During World War II, Germany never mounted an invasion of Great Britain, but it did actually occupy the Channel Islands off the coast of Normandy, France in the summer of 1940. The archipelago ...

Kev South, leader of the Channel Islands WW2 Remembrance Campaign, said the majority of Alderney residents had just 24 hours to evacuate in June 1940, following the island's occupation by Germany ...

Barbara Quevâtre said memories of her work in naval intelligence during WW2 stay with her 80 years ... she was put to work listening to the Channel Islands frequency. She thought she was ...