7 March 1944 Part 1

7 March 1944 Part 1 Chief of Staff itinerary for an Alderney inspection

Date note: 7 March 1944.

Seventh Army Headquarters

Ia No. 1505/44 Secret

Army headquarters, 7 March 1944

Secret

Travel itinerary for the Chief of the General Staff for 7–9 March 1944 in the area of LXXXIV Army Corps

Accompanying officer: Major Meyer-Krappel [surname reading uncertain].

Tuesday 7 March

15:30 — Departure from Le Mans.

About 19:00 — Arrival at Carentan; evening meal with the commander of Grenadier Regiment 920.

20:30 — Continue to Cherbourg.

About 21:30 — Arrival at Cherbourg. First Lieutenant Franz to report as guiding officer at Cherbourg, harbourmaster’s office, by the Napoleon monument.

About 22:00 — Crossing to Alderney. Overnight accommodation there to be arranged by Headquarters LXXXIV Army Corps.

Wednesday 8 March

Inspection of Alderney according to the proposal of Headquarters LXXXIV Army Corps.

About 19:30 — Crossing to Cherbourg.

About 22:30 — Return journey to Le Mans.

Thursday 9 March

About 03:00 — Arrival at Le Mans.

For Army Headquarters

The Chief of the General Staff

[Signature not confidently deciphered. A handwritten note at the upper right is not confidently readable.]

Distribution: Chief; accompanying officer; Ia; IIa; Chief Quartermaster; Ic; O1 (Ži); IVz; Ia/war diary; LXXXIV Army Corps.

[Uncertain distribution abbreviations are retained as printed.]

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