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Albert Pier Slipway

The Channel Islands were the only British Isles to be occupied by German forces during WWII. After the D-Day landings the Islands of Guernsey were cut off from provisions from mainland Europe. Eleven months later, Allied forces landed in Guernsey, bringing food and provisions to starving islanders.

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Creux Harbour

Sark Island, one of the Islands of Guernsey, was occupied by German forces in 1940 for a period of almost five years. While Europe was liberated on the 8 May, Guernsey was liberated on 9 May and Sark was the last to be liberated on 10 May 1945.

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Memorial to US Motor Torpedo Squadron 34

In an exposed location on the south-western coast of Jersey is Noirmont Point, beneath which is a warren of bunkers that formed one of Island’s largest coastal artillery batteries during the occupation. The headland is also home to a memorial to American naval servicemen killed in an engagement after D-Day.

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Elizabeth Castle

The mighty Tudor stronghold of Elizabeth Castle dominates the entrance to St. Helier Harbour from its rocky islet in St. Aubin’s Bay. Enlarged and re-fortified over the centuries, it has always been a vital key in the defence of the Island’s capital town, which the occupying Germans recognised.

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