"Last Gasp at Granville: The Daring German Attack..." Topic
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Tango01 | 01 Jul 2022 9:16 p.m. PST |
… ON ALLIED-OCCUPIED FRANCE "In the early winter of 1944–1945, the 30,000 German troops occupying the Channel Islands between Great Britain and France were miserably cold and hungry—as were the British subjects under their jackboots. Soldiers and civilians alike shivered on the windswept bits of land off the coast of Normandy and waited for the war to end.
By this point Germany's occupation of the Channel Islands was well into its fifth year, but the successful Allied landings in France the previous summer had irreparably severed its supply lines. (The Allies had chosen to bypass the heavily fortified islands entirely, leaving them isolated in the rear.) All across Europe the winter had been unusually harsh, and although Britain was regularly shipping coal to France via the French port of Granville, none was going to the Channel Islands. The Germans allowed the International Red Cross relief ship SS Vega to drop off shipments of food, clothing, and medical supplies, but only occasionally. "Let 'em starve," British prime minister Winston Churchill had declared in September 1944. "No fighting. They can rot at their leisure." It was unclear whether Churchill was referring the islanders or their German captors…" Main page
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Armand
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deadhead | 02 Jul 2022 2:58 p.m. PST |
Incredible story…so much so that I must research it further as it is way beyond anything I just "knew" about WWII. It reads like an Ian Fleming fantasy….. I just "knew" that "The Man That Got Away" (Franz von Werra) was the only German escaper from Allied captivity. I "knew" that the Germans simply did not do the small scale amphibious attacks that we associate with our Commandos or other special forces. What an eye opener. Nice find Tango, if it is true……. |
Tango01 | 02 Jul 2022 3:41 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it as I did my good friend… (smile) What a bad luck from the German Paratroopers who scape… of couse Hitler was who kill them…
Deserves a good movie….
Armand
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