In the winter of 1944, four German paratroopers and a Kriegsmarine sailor broke free from a POW camp in the French port of ...

It has been 85 years since the German occupation began in Jersey during World War Two, but 92-year-old David Isherwood still vividly remembers the anguish of those five years — from freezing winters, ...

In June 1940, as the Third Reich advanced through France, tension mounted that a German attack on the Channel Islands was imminent. Despite the reluctance of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the ...

Today, the 81-year-old, best known for his role as DCI Tom Barnaby, leads a peaceful life in Devon, while Midsomer Murders continues to prosper after 25 years, with Neil Dudgeon, John's successor, ...

THEY were witnesses to Nazi rule on British soil – and they had to choose whether to collaborate, resist, or walk the line between them. In June 1940 Nazi Germany took control of the Channel ...

A new two-part Channel 4 documentary reveals the extent of Claude Cahun's bravery resisting the Nazis in the occupied Channel Islands during the Second World War ...

Now a new Channel 4 documentary has used diaries and memoirs from the wartime occupation to bring to life the stories of those who lived under Nazi rule - including some heroes of the resistance.

Photo: Express/Archive/Getty Images Actor Wolf Danny Homann portrays German officer Hans Max von Aufsess, who was stationed on Jersey, in ‘Britain Under the Nazis’. Photo: Channel 4 ...

At times during the occupation there was one German for every three islanders The Channel Islands, which is marking Liberation Day on Friday and Saturday, were the only part of the British Isles ...

After five years under the Nazi jackboot, the Channel Islands were finally liberated on May 9, 1945. But Hitler's 'model occupation' was hardly bloodless ...

The Channel Islands, which is marking Liberation Day on Friday and Saturday, were the only part of the British Isles to be occupied by the Germans during World War Two. From 1940-1945 Germans set ...