The British Channel Islands Under German Occupation 1940-1945

Paul Sanders

ISBN 10: 0953885836 / ISBN 13: 9780953885831

Published by Jersey Heritage Trust, 2005

About this Item

Hard cover is black with gilt lettering to spine. DJ is covered in clear protective wrapper. This book was written to mark the 60th anniversary of Liberation. This new history gives equal weight to the social and econimic nature of the occupation to the military. Contains black & white illustrations. Seller Reference M10431.

Seller Inventory # 002452

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The British Channel Islands Under German Occupation 1940-1945
• Publisher: Jersey Heritage Trust
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0953885836
• ISBN 13: 9780953885831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Second World War

About this title

Synopsis

The British Isles have only been successfully invaded and occupied once since 1066: the German occupation of the Channel Islands from 1940-1945. This book commemorates both a defining period in the history of the islands and an important, but neglected aspect of contemporary British history. The book is the result of an exhaustive collecting effort in archives across Europe, some as far as the former Soviet bloc. In unparalleled depth, this fascinating book goes to the very essence of the occupation, recasting old questions and providing many new answers. It describes and analyses the issues of collaboration, resistance, survival culture and relations between Germans and islanders. In addition it provides a novel approach to the fate of the slave and forced workers brought to the islands to work on the fortifications. Also the circumstances of the Islands' Jews, some of whom were deported to concentration camps, are explored. For the first time, this book also presents an in-depth account of British post-war policy towards island collaboration and of the divergences of war memory in the Channel Islands and Britain. The source of profound misunderstanding, this has overshadowed the relationship over the past sixty years.

About the Author

Dr Paul Sanders studied in Berlin and Paris before obtaining a PhD in history at Cambridge. His unique skills, scholarly expertise and multilingual abilities make him uniquely suited for working with the masses of private and public material that have become available in the Channel Island, UK, France and Germany over the last 30 years. Previous publications include 'The Ultimate Sacrifice', a study of defiance and resistance in Jersey during the German Occupation. He has also also written, in French, the standard reference work on the black market in wartime France, 'Histoire du Marche Noir' (Perrin, Paris, 2001). He is currently working on a history of British-German relations since the 18th century.