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The islands ended the war with a debt of £9,000,000, which the British government hoped would be repaid. [36]: 108 That was roughly the total value of every house in the Channel Islands and included the evacuation accounts. A generous gift from the British government of £3,300,000 was used to recompense islanders who had suffered losses and ...
It is often said the Channel Islands were better defended than the Normandy beaches, given the large number of tunnels and bunkers around the islands. By 1944 in tunnelling alone, 244,000 cubic metres (8,600,000 cu ft) of rock had been extracted collectively from Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney (the majority from Jersey).
A number of events greatly affected the whole civilian population in the Channel Islands: Evacuation of civilians from the Channel Islands in 1940. 28 June 1940 bombing of islands by the Luftwaffe; July 1940 German troops arrive and occupation starts. Winter 1941-42 when the islands were inundated with soldiers and construction workers
[7]: 101 Single men were sent to Ilag VII in Laufen, Bavaria, [2]: 37 joining many other deportees from the Channel Islands. Another British commando raid, this one intending to land on Sark, Operation Basalt, comprising 12 men arrived on 3–4 October 1942 by MTB with the objective of capturing a prisoner. Landing on the east of the island ...
Hawaii released maps detailing new evacuation routes for Lahaina, Hawaii, after last year's deadly Maui wildfires left residents trapped in their cars.
Two months after devastating wildfires ripped through the Hawaii town of Lahaina, schools in the West Maui community have completed an evacuation route to use in emergencies.. The Office of the ...
As volcanic activity at Hawaii's Kilauea hits the one month mark, Big Island's mayor ordered residents of Leilani Estates, the community hardest hit by volcanic activity, to evacuate in 24 hours ...
The Channel Islands, comprising the Bailiwick of Jersey and Bailiwick of Guernsey, which also comprised Alderney and Sark, fell under German control on 30 June 1940.. Prior to this, the lightning Blitzkrieg resulting in the fall of France gave the British government and the island governments just enough time to evacuate those who were willing to leave the islands immediately.