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More info on Naval Brigades...
Posted by:
Jeff
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Date: May 27, 2001 12:03AM
<HTML>John,
After this next lengthy entry comes the first info. given about the Gydnia regiments.
Jan. 20, 45 - Naval Brigades - In view of the threatening developments in the East, the C-in-C Navy, puts 20,000 naval troops at the disposal of the land forces. The Führer accepts this offer, and after the discussion of the type of troops to be used, he decides that the above-mentioned number of men from training units of the Navy are to be transferred to the Danish area, where they are to join the land defenses. This would free 22 Army replacement battalions from the Danish area for service on the Eastern Front. This solution has the advantage for the Navy that the naval personnel will stay together, and can later be re-assigned to naval operations when the overall situation has changed. The C-in-C Navy, further declares that of the four branches of the Navy, ie the submarine arm, escort forces, anti-aircraft, and coastal artillery, the first three cannot be touched. Coastal artillery in Holland, Denmark, Norway and the Eastern Baltic Sea cannot be weakened. Thus there remain only the 7,000 men along the coast of the German Bight; but there too it is inadvisable to expose the key bases of Heligoland, Borkum and Sylt. The Führer decides that coastal artillery is not to be weakened either since this would be of no advantage.
Jan. 21,45 - Naval Brigades - In view of the fact that the situation on the East Prussian land front continues to be extremely strained, the C-in-C Navy offers Naval Artillery Units 629 in Gydnia and 533 in Pillau for use under Army command. This will mean that all coastal batteries on the Gulf of Danzig will be silenced. The C-in-C Navy feels that this must be done, however, since the sea front does not seem to be endangered, whereas the land front is threatened most seriously. The Führer approves the proposal.
Jan. 22, 45 - Naval Brigades - The C-in-C Navy proposes to the Führer that the submarine training division in Gydnia with about 900 non-commissioned officers and 600 men be used on the land front in the defense of Danzig. The Führer rejects this proposal, pointing out that these 1,500 valuable specialists would be unable to change the situation on land, while every single submarine operating against the enemy is of more value to the war effort than this enitre division if used for fighting on land. Instead, the Führer inquires whether it would not be possible as a special measure to transfer an infantry regiment with limited heavy equipment to Elbing or Danzig within a very short time, without interfering with the Kurland transports. The C-in-C Navy replies in the affirmative and issues the necessary instructions at once.
More to come.... Jeff</HTML>
After this next lengthy entry comes the first info. given about the Gydnia regiments.
Jan. 20, 45 - Naval Brigades - In view of the threatening developments in the East, the C-in-C Navy, puts 20,000 naval troops at the disposal of the land forces. The Führer accepts this offer, and after the discussion of the type of troops to be used, he decides that the above-mentioned number of men from training units of the Navy are to be transferred to the Danish area, where they are to join the land defenses. This would free 22 Army replacement battalions from the Danish area for service on the Eastern Front. This solution has the advantage for the Navy that the naval personnel will stay together, and can later be re-assigned to naval operations when the overall situation has changed. The C-in-C Navy, further declares that of the four branches of the Navy, ie the submarine arm, escort forces, anti-aircraft, and coastal artillery, the first three cannot be touched. Coastal artillery in Holland, Denmark, Norway and the Eastern Baltic Sea cannot be weakened. Thus there remain only the 7,000 men along the coast of the German Bight; but there too it is inadvisable to expose the key bases of Heligoland, Borkum and Sylt. The Führer decides that coastal artillery is not to be weakened either since this would be of no advantage.
Jan. 21,45 - Naval Brigades - In view of the fact that the situation on the East Prussian land front continues to be extremely strained, the C-in-C Navy offers Naval Artillery Units 629 in Gydnia and 533 in Pillau for use under Army command. This will mean that all coastal batteries on the Gulf of Danzig will be silenced. The C-in-C Navy feels that this must be done, however, since the sea front does not seem to be endangered, whereas the land front is threatened most seriously. The Führer approves the proposal.
Jan. 22, 45 - Naval Brigades - The C-in-C Navy proposes to the Führer that the submarine training division in Gydnia with about 900 non-commissioned officers and 600 men be used on the land front in the defense of Danzig. The Führer rejects this proposal, pointing out that these 1,500 valuable specialists would be unable to change the situation on land, while every single submarine operating against the enemy is of more value to the war effort than this enitre division if used for fighting on land. Instead, the Führer inquires whether it would not be possible as a special measure to transfer an infantry regiment with limited heavy equipment to Elbing or Danzig within a very short time, without interfering with the Kurland transports. The C-in-C Navy replies in the affirmative and issues the necessary instructions at once.
More to come.... Jeff</HTML>
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More info on Naval Brigades...
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