The Channel Islands: Occupation and Liberation, 1940-45

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1995* Publisher: Batsford for The Imperial War Museum.* Binding and cover condition: Black & white photo-illustrated soft card covers with red and yellow ground. No bumps or rubs minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly used. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Very slight crease to lower corner of title page. VG++* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photo-illustrations, line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 88 pp. text. viii pp. appendices & index at rear.* Product Description:- The Channel Islands were the only part of Britain to be occupied by the Germans during World War II. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of their liberation, this is a record of life on the Channel islands under Nazi rule, and of the Liberation itself. It sets out to show the contrast between the peaceful, pre-war atmosphere of the sunny holiday islands and the shadow of fear, isolation and shortages under which islanders were forced to live for five years. A variety of memorabilia such as letters, diaries and contemporary photographs, serve to clarify the picture of the occupation years. Publication was timed to coincide with exhibitions at London's Imperial War Museum and also on the islands of Guernsey and Jersey.* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minimal shelf wear.*