Editing Corfu (section)

====Liberation====
[[File:Douglas Column in Corfu.jpg|thumb|upright| [[Howard Douglas|Douglas']] column in the suburb of Garitsa]]

Corfu was liberated by [[British Armed Forces|British troops]], specifically the [[40th Royal Marine Commando]], which landed in Corfu on 14 October 1944, as the Germans were evacuating Greece.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/74/a3855774.shtml BBC WW2 People's War] Quote: "By the time I got back to camp the troop had returned from Corfu full of stories about the wonderful reception they’d had from the locals as the liberators of the island." Bill Sanderson's Wartime Experiences -Part 4 – 40 Commando by Bill Sanderson (junior) Bill Sanderson's Wartime Experiences -Part 4 – 40 Commando by Bill Sanderson (junior) Retrieved 31 July 2008</ref> The [[Royal Navy]] swept the Corfu Channel for mines in 1944 and 1945, and found it to be free of mines.<ref name="Corfu channel">{{Cite journal |jstor=2193642 |title=The Corfu Channel Case |journal=The American Journal of International Law |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=491–494 |last1=Wright |first1=Quincy |year=1949 |doi=10.2307/2193642 |s2cid=147423999 |doi-access=free}}</ref> A large minefield was laid there shortly afterwards by the newly communist Albania and gave rise to the [[Corfu Channel Incident]].<ref name="Corfu channel" /><ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=4548923&SearchInit=4&CATREF=ADM+116%2F5759 Corfu Channel Incident] Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies U.K. Retrieved 31 July 2008.</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |jstor=1226351 |title=The Corfu Channel Case: Judgment on the Preliminary Objection |journal=Stanford Law Review |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=646–657 |last1=Bancroft |first1=Harding F. |last2=Stein |first2=Eric |year=1949 |doi=10.2307/1226351}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ox_gXq2jpdYC&q=Royal+Navy+Corfu+Channel&pg=PA224 |title=Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia |isbn=9780815340577 |year=2001 |last1=Cook |first1=Bernard A.|publisher=Taylor & Francis }}</ref> This incident led to the [[The Corfu Channel Case (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland v. People's Republic of Albania)|Corfu Channel Case]], where the United Kingdom opened a case against the [[People's Republic of Albania]] at the [[International Court of Justice]].<ref>{{cite news |title=World Court Gets Albanian Dispute |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 April 1947 |pages=1, 10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=David |title=World Court Finds Albania Liable in Corfu Mining of 2 British Ships |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 April 1949 |pages=1, 15}}</ref>