The Channel Islands were occupied until May 9, 1945 - two days after German forces in mainland Europe had surrendered. After their ordeal, Cahun and Moore went back to living together on Jersey.

Some 12 miles off the California coast near Ventura, the rugged volcanic ridges that form the spine of Anacapa Island, or ...

Prisoners on the occupied Channel Islands were shot for fun by their Nazi guards during the Second World War, research has found.. On Sundays, around a dozen inmates at Sylt - one of the two camps ...

Strangely, the factual story of Germany’s five-year occupation of the Channel Islands has been, if not exactly ignored, notably under-exploited by fiction writers, historians and even ...

The German occupation of the Channel Islands inspired the film The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, starring Lily James Credit: Studio Canal. 20.

THEY were witnesses to Nazi rule on British soil – and they had to choose whether to collaborate, resist, or walk the line between them. In June 1940 Nazi Germany took control of the Channel ...

Established in 1980, Channel Islands National Park consists of five islands — Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and more detached Santa Barbara — and the marine reserves which lie ...

Established in 1980, Channel Islands National Park consists of five islands — Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and more detached Santa Barbara — and the marine reserves which lie ...

Okinawa marked the 80th anniversary of the end of one of the harshest battles of World War II fought on the southern island.

Superb seafood, wildlife and a thriving local industry make this Channel Island a marine conservation success story, says ...