VOICES FROM THE PAST: CHANNEL ISLANDS INVADED: The German Attack on the British Isles in 1940 Told Through Eyewitness Accounts, Newspaper Reports, Parliamentary Debates, Memoirs and Diaries

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In the summer of 1940, the British Isles stood isolated and alone facing the might of a seemingly unstoppable German war effort. To abandon British territory to the enemy was unthinkable, yet the defense of the Channel Islands was impracticable, if not impossible. It was decided, therefore, to evacuate as many as wished to leave. Explores the evacuation of the Isles, of the German bombing, the fear of those left behind, and of those first days of German Occupation told by the Islanders themselves through memoirs, letters, and newspapers.