Appendix B
Axis Troop and Supply Shipments
Destination and Type | Total | 1942 | 1943 | |||||
Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | ||
Total Tonnage | 188,517 | 36,062 | 28,206 | 36,326 | 32,966 | 29,267 | 23,017 | 2,673 |
Air Transport (Tons) | 31,386 | 3,688 | 5,593 | 4,664 | 4,953 | 7,651 | 4,327 | 510 |
Sea Transport (Tons) a | 157,131 | 32,374 | 22,613 | 31,662 | 28,013 | 21,616 | 18,690 | 2,163 |
Tons of Ammunition | 47,789 | 7,899 | 8,085 | 7,073 | 8,775 | 7,619 | 6,842 | 1,496 |
Tons of POL | 66,652 | 16,003 | 9,332 | 17,511 | 7,978 | 7,322 | 8,128 | 378 |
Tons of Other Supplies | 42,690 | 8,472 | 5,196 | 7,078 | 11,260 | 6,675 | 3,720 | 289 |
Number of Tanks | 544 | 187 | 191 | 50 | 52 | 20 | 44 | 0 |
Number of Vehicles | 8,173 | 1,493 | 2,178 | 2,017 | 1,483 | 711 | 277 | 14 |
Number of Guns | 1,093 | 230 | 250 | 249 | 157 | 153 | 47 | 7 |
TUNISIA | ||||||||
Total Tonnage | 161,576 | 13,208 | 24,940 | 35,505 | 32,966 | 29,267 | 23,017 | 2,673 |
Air Transport (Tons) | 25,572 | 581 | 3,503 | 4,047 | 4,953 | 7,651 | 4,327 | 510 |
Sea Transport (Tons) a | 136,004 | 12,627 | 21,437 | 31,458 | 28,013 | 21,616 | 18,690 | 2,163 |
Tons of Ammunition | 43,376 | 4,136 | 7,504 | 7,004 | 8,775 | 7,619 | 6,842 | 1,496 |
Tons of POL | 55,576 | 5,285 | 9,109 | 17,376 | 7,978 | 7,322 | 8,128 | 378 |
Tons of Other Supplies | 37,052 | 3,206 | 4,824 | 7,078 | 11,260 | 6,675 | 3,720 | 289 |
Number of Tanks | 495 | 149 | 180 | 50 | 52 | 20 | 44 | 0 |
Number of Vehicles | 7,692 | 1,079 | 2,111 | 2,017 | 1,483 | 711 | 277 | 14 |
Number of Guns | 975 | 127 | 235 | 249 | 157 | 153 | 47 | 7 |
LIBYA | ||||||||
Total Tonnage | 26,941 | 22,854 | 3,266 | 821 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Air Transport (Tons) | 5,814 | 3,107 | 2,090 | 617 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sea Transport (Tons) a | 21,127 | 19,747 | 1,176 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tons of Ammunition | 4,413 | 3,763 | 581 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tons of POL | 11,076 | 10,718 | 223 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tons of Other Supplies | 5,638 | 5,266 | 372 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of Tanks | 49 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of Vehicles | 481 | 414 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of Guns | 118 | 103 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a Does not include tonnage of the number of tanks, vehicles, and guns.
Source: Tables and Rpts in OKH/GenStdH/Op Abt (II). A IV-Afrika-Transport-Allgemain, 10.XII.42ñ1.VII.43.
Table 10
German Losses in Sea Transport to North Africa
November 1942-May 1943
Ships and Type of Supply Total 1942 1943 Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Number of ships: Lost 168 13 26 21 29 26 29 24 Damaged 18 0 9 3 1 2 2 1 Tons of Supplies 81,520 10,404 17,840 7,605 11,874 11,338 15,516 6,943 Number of Tanks 79 9 54 10 0 0 3 3 Number of Guns 320 37 111 41 25 60 17 29 Number of Vehicles 2,546 74 964 545 212 482 211 58 Source: Tables and Rpts, in OKH/GenStdH/Op Abt (II), A IV-Afrika-Transport-Allgemein, 10.XII.42ó1.VII.43.
Table 11
Axis Troops Transported to North Africa
November 1942ñMay 1943
Destination and Nationality Total 1942 1943 Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Total a a 172,782 32,022 38,549 41,386 a 29,233 a 20,135 a 11,142 a 315 German 142,047 20,975 30,773 29,474 29,233 20,135 11,142 315 Italian a a 30,735 11,047 7,776 11,912 (a) (a) (a) (a) TUNISIA--Total a a 167,884 28,187 37,757 41,115 a 29,233 a 20,135 a 11,142 a 315 German 137,149 17,140 29,981 29,203 29,233 20,135 b 11,142 315 By Air 81,021 15,273 18,162 14,257 12,893 11,756 b 8,388 292 By Sea 56,128 1,867 11,819 14,946 16,340 8,379 2,754 b 23 Italian a a 30,735 11,047 7,776 11,912 (a) (a) (a) (a) LYBIA--Total a a 4,898 a 3,835 a 792 a 271 0 0 0 0 German 4,898 3,835 792 271 0 0 0 0 By Air 4,319 3,323 730 266 0 0 0 0 By Sea 579 512 62 5 0 0 0 0 Italian (a) (a) (a) (a) 0 0 0 0 a Excludes unknown number of Italians transported to Libya in November 1942 through January 1943, and to Tunisia in February through May 1943.
b Data from Rpts, Afrika Transporte, in OKH/GenStdH/Op Abt (II), Afrika-A II Kraefte, I. I-28.V.43. This source and the one cited in source note below contain irreconcilable differences which may have resulted from hasty compilation and typographical errors carried over from OB SOUTH reports into the OKH/GenStdH tables. Careful evaluation of all available documents makes it reasonably certain that the figures given for April are the correct ones.
Source: German troops in OKH/GenStdH/Op Abt (II), A IV-Afrika-Transporte-Allgemein, 10.XII.42ñ1.VII.43. Italian troops to Tunisia in Rpts, German General at the Headquarters, Italian Armed Forces, in OKH/GenStdH/Op Abt (II), Tunis, 10.XI.42ñ2.V.43.
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