British Channel Islands WW2 Remembrance Campaign
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Started in 2018. ▶️We're on a mission to keep the wartime memories of the Channel Islands alive — the only part of the British Isles to endure Nazi occupation.
Joined April 2022
🚩N O T I F I C A T I O N .We are to pause all our Social media accounts on July 25th till 29th July. "A new website will launch on July 29th, marking a renewed focus on our core objective"
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Should the 66,000🇬🇧 people who faced WWII Occupation of the Channel Islands — and 15,000 Forced Slave Labour — have a significant and prominent place in Remembrance? 🕊️. And those currently without.🕊️. What do you think? 👇.
⏱️C O U N T D O W N.S T A R T ⚡️."Over 6,000 verified petition signatories have already been invited to become formal supporters. 🚩Now, the public is also invited to register their support for a significant memorial commemorating the WWII occupation of the Channel Islands"🎙️⬇️
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⏱️C O U N T D O W N.S T A R T ⚡️."Over 6,000 verified petition signatories have already been invited to become formal supporters. 🚩Now, the public is also invited to register their support for a significant memorial commemorating the WWII occupation of the Channel Islands"🎙️⬇️
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🔎Guernsey Occupation Focus .Little research about German Labour Camps of Guernsey around today - This document is a testimony or report written by a person named J. Verduguer, dated 17 June 1945, shortly after the liberation of Guernsey. #WW2 #LabourCamps
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🔎Guernsey Occupation Focus. Previous -Four German Fortifications Artist Impressions. Of course it would be imported "Slave Labour" that would be forced to build the " Plans " #WW2 How many of Fortifications today have remembrance plaques ??
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🔎Guernsey Occupation Focus /5.IN DER FESTUNG.GUERNSEY.Impression of artillery, it may been based on Batterie guns were mounted until August, 1944, when they were moved to Jersey to counter poses by Allies on French coast. Chilling booklet of German military artist impressions.
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🔎Guernsey Occupation Focus /4🧵 - Artist impression .4.7cm Skoda anti-tank gun bunker, right flanking, at Fort Saumarez. Very well illustrated. Also very chilling . #WW2
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🔎Guernsey Occupation Focus 3/🧵 Artist impression. M19 automatic 5cm mortar bunker at Fort Saumarez; Stand fiúr M19. Very artistic. Equally chilling. Going to be built by vast amount of Slave Labour at terrible cost. #WW2
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🔎Guernsey Occupation Focus 2/🧵 Artist impression. Near today's Beau Séjour, St Peter Port. Regiments-gefechtsstand.2 storey German defence .German Standard design. Slightly chilling?
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🔎Guernsey Occupation Focus 1/🧵.Not sure what to make of these. "German booklets" about Artist impression of "Fortifications" this building site. Built by Slave Labour. Festungsmäßige Bauten. #WW2
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🔎Guernsey Occupation Focus. This St Peter Port. Guernsey had been demilitarised by Britain days before Germans landed, & some of the civilian population, & children, had been evacuated. #WW2.Occupation lasted 5 years.
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🕯️ Forgotten Tragedy.Many in the Channel Islands may not know the SS Minotaure, carrying 468 people & Islanders . Needs to be part of a new Channel Islands WW2 Occupation Memorial .No plaque. No memorial. No remembrance?#WW2.
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🔴Why Do We Need a Channel Islands WW2 Occupation Memorial? First and foremost, it would honour the men of Force 135 Their bravery deserves "national" recognition, today in prominent memorial commemorating their efforts. Equally important everything else that's missing. ⬇️ #WW2
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🚩3. A comprehensive Occupation Memorial would honour all those affected- locals, foreign workers, & victims alike. All together. Way more missing significant. Remembrance today. It's time to remember. #LestWeForget #ChannelIslandsOccupation #WWII.
🇬🇧This Campaign transforms on the 29th of July . 🇫🇷La campagne de commémoration de la Seconde Guerre mondiale des Îles Anglo-Normandes britanniques se transforme le 29 juillet. 🇯🇪🇬🇬🇬🇧🇫🇷🇪🇸🇺🇦🇩🇿🇮🇱🇵🇱🇳🇱🇧🇪
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🚩2 To the forgotten slave labourers held at Fort Regent ( some from Alderney camps ) under brutal conditions — and the shocking executions of forced workers in St Helier — these stories remain largely untold, unmarked, and unremembered.🧵.
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🚩1 Why We Need a Channel Islands WWII Occupation Memorial?. Much of the true cost of occupation remains unmarked in the Channel Islands. From the tragic sinking of the SS Minotaure,where hundreds of forced workers and civilians perished off Saint-Malo,🧵.
🇬🇧This Campaign transforms on the 29th of July . 🇫🇷La campagne de commémoration de la Seconde Guerre mondiale des Îles Anglo-Normandes britanniques se transforme le 29 juillet. 🇯🇪🇬🇬🇬🇧🇫🇷🇪🇸🇺🇦🇩🇿🇮🇱🇵🇱🇳🇱🇧🇪
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📌The sinking of SS Minotaure from Jersey needs permanent remembrance ⬇️ #WW2
🕯️ Forgotten Tragedy.Many in the Channel Islands may not know the SS Minotaure, carrying 468 workers from Jersey, was torpedoed & sunk just outside Saint-Malo 1944. Around 250 lives were lost —mostly French OT workers, & with families. No plaque. No memorial. No remembrance?#WW2.
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🕯️ Forgotten Tragedy.Many in the Channel Islands may not know the SS Minotaure, carrying 468 workers from Jersey, was torpedoed & sunk just outside Saint-Malo 1944. Around 250 lives were lost —mostly French OT workers, & with families. No plaque. No memorial. No remembrance?#WW2.
🇬🇧This Campaign transforms on the 29th of July . 🇫🇷La campagne de commémoration de la Seconde Guerre mondiale des Îles Anglo-Normandes britanniques se transforme le 29 juillet. 🇯🇪🇬🇬🇬🇧🇫🇷🇪🇸🇺🇦🇩🇿🇮🇱🇵🇱🇳🇱🇧🇪
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🚩S T A T E M E N T .Statement by Channel Islands WW2 Remembrance Campaign Lead - Kev South. "Since April 2018, I’ve had the honour of leading the Channel Islands WWII Remembrance Campaign. As we approach July 29th, we mark a significant milestone in our journey."
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