Operation Hardtack targets the Channel Islands
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28th December
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The Red Cross saves Guernsey from starvation
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27th December
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Castle Cornet surrenders to Guernsey
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17th December
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Alderney’s evacuees return to their island
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15th December
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Guernseyman Herbert Le Patourel wrongly thought killed
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3rd December
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Royal Guernsey Light Infantry memorial was unveiled
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30th November
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A Lancaster bomber crashed on Sark
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23rd November
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Guernsey recruits caused concern in Parliament
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21st November
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A plane crashed on Crevichon
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19th November
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German forces confiscated Guernsey’s radios
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18th November
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GUNS founder Charles Machon died
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26th October
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Hitler ordered the Channel Islands’ fortification
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20th October
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Sark was the target of Operation Basalt
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3rd October
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Guernsey switched to Reichsmarks
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2nd October
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“Let em starve,” said Churchill
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27th September
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Occupation president Ambrose Sherwill died
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25th September
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Occupation resister Winifred Green was deported
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21st September
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Guernsey commando Hubert Nicolle died
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19th September
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6th Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment fought at the Somme
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8th September
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The post-Occupation military government was disbanded
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25th August
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Police found a bomb in Bluebell Wood
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14th August
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The RAF bombed Guernsey Airport
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9th August
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Albert Lamy appointed Guernsey Police Chief Officer
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30th July
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Guernsey Controlling Committee’s Sir John Leale died
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22nd July
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First Commando raid of the Second World War
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8th July
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Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Museum opens
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6th July
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Alderney is occupied by German forces
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2nd July
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Guernsey suffered its first and only air raid
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28th June
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First meeting of Guernsey’s Controlling Committee
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25th June
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Guernsey chose England over France
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24th June
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Guernsey’s school children were evacuated
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21st June
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The Channel Islands were demilitarised
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15th June
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Occupying forces confiscated Guernsey’s radios
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8th June
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The king and queen celebrated Guernsey’s liberation
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7th June
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GUNS writer Joseph John Gillingham was deported
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4th June
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Occupation stories occupy the mainland papers
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30th May
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Guernsey woman advised to leave for her safety
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29th May
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John Doyle was appointed Lieutenant-Governor
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23rd May
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Wartime diplomat Wilfred Gallienne born in Guernsey
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20th May
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Alderney was liberated at the end of the second world war
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16th May
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British papers reported Dame of Sark’s deportation
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14th May
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Guernsey was liberated from German occupation
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9th May
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Alderney debated in the House of Commons
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6th May
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Guernsey deportee, nurse Gladys Skillett was born
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2nd May
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Three Jewish women are deported from Guernsey
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21st April
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Royal Guernsey Light Infantry fights at Ypres
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14th April
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Battery Mirus was test fired for the first time
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13th April
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An occupation-era minefield is discovered at L’Ancresse
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5th April
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Enemy at the Door comes to the end of its run
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29th March
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Soldiers staged a mutiny at Fort George
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21st March
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Birth of Baron James de Saumarez
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11th March
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Occupying forces mount a desperate raid on Granville
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9th March
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Guernsey’s entire police force is arrested
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5th March
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Second World War bomb detonated
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29th February
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The last issue of GUNS was distributed
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11th February
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Birth of Generaloberst Friedrich Dollmann
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2nd February
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Guernsey opens its wartime files
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5th January
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