Civilian Life and the Nazi Occupation Government on the Channel Islands
During the Second World War the Channel Islands were the only part of the United Kingdom which was conquered and occupied by Nazi Germany. It remained under German rule for five long years.
Alderney and the Channel Islands during the Second World War (June 1940 – May 1945)
It is well known that Britain avoided being directly occupied by the Nazis during the Second World War, as the Blitz was abandoned in 1941 and Hitler turned his attentions eastwards to invading the Soviet Union.