18 December 1943
Summary
Shipping and convoy movements. Battery construction or maintenance. Occupation administration
Location Details
Alderney
Diary Entry
18 December 1943 Corps daily report
Heavy Motorized Artillery Battalion 456 has moved: headquarters to Amfreville [name faint], four kilometres southeast of Montebourg; 1st Battery to Hémevez [reading uncertain], 5.5 kilometres south-southeast of Montebourg; 2nd to Hébertot [uncertain], seven kilometres south-southeast of Montebourg; 3rd to one kilometre north of Le Vigier, 1.5 kilometres south of Ravenoville. The 1st SS Construction Brigade, with 750 concentration camp prisoners, has moved from Alderney to the mainland. Major General von Schlieben has assumed command of 709th Division. Shipping to the Channel Islands has resumed. No other special events.
Source of Information
T-314 Roll 1604, T314_R1604_English_Translation.docx. 18 December 1943 | Source PDF pages 1323. Selected island-related text; document or report date governs placement.