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Military history of France during World War II; Neuengamme concentration camp subcamp list; Sark during the German occupation of the Channel Islands; Walker Collection: A collection of philatelic material in the British Library relating to the occupation.
Guernsey was very heavily fortified during World War II out of all proportion to the island's strategic value, for example four captured vintage Russian 305mm naval guns were installed at Batterie Mirus. [34] [35] German defences and alterations remain visible, including additions made to Castle Cornet and a windmill.
On 2 June 1941 Adolf Hitler asked for maps of the Channel Islands; these were provided the next day. By 13 June Hitler had made a decision. He ordered additional men to the Islands and, having decided the defences were inadequate, lacking tanks and coastal artillery, he instructed the Organisation Todt (OT) to undertake the building of 200-250 strongpoints in each of the larger islands.
A recently-found letter written by a Guernsey man during the German Occupation shows the extent of the island's food crisis during World War Two. Claude Rondel started writing to his family in the ...
Plan Prophet, the landing in Guernsey and plan Moslem in Jersey, were given the “stand to” warning on 3 May 1945, [8] making 4 May W-Day. Formation badges were issued, the shield was based on the three leopards of Jersey and Guernsey coat of arms as used by Edward I of England [9]: 5 and stencil formation signs were painted on the vehicles ...
Mrs Quevâtre has been sharing her memories with BBC Guernsey as part of The Island Memories Project to create a digital audio archive of WW2 memories. After completing her training she was told ...
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.
The German Festung Guernsey book recorded 616,000m³ of concrete used in Guernsey, [35] almost 10% of the concrete used in the Atlantic Wall. Of the eleven artillery batteries on Guernsey, the largest was located in Batterie Mirus, comprising four 30.5 cm guns which had a range of 51 kilometres (32 mi). [36]