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  2. Category:Military history of the Channel Islands during World ...

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    World War II sites in the Channel Islands (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Military history of the Channel Islands during World War II" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.

  3. German occupation of the Channel Islands - Wikipedia

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    Commando: Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in World War Two. Reprinted 2002 by Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-479-6; Edwards, G. B. (1981), "The Book of Ebenezer le Page" (New York Review of Books Classics; 2006). Evans, Alice Alice, (2009), Guernsey Under Occupation: The Second World War Diaries of Violet Carey, The History Press, ISBN 978-1 ...

  4. Category:World War II in the English Channel - Wikipedia

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    Military history of the Channel Islands during World War II (3 C, 31 P) O. Operation Neptune (3 C, 30 P) S. World War II shipwrecks in the English Channel (108 P)

  5. Category:World War II sites in the Channel Islands - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "World War II sites in the Channel Islands" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. Entertainments National Service Association - Wikipedia

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    The Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) was an organisation established in 1939 by Basil Dean and Leslie Henson to provide entertainment for British armed forces personnel during World War II. ENSA operated as part of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.

  7. Coastal fortifications of Jersey - Wikipedia

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    During World War II Nazi Germany constructed a considerable number of fortifications in the Channel Islands which form part of the Atlantic Wall. The Channel Islands were amongst the most heavily fortified parts of the Atlantic Wall, particularly Alderney which is the closest to France.

  8. Deportations from the German-occupied Channel Islands

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    The Channel Islands, comprising the Bailiwick of Jersey and Bailiwick of Guernsey, which also comprised Alderney and Sark, fell under German control on 30 June 1940.. Prior to this, the lightning Blitzkrieg resulting in the fall of France gave the British government and the island governments just enough time to evacuate those who were willing to leave the islands immediately.

  9. Granville raid - Wikipedia

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    During the Second World War, Granville, Manche, France was the site of a prisoner of war camp. In December 1944, four German paratroopers and a naval cadet escaped from the camp and captured a US Navy LCVP , in which they made their way to the German occupied Channel Islands .