History UsefulNotes / TheChannelIslands

The Channel Isles: UsefulNotes/{{Jersey}} (no, not UsefulNotes/NewJersey - think of it as this island's [[MorePopularSpinoff More Populous Spinoff]]), UsefulNotes/{{Guernsey}}, Alderney and Sark. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Also, Herm,]] which is small enough to be lumped in with Guernsey. These are British "Crown Dependencies", despite the fact that they are much closer to France.

The Channel Islands were occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. They were so heavily fortified that the Allies never attempted to recapture them; they were only liberated days after VE day. The occupation was harsh, but probably no worse than many places in Western Europe under Nazi occupation. There was a small-scale resistance movement, and there was a daring British commando raid on Sark. The islands were ecstatically pleased to be liberated and that their evacuees could finally come home, and Liberation Day (or Homecoming Day) is a national holiday[[note]]Oddly, the official German stance was that the Islands were merely under German administration in the name of King George VI. After the liberation, some of the men jailed by the Germans under the occupation were sent to Winchester prison to complete their sentences.[[/note]].

The Channel Islands were occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. They were so heavily fortified that the Allies never attempted to recapture them; they were only liberated days after VE day. The occupation was harsh, but probably no worse than many other places in Western Europe under Nazi occupation. There was a small-scale resistance movement, and there was a daring British commando raid on Sark. The islands were ecstatically pleased to be liberated and that their evacuees could finally come home, and Liberation Day (or Homecoming Day) is a national holiday[[note]]Oddly, the official German stance was that the Islands were merely under German administration in the name of King George VI. After the liberation, some of the men jailed by the Germans under the occupation were sent to Winchester prison to complete their sentences.[[/note]].

* ''Literature/ALineToKill'' is a murder mystery set on Alderney. Plot points include the natural beauty of the island that may be spoiled by a proposed high voltage power line, how there has ''never'' been a murder on the island before with the obvious exception of the German occupation 70-odd years before, and how the small size of the island makes it a ClosedCircle, impossible for the killer to hide or run away.