In the summer of 1940, islanders of Jersey were given a choice; leave their homes indefinitely and evacuate to England or stay and surrender to occupation by the Germans.  

In May 1940 France is invaded by Hitler. Jersey, once considered safe from the war in Europe, was now within range of enemy guns.

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Britain makes a strategic decision. Defending the Channel Islands was impractical and a danger to civilians. The Islands had no strategic value or importance to the war. And so it was decided; Jersey ,along with all the other Channel Islands, would not be defended.

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