Atlantic Wall: Channel Islands: Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark

by George Forty

Overview

While the Germans did not succeed in invading Britain during World War II, they occupied a number of islands in the English Channel. The English population continued to lead fairly normal lives, while the German occupiers built some of the most extensive fortifications of the Second World War. As the war progressed, British commandos made occasional attacks, resulting in harsher conditions on the islands. The German garrisons were totally isolated by the D-Day landings, but managed to hold on through the following winter to surrender in May 1945. The author, a renowned military historian, examines these questions with complete candor, in addition to his study of the famous fortifications. All of the wartime events and the islands and their fortifications as they are today are covered in the popular Battleground Europe style, with illustrations, maps and then-and-now photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783379972
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	01/24/2020
Series:	Battleground Europe
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	814,635
File size:	51 MB
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About the Author

George Forty had three careers: as a serving officer for 30 years in the Royal Tank Regiment; as curator of the world-famous Bovington Tank Museum; and as a prolific author of military books.