Sunday 28 September 2014

Evacuation of Children from Guernsey (1940)

Evening Press (Guernsey) dated June 19th 1940
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The Channel Islands were occupied by Germany from 30 June 1940 until the liberation on 9 May 1945. In advance of the occupation 17,000 out of a population of 42000 evacuated to England. The Channel Islands were the only part of the British Isles to be invaded and occupied by German forces during the war.

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