Occupation
The books behind the blog
Four novels and a history, each set among the real events of the Second World War.
Collaboration in the Second World War
- History World War Two
- February 7, 2026
- 3 mins
How occupied nations balanced survival, ideology, and betrayal--and how post-war reckoning reshaped Europe's memory of collaboration.
Read the novel: The Blue Pencil
Occupied Islands and Liberation 1940–2025
- History World War Two
- May 9, 2025
- 3 mins
Reflecting on 80 years since the liberation of Jersey from German occupation during WWII — resistance, hardship, and remembrance.
By the author of Ordinary Heroes