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The Channel Islands, south of England were occupied in WW2 and the Germans used them as R&R bases and military hospitals. The Germans built many huge and strong gunposts around the islands to repel British warships.
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∙ 9y agoThe Channel Islands, south of England were occupied in WW2 and the Germans used them as R&R bases and military hospitals.
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