The German occupation on Jersey started early in the war. This was just after the British government demilitarized the island. The Germans began taking Jersey at the end of June not knowing that it was demilitarized they bombed and shot lots of different sites on the island injuring lots and killing a few. Later, on the 1st of July, a German officer spoke to the people of the island and ordered immediate surrender.

After this, the Germans took Jersey and stopped news being streamed from the mainland by outlawing crystal radio sets, many risked their lives and created their own radio sets to get the news about how the war was going. Fuel was becoming more scarce and other vehicles such as bicycles were only available for use by people connected to essential services.

The occupation of Jersey lasted for five years from 1940 to 1945 and the Nazi rule was stopped by the 9th of May 1945, with the Second-in-Command for Guernsey, General Siegfried Heine signing the instrument of surrender on behalf of the German command on the Channel Islands. After this, he was ordered to immediately remove all German flags and ensigns from each of the channel islands.