Voices from the Past: Channel Islands Invaded

Voices from the Past: Channel Islands Invaded by SIMON HAMON


Authors
SIMON HAMON
ISBN
9781473851597
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
256
Dimensions
156 x 234mm

In the summer of 1940 the British Isles stood isolated and alone facing the might of a seemingly unstoppable German war machine. Never before had the United Kingdom been in a state of such uncertainty and possible peril. Fortunately the full breadth of the English Channel held back Hitler's armies, and his ambition. Not so for the Channel Islands which stand just a few miles from the French coast. To abandon British territory to the enemy was unthinkable, yet the defence of the Channel Islands was impracticable, if not impossible. It was decided, therefore, to evacuate as many as wished to leave. This is the story of the muddled evacuation, of homes, animals and families left behind, of the German bombing of the islands, the fear of those left behind, and of those first days of German Occupation, told by the Islanders themselves through memoirs and letters, the local newspapers, and the politicians who decided the fate of tens of thousands of men women and children. SELLING POINTS: ? An account of the German invasion of the Channel Islands in 1940 ? Original eyewitness accounts and contemporary commentary ? Details the agonising decision to demilitarise the islands and the subsequent German bombing 16pp b/w plates
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