The German Occupation of Jersey began two weeks after the British government had demilitarised the island fearing the safety of civilians should there ...

The Island of Jersey was liberated on May 9th 1945 - this is re-enacted every year in Liberation Square and memorials have been erected around the isl ...

Visit some remarkable visitor sites that focus on the war years that impacted upon Jersey's people and landscape so dramatically.

33 points of historical interest relating to the fortifications, memorials, occupation and interpretations of the island's past.

Details of the island's memorial sites that remember the victims of the occupation.

The Occupation Tapestry is probably the greatest community project ever undertaken in Jersey. Over 300 islanders worked for 30,000 hours to produce th ...

If you are interested in seeing the interior of fortifications constructed by the Germans, the Channel Islands Occupation Society opens bunkers on pub ...

The establishment of the Allied War Cemetery in the Howard Davis Park came about as a direct result of the sinking of a British warship, H.M.S. Charyb ...

A blog following the unearthing of a world war II bunker at the bottom of a garden in Jersey.

Want to find out more? There is a plethora of online resources, organisations and people generally willing to share their knowledge and experience.

The site of the allied invasion of northwest Europe in 1944, or Normandy Landing Beaches, formed a key part of Operation Overlord.

The Island of Jersey today bears many scars from Germany’s five-year military occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II. Their remains rep ...