<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-1939, isikole asizange sithinteke kakhulu ngenxa yokuguquka kokuthula kuya eMpini Yomgunyathi, abaningi bekholelwa ukuthi iziQhingi zaseChannel ziyindawo ephephe kunazo zonke eziQhingini zaseBrithani. Noma kunjalo, kwathathwa izinyathelo zokuqapha; kwembulwa iziphephelo zezindiza phambi kwesakhiwo esikhulu sesikole, futhi imithetho yokuvala izikole yayidinga ukuba imisebenzi ethile yesikole nemibuthano ethile kuncishiswe. Kamuva amabutho aseJalimane aguqula lesi siphephelo sasemoyeni saba indawo ephephile yokugcina izikhali nezinhlamvu. Ngemva kokuthuthuka kwempi ngoMeyi 1940, bonke abafana abadala kwakudingeka bajoyine ama-Local Defence Volunteers futhi beza esikoleni bephethe izibhamu emahlombe abo. Imisebenzi eminingi yesikole yaqhubeka ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka ngalesi sikhathi, nge-cricket nokubhukuda okuqhubekayo ngesimo sezulu esihle ngokungavamile. Nokho, ngoJune, izingozi zempi zaqala ukubonakala.  <response>: Ukuphikiswa kweFrance kwawa, ngemva kwalokho amabutho ezempi ase-Island kanye ne-RAF ashiya lesi siqhingi. Ngokwesaba ukuthunjwa okuseduze kweziQhingi zaseChannel ngamabutho aseJalimane, uHulumeni wesikole kanye neJersey kanye noMnyango Wezasekhaya bahlanganisa ngokushesha uhlelo lokukhishwa, futhi kusihlwa ngoLwesine 20 Juni isikole sathuthelwa eGreat Hucklow, eDerbyshire, lapho sasizochitha khona iminyaka emihlanusithunjiwe, lapho abafundi babenokuxhumana okuncane noma bengekho nabazali babo. 