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001 2015375533
003 DLC
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020 $a9781473851597
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn905849811
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050 00 $aD760.8.C5$bH36 2015
100 1 $aHamon, Simon,$eauthor.
245 10 $aVoices from the past :$bChannel Islands invaded /$cSimon Hamon.
264 1 $aBarnsley, S. Yorkshire :$bFrontline Books, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd,$c2015.
264 4 $c©2015
300 $axi, 227 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-222) and index.
520 0 $aIn 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.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zChannel Islands.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vSources.
651 0 $aChannel Islands$xHistory$yGerman occupation, 1940-1945.