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19 lut 2020 · In this short history documentary I presented the situation of the Channel Islands during WW2, when their territory was occupied by the German forces, from 30 June 1940 until their peaceful...
31 maj 2024 · The Channel Islands: When Germany Occupied British Soil in WWII. Geographics. 1.07M subscribers. 688. 12K views 2 months ago #worldwar2 #germany #britain.
In June 1940, the Germans invaded the Channel Islands to little resistance. The British Government decided that the islands were of little strategic importan...
The Channel Islands were the only part of the British Isles to be occupied by German forces during the Second World War. The British government considered the islands to be of little strategic importance and were reluctant to spend money on their defence.
The Channel Islands were the only de jure part of the British Empire in Europe to be occupied by Nazi Germany during the war. Germany's allies Italy and Japan also occupied British territories in Africa and Asia, respectively.
20 lip 2024 · The evacuation of civilians from the Channel Islands in 1940 was an organised, partial, nautical evacuation of Crown dependencies in the Channel Islands, primarily from Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney to Great Britain during World War II. The evacuation occurred in phases, starting with school aged children, their teachers, and mother volunteers.
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…
