The Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey
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Jersey and Guernsey
The germans quickly set up defensive fortifications on the island and incorporated the islands into vishy france. The british didn't see any strategic value to the islands, hitler saw a great deal of symbolic value as they were the only part of the ritish islands that were occupied by the nazes during the war. There has been some talk in jersey of declaring independence, but it isn't something that willprobably be done any time soon unless there was an major incident. Both jersey and guernsey have economies that rely heavily on tourism and offshore banking. They're popular banking destinations for europeans because they use the pound.
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