Despite many scares during Napoleonic times, and losing many men during the first world war, life in the British Channel Island of Guernsey had proved relatively stable, and by and large economically successful. Ship building, trading, quarrying, tourism, horticulture, agriculture, and fishing had been the way of life for the hard working "little people of Guernsey" as Victor Hugo described them. Then Europe, and later the world, became gripped in a second big war. By the time the second world war started, the Guernsey militia no longer existed, as it had in the first world war, but the young men of the island signed up, as they always had, to fight for King and Country. The British military presence on the island slipped away and the island was declared a demilitarized zone. France fell and Britain stood alone. Guernsey and the Channel Islands stood in full view of occupied France, a tempting target, British to the core and ripe for picking. To some people living in Guernsey, it seemed inevitable that the Germans would come, but others hoped the islands would be left in peace. Decisions had to be made. The summer of 1940 would change people forever and life would never be the same again for every Channel Islander. This is the story of just one family caught up in this momentous period of history, little did they know how their lives would change, little did they know how decisions made then, would lead to new lives and new experiences. They had just a few hours to toss the coin of destiny and make the biggest decision of their lives. What would you have done?