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On the 75th anniversary of VE Day, we celebrate the end of Nazi rule over Europe. Even in Germany, May 8 is seen as a day of liberation.

But in one corner of the British Isles, the Germans remained in control The German occupation of the Channel Islands had lasted for almost all of the Second World War.

Used as a forward air base for a short time – a bombing raid was launched from Jersey and Guernsey against Italian forces on June 11 1940 – the islands were officially demilitarised on June 15.

Some 25,000 children along with their schoolteachers and a group of men of men of military age were evacuated to the British mainland.

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