Occupation of the Channel Islands by Nazi Germany

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Comment by Libby Cone on August 1st, 2009 at 1:10 pm

You are citing an out-of-print paperback edition of my novel, War on the Margins. The ISBN for the new hardcover edition is 0715638769.

Comment by Gordon Anderson on September 10th, 2009 at 9:33 pm

I have updated it with the current information. Thank You.

Comment by Pete Webb MITG on August 6th, 2013 at 9:27 am

I notice you quote that the Islands were demilitarized and declared open towns – yes, demilitarized, but not open towns as Winston Churchill never told the Germans any thing. That is why St. Peter Port in Guernsey and St. Helier in Jersey were bombed on the 28th June 1940 to test defences. Had Churchill told the Germans so, then 44 people would not have died in vane.

Comment by Jennifer Tanabe on August 7th, 2013 at 10:11 am

Thank you, Pete, for your comment. The article does state that “They decided to keep this a secret from the German forces,” presumably to encourage them to expend forces on these strategically unimportant islands. The problem seems to lie less in not informing the Germans than in the confusion about whether the islanders should evacuate after demilitarization by the British government.

Comment by Ben Inder on August 26th, 2014 at 10:35 am

I was browsing your article and noticed that you currently link to a page on VisitGuernsey.com that is out-of-date and no longer exists. On this page: “http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Occupation%20of%20the%20Channel%20Islands%20by%20Nazi%20Germany” under External Links you have a link that reads “VisitGuernsey – German Military Underground Hospital” – but when clicked on shows an error.

To help ensure your website visitors find what they are looking for is it possible to update this link to http://www.visitguernsey.com/-German-military-underground-hospital ?

Many thanks,

Ben

Comment by Jennifer Tanabe on August 27th, 2014 at 10:53 am

Thank you, Ben, for your comment. The article will be revised with the updated link as you suggested.