A Sergeant and ten soldiers took over Sark at the beginning of the occupation, at the end there were almost three hundred. This image shown German troops marching along the Avenue.
German soldiers take a moment to look at the display in St Peter Port on Hitler`s birthday in 1942.
German forces made a mad rush for the well stocked shops in the early days of the occupation. Here we see both Germans and civilians in the High Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey.
La Coupee, the narrow road linking Sark with Little Sark was in such a bad state of repair that the Royal Engineers used German prisoner of war labour to reconstructed the complete road in concrete.
A group of visitors to Sark in 1940, note the swastika painted at the tunnel entrance leading from Creux harbour.
German officers of Feldkommondantur 515 riding some of the fine German horses imported into the islands during the Occupation, overlooking Gorey Harbour, Jersey.
Mrs Sibyl Hathaway talking to three German officers who have called on her at La Seigneurie in Sark where she remained throughout the occupation.
Oberst (Colonel) Knackfuss, Guernsey Feldkommandantur, with Mr. G.MacDonald, caretaker of Jethou.
Oberst (Colonel) Knackfuss, Guernsey Feldkommandantur, with Mr. G.MacDonald, caretaker of Jethou.
German Officers in Alderney. Oberst Knackfuss (with monocle) with other officers and what appears to be a forced labourer.
Sonderfuehrer Hans Herzog and his dog Lux seen here at the old harbour in Alderney whilst out catching shrimps.
Mrs Winifred Green, a waitress at the Royal Hotel, who was imprisoned for four months at Caen for saying "Heil Churchill".
Mrs Winifred Green, a waitress at the Royal Hotel, who was imprisoned for four months at Caen for saying "Heil Churchill".
German personnel and their guests on the way to the Casquets for an outing in the summer of 1941.
Peter Doyle, Sonderfuehrer Herzog and George Pope a fisherman and pilot, photographed in Alderney.
Hans Herzog, second from right and German officials seen here with C.F. Hutchesson on the far right.
Oberst (Colonel) Schumacher of Feldkommondantur 515 based in Jersey seen here outside Lloyds Bank Alderney May 1941.
Vizeadmiral Fredrich Hueffmeir and Generalmajor Rudolf Wulf are seen here after the German surrender when they arrived in Plymouth on 12th May 1945.
Frank Stroobant with Fred Williams and the 'Silent Whisper' at Laufen, after their Liberation, in April 1945.
The Commandant Dr Lanz (middle) with Lieutenant Muller (left) and Dr Maas (right) shown here in Sark.
Several bombs were dropped on Sark by British aircraft, these German soldiers are excavating the remains of a bomb that fell in the garden next to the Vicarage.
Soldiers relaxing outside the Bel Air Hotel, the German headquarters in Sark until it was accidentally destroyed by fire caused by careless use of a paraffin stove.
Major Lanz seen here fourth from left with a group of army and navy officers at Harbour Hill in Sark.
Platzkommandant Hans Max Baron von Aufsess held the key position of Head of Civil Affairs of Feldkommondantur 515, in Jersey.
At the Hotel Metropole, site of the military headquarters in Jersey, a meeting took place before the Red Cross cargo was unloaded. Baron von Aufsess, Colonel Iselin, Duret Aubin and the Bailiff Coutanche were all present.
In 1940 it was soon evident there would be a shortage of domestic fuel so many tons of peat were dug from a bog at Vazon in Guernsey and St Ouen`s Bay in Jersey.
Germans man a 3.7cm Pak anti-tank gun in the entrance to the St Johns Ambulance Station located at the top of the Rohais, St Peter Port. At great risk this was photographed by Reg Blanchford.
Outside the Alderney headquarters for the Feldkommondantur 515, the German Civilian administration on 1st May 1941. Hans Herzog the Sonderfuehrer for Alderney is seen with members from the Feldkommondantur 515 Guernsey and Jersey, which were based at the Grange Lodge and Victoria College respectively. Also there was second from the left, Oberst Schumacher and fourth from the left peeping through the gap is Dr. Kratzer.
Sergeant Oeser outside Feldkommondantur 515 headquarters at Lloyds Bank, Alderney in June 1941.
Germans stand alongside one of the cannons of Castle Cornet in St Peter Port. The Castle was the 'Hafenschlosss' (harbour Castle) during the occupation of Guernsey by German forces from 1940 until 1945. The occupying forces built air raid shelters and platforms for anti aircraft-guns to update the Castle for 20th century warfare.
Generalmajor Rudolf Wulf who was the Festungskommandant Jersey at liberation seen here after the award of his Knight’s cross of the Iron Cross, on 12th January 1943. At the time he was an Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-Colonel) in charge of an infantry regiment.
Fishing boats laid up at the Old Harbour, St Peter Port, following the order for all boats to be moved to main harbours.
Fishing boats laid up at the Old Harbour, St Peter Port, following the order for all boats to be moved to main harbours.
Photograph of LSI (H) St Helier in 'D-Day’ camouflage carrying Landing Craft Assault and flying her Anti-Aircraft balloon. The reverse has been endorsed, “Passed for transmission through the post but not good for publication.” There are also two signatures, T. McBryde and P. J. Hickson, Surg. Lieut., RNVR, and an oval cachet in red, “Commanding Officer H.M.S. “St Helier” – 8 Feb 1945.” St Helier downed a German Stuka and rescued 10,200 troops at Dunkirk.
Mrs Bessie Duplain disembarking from SS Autocarrier on her return to Alderney in December 1945.
Alderney’s greeting to repatriated islanders who returned in December 1945 after an absence of over five years. This marked one of the happiest days in islander’s history. Homecomers who had not seen their island since June 1940 stepped ashore to a warm welcome.
20mm anti-aircraft gun salvaged in April 1969 by Mr Len Mecham and his crew of divers from the wreck of the VP209 'Dr. Rudolph Wahrenorff'. On cleaning the barnacles from the remains of the magazine five 20mm rounds were revealed.
20mm anti-aircraft gun salvaged in April 1969 by Mr Len Mecham and his crew of divers from the wreck of the VP209 'Dr. Rudolph Wahrenorff'. On cleaning the barnacles from the remains of the magazine five 20mm rounds were revealed.
20mm anti-aircraft gun salvaged in April 1969 by Mr Len Mecham and his crew of divers from the wreck of the VP209 'Dr. Rudolph Wahrenorff'. On cleaning the barnacles from the remains of the magazine five 20mm rounds were revealed.
20mm anti-aircraft gun salvaged in April 1969 by Mr Len Mecham and his crew of divers from the wreck of the VP209 'Dr. Rudolph Wahrenorff'. On cleaning the barnacles from the remains of the magazine five 20mm rounds were revealed.
20mm anti-aircraft gun salvaged in April 1969 by Mr Len Mecham and his crew of divers from the wreck of the VP209 'Dr. Rudolph Wahrenorff'. On cleaning the barnacles from the remains of the magazine five 20mm rounds were revealed.
The 8-foot dinghy in which Dennis Vibert escaped from Jersey to England in September 1941.
A crowd of joyous Guernsey islanders in front of the Growers Co-Operative Society building in St Peter Port on May 9th 1945.
Members of the British Legion, banners flying and led by Mr. T. Macathie, entering Elizabeth College grounds, St Peter Port, Guernsey, for the Reading of the Proclamation and the King’s Message by Channel Island Commander, Brigadier Snow, on Saturday afternoon, 12th May, 1945.