German DAK soldiers fooling around with British helmets.

Fooling around

German victory parade marches past the Lloyds Bank branch in St. Peter Port, Guernsey (Channel Islands).  The Germans occupied the Channel Islands as a sort of tidying-up operation following their conquest of France.  They proceeded to fortify the islands way beyond any reasonable conception of strategic importance (unless one counts strategic appraisals dating from the 13th century).  Probably the most important use applied by the Germans to the occupied Channel Islands was that of rest and recuperation location for exhausted troops from the Eastern Front.

Can't help thinking that the narrow streets of St. Peter Port were less than ideal when it came to staging a triumphal parade ... Best regards, JR.

A Slightly German Coup ?

Obersturmführer 22.SS-Freiwilligen-Kavallerie-Division &quot;Maria Theresia&quot;.