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Even from later periods up to about March 1943> very littleknown about the organization of the transport units* Such Staffelnas are known to have been employed in the OBL's in the West areas follows:­OfiLNSKK and LEGION SJEER UNITS in the WESTSt. ­ StaffelL. S. ­ Legion SHEERUp to Feb. 1943 Feb. 1943 Jan.1944Holland St. 1 became St. 60 ?Belgium St. 2 " St. 61Audinghem & Nordwest St. 3 • St. 62Rouen St. 34 St. 4 " St. 63St. Malo & Cherbour St. 5 " St. 64Brest St. 6 « St. 65Lorient St. 22 St. 7nSt. 66St. Nazaire Abt.l(LS) " St. 67La Rochelle st. 36 St. 8HSt. 68 ?Bordeaux (Bayonne?) Abt.2(LS) " St. 69Marseille St. 9 " St. 70Paris St. 10 " St. 71Ardennes St. 72Cannes ? St. 73The first complete picture of the transport organization in thewhole West can only be given for the period from February 1943 onwardsas the list above shows, ten Staffeln of the NSKK-Brigade TQDTand two Abteilungen of the Legion SHEER served the OT in France, Hollandand Belgium.Great reforms took place at the end of 1943* In this year so manyforeigners had entered into the service of the Legion STEER that adangerous situation was threatening the existence of NSKK units. Theheads of the transport in the service of the OT were faced initiallywith two possibilities. They could open the doors of the NSKK to allforeigners or disband the NSKK formations because of the shortage ofGerman personnel. The solution was found in a compromise. Themembers of the Legion SESER which formerly haa been, organized inAbteilungen, were directly incorporated into the Staffeln of theNSKK-Gruppe TODT. The picture as of from January 1944* onwards showsthat 14 Staffeln were employed in the West (No. 60 - 73) and noAbteilungen. These Staffeln were composed predominately offoreign legionaries with only the leading executive and administrativepositions reserved for persons of German origin. The example fromOBL Sftd (ST. NAZAIRE) will illustrate well the proportion of German toforeign personnel. There, the NSKK-Kraftwagenstaffel 67 employed118 Germans, 380 Frenchmen and 265 Russians. The present situationis such that it is most unusual to find a German driver working