16-09-2015, 07:01 PM
A fair few German slaves were used in Guernsey to build the fortifications and tunnels, a lot of them were thrown into the sea or otherwise got rid of when their usefulness had expired, Jews living on the island if routed out were sent to the death camps in the east of Europe.
When I was doing green oak framing there I stayed a few times in a house on Le Canishers in Peter Port (a small back road of that name) it was run by an old dear who remembered that time well and not with any affection, my farther used to ply those waters during the war when he was in the navy, the destroyer he served on was often used as part of Operation Tunnel searching out blockade runners en route to the Uboat pens on the west coast of France with fuel and replacement Uboat crews.
Lawrence.
When I was doing green oak framing there I stayed a few times in a house on Le Canishers in Peter Port (a small back road of that name) it was run by an old dear who remembered that time well and not with any affection, my farther used to ply those waters during the war when he was in the navy, the destroyer he served on was often used as part of Operation Tunnel searching out blockade runners en route to the Uboat pens on the west coast of France with fuel and replacement Uboat crews.
Lawrence.
