In a issue of World War II magazine there was an interesting article on the Channel Islands. The German military there did not surrender till the end of the war. They didnt surrender til 9 May 1945. Way after being bypassed by the Allies when they landed in Normandy. They fought till the end . Amazingly they even staged a raid on the artificial harbor at Granville on 9 Mar 44. 90 German troops destroyed the port facilities and rescued 67 german prisoners,killed 2 US Marines and 6 Royal Navy sailors.They also captured 6 Americans. They were able to get away with a collier with 112 tons of coal. They sank all the other colliers there. I didn't know that there were US Marines killed in France. IMO to be cut off for a long period of time with out resupply and to even strike back shows the courage and iniciative of the German military there.

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