German occupation of Jersey, which is 15 miles from France, began on June 30, 1940, and ended May 10, 1945, as the enemy retreated. In 1958, Britain issued regional stamps for Jersey as well as ...

Invaded in June 1940, the Channel Islands were the only British territories to be occupied by the Germans during World War Two. Photo: Patriots on the island of Jersey tarred the houses of ...

Over the 5-year occupation, civilians struggled under German rule, providing us with a glimpse into what life could have been like if the Germans had successfully invaded Britain.

A book exploring the German occupation of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War, is being released next week. 'Voices from the Past - Channel Islands Invaded' has it's book launch on ...

The Channel Islands were the only part of the British Isles to be invaded by German troops during the Second World War. Nazi forces began their occupation of the islands on 30 June 1940 and ...

When the Channel Islands were deemed indefensible by Winston Churchill, ... Author of The British Channel Islands Under German Occupation 1940-45.

Saturday 9th May 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Channel Islands from German occupation at the end of the Second World War. Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark were the ...

Revealed after 80 years: Faces of Britons from occupied Channel Islands who died in Nazi camps. By HARRY HOWARD, HISTORY EDITOR. Published: 03:21 EDT, 15 April 2025 | Updated: 04:10 EDT, 16 April 2025 ...

A HISTORIAN will be discussing the unresisted German occupation of the Channel Islands in World War II. Dr Mark Baldwin is set to speak about the islands' strategic importance to Hitler in a ...

Hitler considered the Channel Islands - Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm - a valuable landing stage for the invasion of mainland France, as they sat just 20 miles off the French coast.