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Old February 2nd, 2008, 10:01 PM
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Default Re: The Channel Islands
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Originally Posted by redcoat View Post
Actually the last German troops in the Channel Isles didn't surrender until the 23rd May 1945. A small group of troops were based on the small Island of Minquiers, and somehow when the rest of the Channel Isles garrison surrendered to the British they were forgotten about. It wasn't until they 'flagged down' a French fishing boat which took them to England were they able to surrender
Thats pretty sad to be forgotten in that way. But I guess that the Allies Had bigger things on their minds LOL.
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