Guernsey Evacuees: The Forgotten Evacuees of the Second World War
by Gillian Mawson
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages192 pages
ISBN
9780752470191
Published
2012
Description
A forgotten British evacuation: in June 1940, 17,000 people fled guernsey to England, including 5,000 school children with their teachers and 500 mothers as 'helpers'. The channel islands were occupied on 30 June - the o...A forgotten British evacuation: in June 1940, 17,000 people fled guernsey to England, including 5,000 school children with their teachers and 500 mothers as 'helpers'. The channel islands were occupied on 30 June - the only part of British territory that was occupied by nazi forces during the Second World War.