Guernsey

The Bailiwick of Guernsey (French: Bailliage de Guernesey) is a British crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.

History

Rising sea levels transformed Guernsey into the tip of a peninsula jutting out into the emergent English Channel until about 6000 BC, when Guernsey and other promontories were cut off from continental Europe, becoming islands. At this time, Neolithic farmers settled the coasts and created the dolmens and menhirs that dot the islands. The island of Guernsey contains three sculpted menhirs of great archaeological interest; Le Dolmen de Dehus also contains a dolmen deity.

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Peninsula - 6000 BC - Neolithic - Dolmens - Menhirs - Sculpted menhirs - Dolmen deity

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Saint Samson of Dol is credited with the introduction of Christianity to Guernsey.

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Samson of Dol - Christianity

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In 933 the islands, formerly under the control of the Duchy of Brittany were annexed by the Duchy of Normandy. The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Duchy of Normandy. In the islands, Elizabeth II's traditional title as head of state is Duke of Normandy.

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933 - Duchy of Brittany - Duchy of Normandy - Channel Island - Elizabeth II - Head of state - Duke of Normandy

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The Bailiwick of Guernsey was occupied by German troops in World War II. Many people from Guernsey were deported into camps in the southwest of Germany, notably to Biberach an der Riss and interned in the Lindele Camp ("Lager Lindele").

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German - World War II - Germany - Biberach an der Riss

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