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6 September 1942 Part 5

Summary

Routing minute on Channel Islands supply reorganisation.

Location Details

Channel Islands

Diary Entry

6 September 1942 Routing minute on Channel Islands supply reorganisation

[Scan 1039.jpg] Secret command matter. Operations Branch (IIa), no. 20573/42. 6 September 1942. Two copies, copy 1. To Major Baron Grote. Reference: telephone discussion with Major (GS) Krüger, Operations Branch (II). Two enclosures: nos. 20573/42 and 20341/42 secret. By order: [signature unclear].

Handwritten notes: “For information, Organisation Branch …” [following words unclear], 7 September. “File”, 10 September. “No objection need be raised to the proposal. It should be added: 1. … horse-drawn columns …”. [Dense following cursive cannot be read reliably in this scan.] Further identifiable phrases refer to supply on the mainland, the formation of a [unit unclear], and the staff of 319th Infantry Division. The original is preserved below so the uncertain annotations are not lost.

Original source image 1039.jpg — T-78 Roll 317. Routing minute on Channel Islands supply reorganisation.

Source of Information 

German Army High Command records, T-78 Roll 317. Supplied English translation T78_Roll_317_English_Translation.docx. Source images: 1039.jpg.

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