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WN Sorel A

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The Resistance Nest Sorel A forms together with the Resistance Nest Sorel B the Strongpoint Sorel. It lies on the north coast between St John’s Bay and the Bay of Grève de Lecq


3d Scan of a Sorel A Shelter here: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=r7cXDsGtgKT

Numbers 

Four NCOs and sixteen Other Ranks

 
German Record Details

4 x le.MG 34
2 x s.MG 34
2 x 8cm Gr.W.
1 x Scherenfernrohr
2 x 5cm Gr.W. 210 (f)
6 x Abw.Flammenwerfer 42
6 x Alarmschussgeräte HS
1 x 60cm Scheinwerfer.

 
Weapons and Equipment

Four light Machine Gun 34’s
Two heavy Machine Gun 34
Two 8cm mortarsA
One binocular periscope
Two 5cm French mortars
Six defence flamethrowers
Six alarm flare apparatus
One 60cm searchlight

 
Objective and Function (translated)

The Resistance Nest Sorel A has orders to prevent enemy landings using all weapons. Enemy air landings in the Platoon Sector Sorel are to be destroyed by counter attack. By enemy attack in Bonne Nuit Bay work in co-operation with Resistance Nests Bonne Nuit and Jasmin. By land attack work together with Sorel B.

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Exploring bunkers:

• Always get permission from the owner 
• Take a torch, a spare and one more for luck
• Don't go alone & tell someone where you will be and for how long
• You will get dirty as most are often full of rubbish and may have been used as a public toilet
• Anything you find still belongs to the person that owns the property
• Unexploded ordnance is still found in Jersey if you see or find anything that looks like ordnance please call the bomb disposal officer on 01534 612 612.

Jargon Help 

Widerstandsnest (WN) = Resistance Nest (RN) 
Small pocket of resistance, these would be made up of small groups of up to 10 men with light weapons. They would man Anti-tank weapons, an observation post or a field gun. 

Stützpunkt St.P = Strongpoint (STP)
Next level up from an RN and consisted of several RN's. STP areas would have a combination of weapons and different branches of the military used. Examples of this can be found with Strongpoint Greve de Lecq and Strongpoint Corbiere

Einsatzstellung = Operational Position or Action Post 
Smaller MG type position generally it was only maned during an alert 

Feldwache = Field Watch

Jäger Casemate was a special design and name for bunkers designed to hold a 10.5cm field gun

Sources of Information 

German Documents are housed at The National Archived in Washington or Archive in Kew UK 
T-78 Roll 318
T-78 Roll 317
T-315 Roll 1639
T-315 Roll 1643
T-311 Roll 27
T-312 Roll 1545

AOK 7 War Diary

OKW War Diary

Operation Green Arrow - Occupation of the Channel Islands MOD 584
Allied Technical Intelligence Reports 1944-45 
German Preparations for Invasion of the United Kingdom 1941-42
B-833, 319th Infantry Division (1941-45)
German Seacoast Defenses, European Theatre - prepared by the Seacoast Artillery Evaluation Board
Jersey Occupied by Michael Ginns - ISBN 978-1-905095-29-2
Operation Nestegg Plans 
Operation Hardtack Plans 
Operation Basalt Plans 
RAF Photos care of The National Collection of Aerial Photography
Bundesarchiv - Multiple Photos - and Files 
A Map of slave labour camps. Kindly Provided by Emilio Pérez 
Photo's and information provided by fans 
Onsite visits & internet research 
After the Battle Multiple Magazines 

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