37456/41, top secret. Headquarters, 4 June 1941. Fifth of five copies. Reference: Armed Forces High Command/Operations Staff/Branch L I op telegram no. 001060/41, top secret, of 2 June 1941. Subject: garrisoning the Channel Islands. To Armed Forces High Command/Operations Staff/Branch L. Army High Command encloses three maps with information on defensive readiness. Map 1 shows artillery defence and infantry coastal protection in outline; maps 2 and 3 give details of deployed forces. [Handwritten annotations concern the proposed Guernsey tank deployment and air protection; see scans 1208 and 1211. Other routing notes partly unclear.]

By order [signature unclear]. Three annexes. Distribution: Armed Forces High Command/Operations Staff/L, first copy; after dispatch, without annexes, Naval High Command/Naval War Staff, second; Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief/Command Staff, third; General of Artillery, fourth; Operations Branch IIa, fifth.

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 1212.jpg, 1213.jpg, 1214.jpg, 1215.jpg, 1216.jpg, 1217.jpg.