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Events on Monday 1 July 1940 1
1940German occupation of the Channel IslandsThe only British soil occupied by GermanyGerman forces landed on Guernsey on 30 June and on Jersey on 1 July, after Britain had demilitarised the islands. The occupation lasted until May 1945. Islanders faced deportations, forced labour and severe food shortages.