The Relief Of Guernsey And Bark -- Food being unloaded at St. Peters Port Guernsey on the 16th., May 1945. The British Army unloaded all the cargoes. These photographs, taken on May 14th., and 16th, show the people of Guernsey and Sark receiving their first British provisions since 1940. After D-day all German supplied food for the islands ceased too and the Germans at once started to kill off live stock and eat the islander' seed potatoes. Vegetables became more an more scarce, In Guernsey a communal feeding centre was established to which everyone brought whatever they, could soup was made in bathtubs and sold at 7½ d a quart. July 30, 1945.