The model occupation : the Channel Islands under German rule, 1940-45

‘a Masterly Work Of Profound Research And Reflection, Objective And Humane’ Hugh Trevor-roper, Sunday Telegraph What Would Have Happened If The Nazis Had Invaded Britain? How Would The British People Have Responded – With Resistance Or Collaboration? In Madeleine Bunting’s Pioneering Study, We Begin To Find The Answers To This Age-old Question. Though Rarely Remembered Today, The Nazis Occupied The British Channel Islands For Much Of The Second World War. In Piecing Together The Fragments Left Behind – From The Love Affairs Between Island Women And German Soldiers, The Betrayals And Black Marketeering, To The Individual Acts Of Resistance – Madeleine Bunting Has Brought This Uncomfortable Episode Of British History Into Full View With Spellbinding Clarity.