Entries tagged 'war'

The following 57 entries have been tagged using the term war. Click the titles to read the full entry in each instance.

GUNS founder Charles Machon died
Machon had suffered from an ulcer and didn't receive the treatment he required in custody.

Hitler ordered the Channel Islands’ fortification
Hitler integrated Guernsey, Jersey and Alderney into the Nazi's Atlantic Wall defences.

Sark was the target of Operation Basalt
Operation Basalt had been an information-gathering raid

Guernsey switched to Reichsmarks
The currency exchange was just one of several changes under occupation

“Let em starve,” said Churchill
Nobody's sure whether he wanted the Germans or everyone on Guernsey to starve

Occupation president Ambrose Sherwill died
Sherwill had been the first president of the Controlling Committee

Occupation resister Winifred Green was deported
Green insulted Hitler in front of an informer and was sent to a prison in France

Guernsey commando Hubert Nicolle died
Nicolle led two undercover expeditions to Guernsey during the occupation

6th Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment fought at the Somme
The Battalion included several volunteers from Guernsey

The post-Occupation military government was disbanded
Guernsey was run by its liberators for several months after the Occupation.

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