Word: guernsey
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney cows got their names from three lush islands strung along the west coast of the Normandy peninsula, at the end of which lies Cherbourg Harbor. All within 30 miles of France, the Channel Islands nevertheless belonged to Great Britain (each with a proud little provincial Government of its own). When the Germans extended their grip down Europe's west coast to the Spanish border, the English Channel became No Man's Land. But not until last week did 95,000 Channel Islanders recognize that fact and, on orders from London, begin to move...
...avoid waiting six days for a passenger boat to take him from Guernsey to Alderney (English Channel islands 20 miles apart), a Major L. Palmer mailed himself as a parcel. A buttonhole label announced he was "OHMS"* and paid...