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  2. German occupation of the Channel Islands - Wikipedia

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    As many of the islands' young men had joined the armed forces at the outbreak of war, there was a shortfall in manual labour on the farms, particularly for the potato crop; 150 registered conscientious objectors associated with the Peace Pledge Union and 456 Irish workers were recruited for Jersey. Some chose to remain and were trapped by the ...

  3. Civilian life under the German occupation of the Channel Islands

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    Civilians: about 150, mainly air raids, deportees and in prisons (excludes Island deaths from malnutrition and the cold) A higher percentage of civilians died in the islands per head of pre-war population than in the UK. From the people who had left the Islands in 1939/40 and been evacuated in 1940, 10,418 islanders served with Allied forces.

  4. Liberation of the German-occupied Channel Islands - Wikipedia

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    Liberation sculpture in front of Pomme d'Or Hotel, Jersey. The Channel Islands, Crown Dependencies of the United Kingdom, were occupied during the Second World War by Nazi Germany, from 30 June 1940 until May 1945. They were liberated by British forces following the general German surrender.

  5. 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.

  6. Restored war bunker tells history of Jersey Occupation - AOL

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  7. Evacuation of civilians from the Channel Islands in 1940

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    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.

  8. Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey - Wikipedia

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    In World War II, the Island was demilitarised, 11 officers and 193 men of the militia left on the SS Hodder to England, where they formed the nucleus of the 11th (Royal Militia Island of Jersey) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment. [3] It was a training battalion, based in the United Kingdom throughout the war until it was disbanded in 1946.

  9. Resistance in the German-occupied Channel Islands - Wikipedia

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    During the German occupation of the Channel Islands, there was limited resistance.The islands had a very high number of German soldiers compared to the civilian population, one soldier for every 2-3 civilians, which reduced options; this linked to the severe penalties imposed by the occupiers meant that only forms of non-lethal resistance were used by the population.