And off he goes and fetch a German officer, and the foreman of the works, he said its either that or get shot, so I said, well if that’s the case I might as well be shot because I’d be killed ...

Tunnels were excavated by German occupying forces across Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. Previously unprinted information on German tunnels in the Bailiwick of Guernsey has been released.

Until the Channel Islands’ liberation by the Allies on May 9, 1945, the residents lived uneasily under German occupying forces. On Guernsey, the two local newspapers—the Star and the Evening ...

The German Occupation of Guernsey began on 30 June 1940, a few weeks before he turned 16. ... islanders and the occupying forces. He wrote: "German soldiers are eating cats and dogs.

Guernsey remembers hardship endured during German occupation. ... British soldiers had quit Guernsey on June 20th when the SS Biarritz ... before they were finally liberated by Free French forces.

The Channel Islands were occupied by German forces between 1940 and 1945. The Princess Royal gave a reading at Town Church during the visit to St Peter Port on Guernsey (Aaron Chown/PA) Anne, who ...

Guernsey's fortification at L'Ancresse was one of hundreds of concrete structures built by slave labourers during the Channel Islands ' occupation by Nazi forces.

The Princess Royal will visit Guernsey and Sark to mark the 80th anniversary of liberation from German Occupation.. Her Royal Highness will carry out official engagements in the islands on Friday ...

I worked for about twelve months there, and then one morning somebody from the [ ] came down, who was a German, he said wanting fifty chappies, and he says “I’ll take them Now.” So I was ...