Marcus Roberts: So undoubtedly if you wanted to put-- a pin on the map, you could say ... France in 1940, the British government calculated that the Channel Islands had no strategic value ...

Explore the fascinating history of the Channel Islands and discover why these islands, situated just miles from the French coast, remain under British sovereignty. Delve into the medieval origins ...

At times during the occupation there was one German for every three islanders The Channel Islands, which is marking Liberation Day on Friday and Saturday, were the only part of the British Isles ...

Intelligence gathered by Allied commando raids during World War Two in Sark helped the liberation of the Channel Islands from Nazi occupation, says a historian. Following the raids, called Basalt and ...

And nowhere in Britain were those years darker or tougher than on the Channel ... islands - Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm - located off the coast of Normandy, France, were the only ...

The Channel Islands, which is marking Liberation Day on Friday and Saturday, were the only part of the British Isles to be occupied by the Germans during World War Two. From 1940-1945 Germans set ...