5 February 1944 Part 2

5 February 1944 Part 2 Shipping between the islands and mainland resumes

Date note: 5 February 1944.

Seventh Army Headquarters

Ia No. 759/44 Secret

Army headquarters, 5 February 1944

Secret

Ia evening reports

I Report to Commander in Chief West

1. Enemy situation

On 4 February, between 20:15 and 21:00, 20–25 aircraft over the Lorient and Loire estuary area. Probably minelaying.

During the night of 4–5 February, until 05:30, inward and return flights by numerous individual aircraft and formations of up to 100 machines.

On 5 February, between 10:00 and 12:30, passage and return flights by at least 250 aircraft between the Vire and Orne estuaries.

2. Advance party of the headquarters of the 355th Infantry Division has arrived for the 77th Infantry Division.

3. Shipping between the Channel Islands and the mainland has resumed.

II Further reports from

1. LXXXIV Army Corps

The following have arrived for the 77th Infantry Division:

Advance party of the headquarters of the 355th Infantry Division, comprising five officers, one official, and ten NCOs and other ranks.

Transport Squadron 1021 at Fontaine, 8 km southwest of Caen.

2. XXV and LXXIV Army Corps and LVIII Reserve Panzer Corps: nothing special to report.

[Signature not confidently deciphered. Original page marking 20.]

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