The Channel Islands: Occupation & Liberation, 1940-1945

by Asa Briggs

The Channel Islands were the only part of Britain to be occupied by the Germans during World War II. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of their liberation, this is a record of life on the Channel islands under Nazi rule, and of the Liberation itself. It sets out to show the contrast between the peaceful, pre-war atmosphere of the sunny holiday islands and the shadow of fear, isolation and shortages under which islanders were forced to live for five...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0713478225
• ISBN13: 9780713478228
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.