8 April 1945

8 April 1945 Cotentin raid and Alderney artillery

d) On 5 April a commando operation was carried out from the Channel Islands against the Cotentin peninsula. It yielded important reconnaissance information about enemy traffic. On the basis of these findings, the coastal artillery on the island of Alderney was employed against the targets identified.

Translator’s note: The event date is 5 April; the diary entry is dated 8 April. The scanned page bears 125 at the top and 126 at the bottom; PDF page 131 is the unambiguous locator.

German Naval Staff diary. BArch RM 7/71; former British Admiralty reference Case GE 168, PG 31740. Published Part A, volume 68. PDF page 131; printed page 125. Audited translation reference 34.