| Name: | The Channel Islands |
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Documents: 9
| 1100 | BRYANS, Peter J., ed. Channel Islands Merchant Shipping 1940-1945 (Channel Islands Occupation Society (Jersey Branch) Archives Book 5). Text by John Wallbridge. 80p., illus. Grouville: Channel Islands Occupation Society (Jersey Branch), [c.1986].
An excellent photographic record. The various vessels are listed alphabetically with details of the ships and their role given. |
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| 1101 | CORTVRIEND, V. V. Isolated Island: A History and Personal Reminiscences of the German Occupation of the Island of Guernsey, June 1940-May 1945. 334p. Guernsey: Star and Gazette, 1947.
Although largely concerned with experiences under German rule, the partial evacuation of the island in 1940 and its eventual relief in 1945 are described. |
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| 1102 | CRUICKSHANK, Charles. The German Occupation of the Channel Islands. xii, 370p., bibliog., illus., index. London: OUP, 1975. ISBN: 0192158082.
The only part of the British Isles to be occupied. The RN was involved in their liberation. Sutton published a second illustrated edition in 1990. (ISBN: 0862997690) |
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| 1103 | DURAND, Ralph A. Guernsey under German Rule. 183p. London: Guernsey Society, 1946.
Contains brief general details of the evacuation along with coverage of Alderney and Sark. |
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| 1104 | HOLMES, D. C. Fortress Jersey. Part 2, The German Navy in Jersey. [iii], 72p. Grouville: author, 1978.
A local historian looks at the German occupation forces. |
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| 1105 | PRESTON, Eric. The Commando Raids on Sark in 1943: Disaster of the French/British Joint Raids from Dartmouth (Dartmouth History Research Group, Paper 43). 24p., illus. Dartmouth: Dartmouth History Research Group, 2007. ISBN: 1899011250.
A full account of small actions which went wrong. |
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| 1106 | RAMSEY, Winston G. The War in the Channel Islands: Then and Now. 254p., illus. London: Battle of Britain Prints International, 1981. ISBN: 0900913223.
A detailed and extensively illustrated account, which also looks at surviving evidence of the occupation. |
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| 1107 | WOOD, Alan, & WOOD, Mary. Islands in Danger: The Story of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands 1940-1945. 255p., illus., index. London: Evans, 1955; New York: Macmillan, 1956.
An enquiry into what really happened during the occupation of "our dear Channel Islands," as Churchill called them. A good account. |
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| 5173 | BARD, Robert. Channel Islands at War: A Dark History. 96p., bibliog., illus. Stroud: Amberley, 2014. ISBN: 9781445640372. Very much focused on the experience of occupation and on the hidden tale of collaboration by islanders. |
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