The only part of the British Isles to be occupied by Nazi Germany.
As a proud Guernsey man (Sarnian) I would just like to point out that the Channel Islands have never been part of the British Isles or the United Kingdom.
We are officially self governing possessions of the British Crown.
Under...
I'm originally from Guernsey and the last HMS Charybdis F75 (a Leander class frigate) was my school ship. The last HMS Charybdis was launched in 1968 and sunk as a target in 1993.
HMS Charybdis was a Dido class cruiser built for the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War and was...
Prime ministers continue in office unless they resign or die (or, conceivably, are removed by the Queen). If a prime minister resigned suddenly or died, and there was a majority government, it would be up to the cabinet to recommend an immediate successor to the Queen. This could be done with...
It has not been established practice since the 80s in both parties that the Deputy PM would become Acting PM were the incumbent PM to die unexpectedly.
The prime minister is primus inter pares (first among equals) in the UK cabinet system. The UK is governed by the entire cabinet, with...
Unlike analogous offices in some other nations, such as the Vice President of the United States or Tánaiste, the office of Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is absent from the UK's uncodified constitution. This includes the fact that, by virtue of the office, the Deputy Prime Minister...
Alfred Herrhausen (30 January 1930 in Essen – 30 November 1989 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) was a German banker and the Chairman of Deutsche Bank, who was assassinated in 1989.
Herrhausen was killed by a sophisticated roadside bomb shortly after leaving his home in Bad Homburg on 30 November...
A minor quibble about the above reference,
The CVR(T) in 1982 still had petrol engines. The engine compartment of the CVR(T) could only be 0.60 m (24 in) wide. No tank engines in production or development at the time the CVR(T) requirement was drafted were suitable, so the Jaguar 4.2-litre...