Re: German Documents found after scuttling of U-49?
Posted by:
Platon Alexiades
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Date: January 06, 2022 07:49PM
Among the documents recovered from U-49 were:
1. The German Naval Grid Chart.
2. The U-boat dispositions (1st phase only) for Operation HARTMUT (U-boat side of Weserübung).
As far as I know, no code books were recovered at that time. This occurred only on 26 April 1940, when the Q-ship Schiff 26 was captured off Norway.
See ADM199/361 [TNA] (war diaries of Admiral Forbes, C. in C. Home Fleet) and other related files. Unfortunately, the original German documents have proven very elusive to locate and were probably destroyed.
Platon
1. The German Naval Grid Chart.
2. The U-boat dispositions (1st phase only) for Operation HARTMUT (U-boat side of Weserübung).
As far as I know, no code books were recovered at that time. This occurred only on 26 April 1940, when the Q-ship Schiff 26 was captured off Norway.
See ADM199/361 [TNA] (war diaries of Admiral Forbes, C. in C. Home Fleet) and other related files. Unfortunately, the original German documents have proven very elusive to locate and were probably destroyed.
Platon
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