1 July 1940 Part 7

1 July 1940 Occupation of the Channel Islands

Sunny, windy. Return to Cherbourg. At midday the assault detachment had crossed from Cherbourg to occupy the English Channel Island of Guernsey.

1800: Flight to Guernsey [typed Jersey corrected by hand]. The island had already been taken by surprise by a reconnaissance aircraft on 30 June 1940, without enemy resistance. On 1 July it was occupied and secured by the naval assault detachment and one battalion of Infantry Regiment 396. After Guernsey, Jersey was also occupied. Signed Stichling.

T-1022 Roll 2448, T1022_R2448_English_Translation.docx. Archive and frame references follow.
PG 38117 | Frame 00509 | War diary page 14