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The Channel Islands of Guernsey (Guernsey, Herm, Sark, Alderney and Lihou) were under German occupation during World War Two, from 1940 to liberation in 1945. Known as ‘Hitler’s Island Madness’ the Channel Islands became the most fortified place in the world…
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When the war broke out in September 1939, it was thought by...
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6 Μαΐ 2020 · German forces seized control of the Channel Islands on 30 June 1940. By-passed by the Allies as they pushed east they remained under Nazi rule for almost 5 years, until the end of World War Two. This is the story of the British men and women who lived under the German occupation.
20 Φεβ 2024 · The Channel Islands were the only part of the British Isles under German control during the conflict, and there remains plenty of evidence of their stay; coastlines are dotted with well-preserved fortifications built by German soldiers, and museums recreate those dark days with gripping exhibits.
26 Φεβ 2021 · Only one part of the British Isles was occupied during World War II. The Channel Islands, nearer to France than Britain but still British territory, were abandoned by the British military in June 1940 and remained under German occupation until May 1945.
Alderney was the only Channel Island to be evacuated during WWII as the island became part of Hitler's Atlantic Wall. The five-year German occupation came to an end on 16 May 1945 and the first day the islanders were able to return to their island on December 15 is known as Homecoming Day, an event still celebrated in Alderney with an annual ...
The Channel Islands were the only British territory to be occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. In 2010, the discovery of a briefcase in Guernsey made it possible to tell the stories of islanders persecuted by the Nazis for the first time.
The Channel Islands. The Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, which lie about 14 miles from the Normandy coast of France and about 100 miles from the south coast of England, were part of the Duchy of Normandy at the time of the Norman Conquest of Britain in 1066, sharing a Monarch from that date.
