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TPL_00027
An unauthorised poster which had a certain calming effect on the population of Guernsey during the height of the evacuation crisis period.
TPL_00024
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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The Crown Hotel in St Peter Port, Guernsey was the German naval headquarters. Now called the Ship and Crown.
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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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This view of the St Peter Port Town church and Prince Albert statue was photographed on 18th June 1941. Not yet evident are the German road signs painted on the wall of the church and the extensive barbed wire entanglements that were placed around the harbour. This Photograph is from a small collection of six taken by an unknown German soldier posted to Guernsey in 1941 with 319 Infantry Division.
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The Guernsey States sat especially for the purpose of receiving The Right Honourable Herbert Morrison, Home Secretary. To the left of the Bailiff are seated Brigadier Snow and Colonel Power. On his right is Rear-Admiral Stuart, RN.
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The Bailiff of Guernsey, Jurats and members of the States Controlling Committee seated in the Royal Court.
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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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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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Bomb damage to a property in the Strand St Peter Port following an air raid on 28th June 1940.
