Involuntary Guests

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The Second World War Radically changed the Isle of man accelerating its movement towards becoming the self-governing Crown Dependency that it is today.  With a peak of around 15,000 internees and detainees held and with navy, army and air force bases the effect of the civilian population and the economy of the Island was profound.

Alan Franklin brings to life a wide range of detail from personal papers, accounts and published sources long forgotten or hidden away in surprising locations.  An essential guide to those whose relatives were interned as well as the researcher into this fascination period of the Islands history.