7 October 1942

7 October 1942 Alert of 7–8 October: signal and telephone log

Editorial note: Additional dated readiness instructions applying to the islands; an alert is not evidence that an attack occurred.

Army ordered Alert Level I for the coast and islands from 21:00 on 7 October; corps passed the warning by telephone at 20:17 and confirmed it by signal. Divisions were to request cancellation next morning once visibility and weather excluded surprise. On their requests corps lifted it from 08:30 on 8 October. Divisions were told at 08:33–08:35, Regiment 585 at 08:50, and army notified.

T-314 Roll 1603, expanded reading edition T314_R1603_English_Translation.docx. 7 October 1942 | Source PDF pages 476–477. Supplement to material retained from earlier editions.