British troops occupied the Faroe Islands and Allied forces took over Iceland for the duration ... to defending it against a potential German occupation, which would have established a base ...

Today, Denmark observes the 85th anniversary of the German ... date, flags have been lowered to half-mast at Amalienborg and other locations across the country.“At 12 o’clock, the flag is raised to ...

and rivalries that marked Germany’s of­ten confused attempts to create an occupation re­gime in Poland.” Kless’s book project—“Infighting at the Front: Officers, Bureaucrats, and Politicians at War in ...

One of these islands, Guernsey, is home to a little-known but haunting place that’s become a hotspot for dark tourism - the German Underground Hospital. Built during the Nazi occupation of the ...

(Popperfoto/Getty Images) Lyn Renouf Edwards, a child during the German occupation of Guernsey ... on Guernsey and that afternoon the German flag was raised. More arrived later and their attention ...

A toy panda that was stabbed by German soldiers in Sark in World War Two, will be part of an exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of the islands' liberation from occupation. Maisie Le Page has ...

He did, however promise a memorial. "The explicit mention of a memorial for Polish victims of German occupation is long overdue - a meaningful step that suggests Berlin may finally be ready to ...

The records were taken by the German occupiers as part of their efforts to establish control in the first months of the occupation. Foreigners living in the Channel Islands included 56 Hungarians ...

Stanisław Maciej Kicman was destined to become a priest — but the path he followed to that vocation was anything but conventional. Born into a loving Catholic family in 1937, the young boy ...

and even German Hanseatic rule. I also cover the island’s role in the wars between Denmark and Sweden, the local rebellion against Swedish rule, and its occupation during World War II.

A 100-year-old woman has shared her memories of when she was evacuated from Guernsey ahead of the German Occupation in World War Two. Marion Delbridge, who lived in St Sampson before the war ...

At The Market Building there will be a timeline of German occupation made from newspaper extracts, photographs and historical documents. The Island Memories project in Guernsey Museum will be an ...