In World War 2 in 1940 the homeland of England-Britain was air invaded by the Axis and Nazi Germany who first stationed at the Channel Islands. England was targeted to pay for its trespassings and it's punitive attempts in the Treaty of Versailles 1919. The British Channel islands gave off a key strategic point which let Nazi German Air forces have access and control areas of both Northern France and all of England (An aerial skip-away from London).
In 1940, the 28th Maori Battalion was also so famously raised, who had been first assembled roughly in late 1939. The Maori Battalion, working with other Allied forces went on rescue to Britain, supporting more the Scottish lines of defense. On March 13th 1940, the 28th Maori Battalion was declared active in World War 2, directly sent to Scotland who's initial orders were to station in the Middle-east with the 2nd New Zealand Division. Other units were quickly redirected after there was intelligence of an "All-Out Invasion of England" possibly hitting Scotland. In June through July of the same year, the Maori Battalion blended with another mixed brigade defending the English-Scottish border since the British Expeditionary Force under General Lord Gort had been defeated in France. Nazi Germany was reported to have taken-over France in under 6 weeks in 1940 shocking the governments further westward including the USA. The rescue of England was then expected to be an impossible task and an overwhelming force of German Aerial forces were unable to be countered by the British RAF.
The German Invasion of the English Channel Islands
On the 28th of June on Guernsey, St. Helier Jersey was bombed taking down a great many of the buildings. This act marked officially the "Invasion of Great Britain". An incident was reported during German occupation where tomato trucks were supposedly mistaken for ammunition trucks, which were machine-gunned down killing several of the local British drivers. On June 30th the Luftwaffe (Aerial German Forces) arrived in full on the British Channel Islands along with an aircraft dropping several Nazi officers who met local police authorities. The isle of Guernsey in Britain then passed fully into Nazi occupation.
The Invasion of England London by Germany 1940
In September on a Sunday known in New Zealand as Black Sunday of 1940, through May in 1941, just over 6 months, England's Capitol city of London was bombed by German Aerial forces and attacked at least 71 times called "The Blitz". The speed at which the German forces moved west and turning their attention directly to England is why the invasion is often named "The Blitz" for the lightning fast operation attacks. Italy allied to German forces offered it's services to invade Britain in agreement at the notion of an operation "to down England's motherland", but was given assistance access only in the attacks.
The attacks were apart of "Operation Sea Lion" however British historians tend to argue it's accuracy even though the Capitol of London was destroyed and Germany remained unchecked. In 1941 after "The Fall of England", Germany turned it's operations toward the USSR region. Radio Broadcasts from England in London during German air raids broadcasted from CBA Radio correspondent Edmond R. Murrow reporting from "The Fall of London" to American and Canadian public during the air raids.
"This is London about ten minutes to four in the morning. Tonight's raid which started about eight is still in progress. The number of planes engaged is about the same as usual, perhaps a few more from last night. Barring lucky hits, both damage and casualties should be no greater than on previous nights. The next three hours may bring a change, but so far the raids appear to be routine, with the Germans flying perhaps a little lower than they did last night"
The German occupation of the British isles lasted for a little over five years where the forces spent a great deal of resources to fortify the area, intending to an extent, to colonize London and lower England. In May 1945, after the five year chaos the Prime Minister of Britain a Mr. Churchill, broadcasted to the public "Our dear Channel Islands will be Free today". The British never confronted German occupation inside the British Channel during the World War, with a propaganda campaign years later reporting British victories or avoiding the importance of the Channel Islands all together.
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[-] Slee, Christopher "The Guinness Book of Lasts" Guinness Publishing Ltd. 1994, pg. 71-72
[-] Erik Bruun & Jay Crosby "The American Experience" Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers 2012, pg. 638-639
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