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June 1940 saw the evacuation of many civilians, note the gas masks being carried as part of the preparations for attack. The Guernsey population was about 42,000 in 1940, some 17,000 left before the German occupation. During the war they were re-housed throughout the United Kingdom.
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June 1940 saw the evacuation of many civilians, note the gas masks being carried as part of the preparations for attack.
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The Pomme d’Or Hotel at the Weighbridge, St Helier, Jersey was the Headquarters of the Hafenkommandant (Senior German Naval Officer). This is where the Bailiff Alexander Coutanche met Generalmajor Wulf the Island Commander at 12 o’clock on 9th May 1945 and escorted him to an awaiting German pinnace at the harbour and out to HMS Beagle anchored in St Aubin’s Bay to meet with Brigadier Snow and the other British representatives.
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Beer barrels emptied by the Germans at the Guernsey Brewery South Esplanade St. Peter Port.
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The Crown Hotel in St Peter Port, Guernsey was the German naval headquarters. Now called the Ship and Crown.
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Gaumont cinema in St. Julian's Avenue showing 'Victory in the West' in 1941. Civilians could go to the cinema but the films were mostly shown in German.
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Channel Islands Hotel Glategny Esplanade St Peter Port. Headquarters of the German Commandant 1940. The hotel was renamed the Savoy and later demolished.
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The German version of the V sign which appeared on most premises occupied by German troops.
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The Guernsey airport building pock-marked by raiding RAF aircraft in August 1940. Sandbagged and flying the Nazi flag it was the first building entered by the Germans when they landed in the Channel Islands on 30 June 1940.
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The Pratt and Whitney R-2800-5 double Wasp engine from a B26 Marauder found south of Guernsey, 15 March 1962.
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The burnt out weighbridge in St Peter Port following the bombing of the harbour on the evening of 28th June 1940.
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The devastation caused by the events of 19th June 1944, when Lightnings of the U.S.A.A.F. dropped bombs in the harbour. Every window pane has been broken, note the shattered remains piled up outside Creasy's, and the lettering on Woolworth's stores that has been dislodged.
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The aftermath of the bombing raid on 28th June 1940 with the burnt out tomato trucks littering the White Rock pier.
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Smoke rises from burning vehicles shortly after a bombing raid on the White Rock in St Peter Port. The raid on the evening of 28th June 1940 resulted in 33 civilian dead. The parked tomato trucks were mistaken for military vehicles.
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Smoke drifts from burning vehicles shortly after a bombing raid on the White Rock in St Peter Port. The raid on the evening of 28th June 1940 resulted in 33 civilian dead. The parked tomato trucks were mistaken for military vehicles.
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Severe damage to the Cambridge Berth sheds following a bombing raid on the 28th June 1940.
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Bomb damage to a property in the Strand St Peter Port following an air raid on 28th June 1940.
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Bomb damage to a property in the Strand St Peter Port following an air raid on 28th June 1940.
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The burnt out weighbridge in St Peter Port following the bombing of the harbour on the evening of 28th June 1940.
