Norman Le Brocq was 18 years old when the Germans occupied Jersey, and was one of three young communist activists belonging to the CPGB who did not evacuate Jersey before the occupation. The other two young communist party activists were Les Huelin and Stella Perkins, both of whom joined Brocq to create a clandestine anti-nazi resistance cell to sabotage the German occupation of Jersey. This resistance cell became known as the Jersey Communist Party (JCP), and was the first organised anti-Nazi resistance cell created during the German occupation of Jersey. Following the communist strategy of forming united fronts with non-communist to oppose imperialism, Norman Le Brocq helped create the Jersey Democratic Movement (JDM), an umbrella organisation led by him which encompassed all organised anti-Nazi resistance in Jersey. Although the JCP remained at the centre of the resistance movement, much of its activities relied heavily on the work of non-communists.