9 January 1943 Part 6

9 January 1943 Command relationships of attached Army troops

Secret. Headquarters LXXXIV Army Corps, Ia 276/43 (146), 9 January 1943, to Seventh Army Headquarters. Reference: Army teleprinter message of 7 January. Subject: command relationships of allocated Army troops, excluding fortress engineers. The table distinguishes tactical command from administrative command.

Directly under Corps Headquarters: Artillery Commander 118; Panzer Battalion 223, an Army reserve under the 100th Panzer Brigade administratively; Fortress Signals Staff 10 under Fortress Signals Commander West administratively.

Under Artillery Commander 118: Headquarters Army Coastal Artillery Regiment 645 with the subordinate coastal artillery groupings; battalion staffs 404, 832 and 755; Railway Artillery Battalion 681; and the listed independent batteries. The source table details the individual coastal, static and railway batteries and their administrative relationships.

Under the 709th Infantry Division: Machine-Gun Battalion 17, both tactically and administratively.

Under the 319th Infantry Division: Machine-Gun Battalion 16; Panzer Battalion 213, administratively under Panzer Brigade 100; Fortress Signals Staff 1, administratively under Fortress Signals Commander West; and Artillery Regimental Staff for Special Employment 720. Coastal artillery battalion staffs 440, 452, 727 and 728 control the listed island batteries. Under 452: coastal batteries 464, 465 and 466. Under 727:353, 354, 461, 462, 471 and 472. Under 728:455, 456 and 470. Coastal Battery 463 and Army anti-aircraft battalions 603, 633, 643, 953, 663 and 513 are also listed [some digits faint].

Supply troops belonging to Army troops: 2nd Company/Supply Battalion 605, employed for the 319th Division and subordinate to the Army Supply Troops Commander; 2nd and 3rd Companies/Landesschützen Battalion 40, subordinate to the 319th Division and used for supply and security duties; Horse-Drawn Supply Column Battalion for Special Employment Renner, whose 1st Column is under the 165th Division, 2nd under the 709th Division, and 3rd and 4th under Fortress Engineer Staff 11. For Corps Headquarters, Chief of the General Staff.

Translation note: The original two-page return is retained because several battery numbers and subordinate relationships are faint.

Original source image | Source PDF page 27 | Entry dated 9 January 1943

T-314 Roll 1604, T314_R1604_English_Translation.docx. 9 January 1943 | Source PDF pages 26–27. Selected island-related text; document or report date governs placement.