Jersey Under the Jackboot

by R. C. F. Maugham

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Written in 1946, 'Jersey Under the Jackboot' offers an account of life in occupied Jersey by someone who had just lived through it. Although this is a first-hand account, there are very few (if any) autobiographical digressions; it is instead written from a stance of surprising objectivity, from which the author has done an admirable job of restraining his emotions (forming an effective contrast to Joe Mière's very personal account of the the German occupation). That said, it is perhaps a little too impersonal, however in all this is a valuable account of a very disturbing episode in Jersey history.

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Canonical title
Jersey Under the Jackboot
Original publication date
1946
Important places
Jersey, Channel Islands; Channel Islands
Important events
World War II (1939 | 1945); World War II, German Occupation of the Channel Islands (1940 | 1945)
Dedication
I dedicate this book, in deep and abiding sympathy, to many hundreds of dauntless English and Scottish-born subjects of His Majesty, torn from their homes in Jersey on a sadly memorable day of September 1942 and consigned to ... (show all)a devitalizing, nerve-shattering existence in the loathsome squalor of Continental German prison camps. All honour to them for their unshakable fortitude at that the bitterest, most heart-breaking moment of their lives.
First words
The impact of war upon the small Island of Jersey was considerably softened by the gradualness of its onset.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Freedom from a hated foreign thraldom was ours at last, and how we appreciated it!

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Genres
History, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
940.5342341History & geographyHistory of EuropeHistory of Europe1918-World War II, 1939-1945Europe
LCC
D760.8 .J4History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaHistory (General)World War II (1939-1945)

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