1. The Channel Islands Occupation Is A Look Into An Alternate Universe
History buffs love to ponder the “what if” questions about the many different things that could have happened before, during, and after World War II, and authors like Philip K. Dick have made their living writing about alternate history. And since they struggled so much after Dunkirk and the London Blitz, it is understandable that British people breathed a huge sigh of relief that the Nazis did not actually manage to occupy England.
Today, the story of the occupation of the Channel Islands is still fascinating to a lot of British people, because it is an example of what would have actually happened to England if they had lost to the Germans. People don’t really have to imagine it, because they could see a real example of what really happened in real life. We can be thankful to know that it never actually became a reality.
Where did we find this stuff? Here are our sources:
Red Cross ship saved Channel Islanders from WW2 starvation. BBC. 2014.
The Guernsey Jew who hid from the Nazis in plain sight. Rob Byrne. BBC. 2017.
Defending Jerrybags. Colin Smith. Prospect Magazine. 1997.
The Bitter Years (Documentary). ITV Channel. YouTube.
The True Story of Louisa Gould. Jersey.com
Discover Jersey’s Occupation Story. Jersey.com
Occupation Life. BBC.
Guernsey files reveal how islanders defied Nazi occupation. Stephen Bates. The Guardian. 2010.
Alderney Camps. Wikipedia.
Walking through History: Nazi Occupation The Channel Islands. Channel 4. 2015.
How Jersey’s Nazi children disappeared. JoJo Moyes. The Independent. 1996.
Operation Ambassador. Wikipedia.
Cambridge Ideas – Forgotten Heroes. Cambridge University. 2010.