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10 Peb 44 Nachschubslager von Unterkunft u. Ausstattung Plorenz, Sanmellager Plorenz ZVL Frato Bahnhof S. G-inese BL Porretta Terme (raised to OBL status in <strong>1945</strong>) BL Montepiano BL S. Maroello BL Borgo S. Lorenzo BL S. Godenzo BL Bibbiena BL Viareggio OBL HERZE& (V) Extent: Along the coast 2*. of ROME Chief; BAG-NI DI CASCL&NA talpo.it History: Sonderbauleitung Steinadler Bauleitung 1 Extent: Around Chief; OESENA OBL APRIA- Sfll) i.A.Hammer Egger 3 5 Apr History: BL Ravenna (LW & OT) BL Porl i (LW) BL Cesenatico BL Rinuni BL Oattolica BL Fesaro BL Macerata ZVL Cesena 10 Peb 1944 talpo.it OBL POKENTE (VII) Extent: Along the Coast W. of GENOA. H8: Chief; VARAZZE History: BL Imperia BL Savona BL Voltri ZVL Cairo 10 Peb 1944 Extent: Around GENOA Chief: talpo.it RAPALLO History: BL Genoa BL Lavagna BL Lerioi BL Carrara OBL LEVAHTE (VIII) -2G7
Factors militating against complete evacuation of foreign OT personnel were: 1* Lack of transportation fuel. 2. Belated evacuation plans, 3» Ignorance of date of invasion. 4» Ignorance of Allied tactica l plans* 5* Low priorit y schedule. rating of foreign personnel in the evacuation 6m Unwillingness of a majority of foreign personnel to be evacuated. 7« Difficulties arising from battle conditions,, One factor favouring complete evacuation: 1. The concentration of Allied landings at one point which gave OT personnel in other areas a chance to get away. talpo.it Transportation was provided only for priority German personnel such as women, officials and employees in key positions. Otherwise German personnel able to walk was assigned to the supervision of march columns. Material was transported by train. The evacuation plans were circulated on the 18th to the 20th May throughout coastal areas - in Prance. Moreover the commanding generals of the individual sectors were empowered to order a partial evacuation, ifs in their judgment, Allied landing were a feint or a diversion. The foreign personnel were the last to be evacuated. Portions of it were intercepted by the Allied advance across BRITTAHT and in the CHERBOURG peninsula. There were forced night marches. Most French personnel, comprising about 35/£ of all foreign workers in the West, deserted at the first opportunity. The total OT personnel in the West almost certainly numbered less than 300*000? of which about 85,000 were French. It is likely that the Germans managed to evacuate toward the Reich border between 100,000 150,000 non-German workers, especially as, excepting in Normandy, they encountered little Allied interference. talpo.it B» After D-Day talpo.it 15. Manpower and Personnel in Autumn 1944 SPEER, in a confidential declaration made on 9th November 1944* stated that the 0T had 850,000 workers at its disposal inside Germany, and that this number was expected to be increased to approximately 1,000,000 men in the near future, most of the increase to consist of Hungarian Jews. It was not expected that the 3^1£)0,000iieirk, necessary for carrying out the construction programme contemplated at the time would be reached. As can be gathered from these figures, the 0T has been assigned an all-important role in German plans for continuation of total warfare. Composition of 0T personnel at the present time, can be described in general terms only. It is estimated that of its approximately 300,000 foreign workers in Einsatzgruppe West (EGW), the Organisation managed to evacuate about one third. Such personnel as was lost during the process, mostly French, Belgian, Dutch and Spanish, has been replaced by new forcible levies of^Hungarians, Slovaks, Czechs, and Italians. It is furthermore estimated that the proportion of foreign
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Page 5 and 6: GE R MAN Y OT EINSATZGRUPPEN, AUTUM
Page 7 and 8: ERRATA (1) Page i, Table of Content
Page 9 and 10: TABLE OP CONTENTS (See also LIST OP
Page 11 and 12: aining (paras 129-332) pp. 135-137
Page 13 and 14: 4a. OrganizSferiy %f Sfciw t>T& ^ ^
Page 15 and 16: VIb OT Manpower Data: Labour Conscr
Page 17 and 18: 35. "Current Organization" Einsatz
Page 19 and 20: 94* Political Liaison, German Agenc
Page 21 and 22: 155» Miscellaneous Deductions and
Page 23 and 24: FOREWORD Just as an OT construction
Page 25 and 26: To-day PT is indispensable in any p
Page 27 and 28: BASIC FACTS ABOUT THE ORGANISATION
Page 29 and 30: UNCLASS 13* The two "basic types 6_
Page 31 and 32: 1. Definition PART I HISTORY OF THE
Page 33 and 34: of control over its plans, which we
Page 35 and 36: 3 months after the annexation of Au
Page 37 and 38: OT units was that of Bautrupps (Con
Page 39 and 40: Generalinspektor far das Strassenwe
Page 41 and 42: __ n be committed to work by order
Page 43 and 44: (Chief of the Sub-section "Technica
Page 45 and 46: 11. OT Construction Activities 1942
Page 47 and 48: Persistent bombings of Prance by th
Page 49 and 50: In case of Allied landings. In the
Page 51: was responsible. Repair work could
Page 55 and 56: personnel to Germans remains at lea
Page 57 and 58: 1* Rationalization^ on a nation wid
Page 59 and 60: .•* (Construction Sites), in this
Page 61 and 62: The project itself cannot be accept
Page 63 and 64: of the Armament Inspectorate Distri
Page 65 and 66: areas within the Reich; (3) Einsatz
Page 67 and 68: Construction of 24th Augu-st 1944 (
Page 69 and 70: has the final responsibility for me
Page 71 and 72: PART n ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION
Page 73 and 74: Matters of policy, as decided upon
Page 75 and 76: egional differences in structure, T
Page 77 and 78: with the Wehrmacht and with civil a
Page 79 and 80: designate any area "committed" to O
Page 81 and 82: which do the actual work. This is o
Page 83 and 84: and to the tine schedule as laid do
Page 85 and 86: adjacent construction sites are gro
Page 87 and 88: Note: For the organizational struct
Page 89 and 90: Amt Bau-OTZ. The second ia the auto

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