Entries tagged 'occupation'

The following 32 entries have been tagged using the term occupation. Click the titles to read the full entry in each instance.

The Channel Islands were demilitarised
Britain withdrew its troops and military hardware from Guernsey and Jersey in advance of the German invasion.

GUNS writer Joseph John Gillingham was deported
GUNS, the Guernsey Underground News Sheet, was cribbed from BBC broadcasts.

Occupation stories occupy the mainland papers
After five years under German rule, stories about life in occupied Guernsey were keenly sought.

British papers reported Dame of Sark’s deportation
News that the Dame of Sark had been deported to a German concentration camp turned out to be false.

Guernsey was liberated from German occupation
German troops had occupied the Channel Islands for five years until their liberation in 1945.

Three Jewish women are deported from Guernsey
Three Jewish women who found themselves stranded on Guernsey were deported to Auschwitz during the occupation.

Battery Mirus was test fired for the first time
The four guns that comprised Battery Mirus had a range of 51km.

Enemy at the Door comes to the end of its run
The ITV drama series was set on Guernsey but actually filmed on neighbouring Jersey.

Occupying forces mount a desperate raid on Granville
German forces raid an Allied supply dump in the French town of Granville and brought prisoners of war back to the Channel Islands.

Guernsey’s entire police force is arrested
Every police officer on the island was arrested in an inquiry into theft

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