The Channel Islands 1941–45
Title | The Channel Islands 1941–45 PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Stephenson |
Publisher | Osprey Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006-02-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781841769219 |
Following the Fall of France and the surrender of Paris on 14 June 1940, the British Government announced that the Channel Islands had no strategic importance and would not be defended. The Germans occupied the islands from the end of June onwards and remained in control until the end of the war. On 10 October 1941 Hitler announced his intention to 'convert them into an impregnable fortress', and the islands formed the most heavily fortified and defended section of the entire Atlantic Wall. This book describes the design, construction and manning of these defensive positions, as well as considering more widely the occupation of the Channel Islands by the Germans.
The Channel Islands 1941–45
Title | The Channel Islands 1941–45 PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Stephenson |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 66 |
Release | 2013-05-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1849080402 |
Following the fall of France and the surrender of Paris on 14 June 1940, the British Government announced that the Channel Islands had no strategic importance and would not be defended. The Germans occupied the islands from the end of June onwards and remained in control until the end of the war. On 10 October 1941 Hitler announced his intention to 'convert them into an impregnable fortress', and the islands formed the most heavily fortified and defended section of the entire Atlantic Wall. This book describes the design, construction and manning of these defensive positions, as well as considering more widely the occupation of the Channel Islands by the Germans.
The British Channel Islands Under German Occupation, 1940-1945
Title | The British Channel Islands Under German Occupation, 1940-1945 PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Sanders |
Publisher | Paul Sanders |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0953885836 |
The British Isles have only been successfully invaded and occupied once since 1066: the German occupation of the Channel Islands from 1940-1945. This book commemorates a defining period in the history of the islands and an important aspect of contemporary British history.
German Occupation of the Channel Islands [1940-45]
Title | German Occupation of the Channel Islands [1940-45] PDF eBook |
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Release | 1959 |
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Islands in Danger
Title | Islands in Danger PDF eBook |
Author | Alan Wood |
Publisher | |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 1956 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Protest, Defiance and Resistance in the Channel Islands
Title | Protest, Defiance and Resistance in the Channel Islands PDF eBook |
Author | Gillian Carr |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
Pages | |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | 9781474210874 |
The Channel Islands
Title | The Channel Islands PDF eBook |
Author | Asa Briggs |
Publisher | Trafalgar Square Publishing |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The Channel Islands were the only part of Britain to be occupied by the Germans during World War II. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of their liberation, this is a record of life on the Channel islands under Nazi rule, and of the Liberation itself. It sets out to show the contrast between the peaceful, pre-war atmosphere of the sunny holiday islands and the shadow of fear, isolation and shortages under which islanders were forced to live for five years.