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The Channel Islands at War: A Dark History
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The incredible true story of what really happened in the Channel Islands during the Second World War. The Channel lslands were occupied on 30 June 1940 when four German planes landed at Guernsey Airport. They were the only part of Britain to be occupied during the Second World War. The islands had been officially demilitarised on 19 June, but the War Office in London overlooked the necessity to inform the Germans. This led to a German air attack on 28 June, which resulted in thirty-eight civilian deaths. Hitler was extremely proud of the conquest of the Channel lslands, and saw it as a stepping-stone to the full invasion of the rest of Britain. The occupying forces were instructed to behave correctly. This would show the rest of Britain that there was nothing to be feared from life under the Third Reich. This book looks at the German Occupation, the unsavoury events that occurred on the Islands, and why at the end of the war a cover-up of these events was instigated by the British Government.
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| Publisher | Amberley Publishing (15 May 2014) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 96 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1445640376 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1445640372 |
| Dimensions | 16.51 x 0.76 x 23.39 cm |
by CASSINI24
Very, very few people would, I imagine, know that there was a concentration camp in the British Isles – on Alderney – or that, as some evidence suggests, gas chambers were being built in Jersey and Guernsey. This books sheds light on these and other troubling accounts of the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands, which suggests it was not the model occupation designed as a prelude to the invasion of the British mainland (as some naively hoped) but an invasion every bit as dark as the occupation of France and its northern neighbors. The book describes with sensitivity the issue of collaboration between the islanders and their occupiers, and the resistance, or lack of it. Finally the book concludes with questions on the alleged cover-up by the British Govt and the motives for keeping files unreleased until 2045. In this 75th anniversary year since Liberation, the book raises difficult questions about the darkest period in the story of these beautiful islands.
by Jim__Leeder
Very interesting account of the occupation, highlighting the death camps set up by the SS. A piece of British history very rarely publicized.
by Mr. J. Pacey
Good read although part of the british isles channel islands are not part of the united kingdom
by J. Y. Brown
Another brilliant book on Jersey’s history – a must read for those who love the Channel Isles and its history.
by rebekah crouch
A very grey area, collaboration, even when all the withheld information is seen, how can judgment be made unless one has been put in this situation?
by ann sugden
Very interesting
by Mona T
I truly enjoyed it could not put it down. I knew a lot about WWII, but still there are dark secrets. N
by mikehoweson
ok