9 November 1942 Part 7

9 November 1942 Combat training ordered for island fortress construction troops

Editorial note: Selected island-related text and translated chart keys; original symbols and numerical tables are retained in the images. Uncertain small annotations are not silently expanded.

Seventh Army, Ia/Army Engineer Commander No. 1615/42, secret, 9 November 1942. Combat training at Army Engineer School Angers was to cover basic infantry and combat instruction followed by its application to engineer tasks. Fortress Engineer Commander XIV was to provide six officers and sixty NCOs or NCO candidates for each course.

The courses were scheduled for 30 November–19 December 1942, 4–23 January 1943, 26 January–12 February 1943, 19 February–12 March 1943 and 15 March–3 April. The final year appears as 1942 in the source, although the sequence indicates 1943. Participant lists were due ten days before each course, with arrival the day before it began. The order records intended training, not confirmed attendance.

German Seventh Army records, T-312 Roll 1547, 28680/21, Army Engineer Commander. Supplied translation T312 Roll 1547 English translation DRAFT.docx. Local source scans: 0160.jpg, 0161.jpg.