The Channel Islands At War
“ Photoset in North Wales by Derek Doyle & Associates, Mold, Clwyd. Printed in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and bound by WBC Bookbinders Ltd, Bridgend, Glamorgan.
Contents List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgements x Preface xv A Selected Chronology of Events in the Channel Isles 1940-1945 xix Part 1 The Sound and Fury of Battle War Comes to the Islands, June and July 1940 1 Inside the Channel War Zone for Five Years 11 lnsehvahn: Hitler's Channel ...Fortress, and its Garrison 25 Part 2 Ruled by the Third Reich The German Rulers and their Organizations 38 The Island Governments and the Germans 50 Part 3 Collaboration The Forces of Law and Order: The Black Market 61 Working for or with the Germans: The Informers 70 'Boots for Bags': Fraternization by the Island Women 76 Part 4 The Dangerous and Lonely Decision: Resistance 9 Espionage and Undercover Information 83 Public Demonstrations and Secret Politics 92 The Courage and Suffering of Island Escapcrs 97 Part 5 Occupation Life for Ordinary People 12 War Crimes: Billeting, Looting, and Destruction of Goods and Property 106 The Wretchedness of Everyday Life 116 The Last Year and the Red Cross Ship 124 Part 6 Hitler's New Order in the Channel Islands The Todt Workers and the Death Camps 131 The Deportation of the Islanders 141 The Fate of the Jews on the Islands 152 Belsen, Buchenwald, Frankfurt, Naumburg, Neuengamme, and RavensbrQck 156 Epilogue: The Liberation Days 163Appendix: An Estimate of the Total of Dead in the Channel Islands War Theatre 175 Source Notes 181 Bibliography 189 Index 193 To Cecil Horace Beeby and Peter Frank Wells formerly Headmaster, and Second Master of The Skinners' School Tunbridge Wells Illustrations Plates Between pages 30 and 31 A German soldier manhandles an anti-tank gun into position, Guernsey A German sentry at the Forest Hotel in Guernsey East Lynne Farm, Jersey.MoreLess
Contents List of Illustrations viii Acknowledgements x Preface xv A Selected Chronology of Events in the Channel Isles 1940-1945 xix Part 1 The Sound and Fury of Battle War Comes to the Islands, June and July 1940 1 Inside the Channel War Zone for Five Years 11 lnsehvahn: Hitler's Channel ...Fortress, and its Garrison 25 Part 2 Ruled by the Third Reich The German Rulers and their Organizations 38 The Island Governments and the Germans 50 Part 3 Collaboration The Forces of Law and Order: The Black Market 61 Working for or with the Germans: The Informers 70 'Boots for Bags': Fraternization by the Island Women 76 Part 4 The Dangerous and Lonely Decision: Resistance 9 Espionage and Undercover Information 83 Public Demonstrations and Secret Politics 92 The Courage and Suffering of Island Escapcrs 97 Part 5 Occupation Life for Ordinary People 12 War Crimes: Billeting, Looting, and Destruction of Goods and Property 106 The Wretchedness of Everyday Life 116 The Last Year and the Red Cross Ship 124 Part 6 Hitler's New Order in the Channel Islands The Todt Workers and the Death Camps 131 The Deportation of the Islanders 141 The Fate of the Jews on the Islands 152 Belsen, Buchenwald, Frankfurt, Naumburg, Neuengamme, and RavensbrQck 156 Epilogue: The Liberation Days 163Appendix: An Estimate of the Total of Dead in the Channel Islands War Theatre 175 Source Notes 181 Bibliography 189 Index 193 To Cecil Horace Beeby and Peter Frank Wells formerly Headmaster, and Second Master of The Skinners' School Tunbridge Wells Illustrations Plates Between pages 30 and 31 A German soldier manhandles an anti-tank gun into position, Guernsey A German sentry at the Forest Hotel in Guernsey East Lynne Farm, Jersey.MoreLess
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