Saturday, April 2, 2011

German Guns Recovered

From the Feb. 9, 2010 BBC.

During World War II, German forces occupied the British Channel Islands and fortified them as part of their vaunted Atlantic Wall.

After the war, these fortifications were taken down and many of the cannons dumped at the bottom of Grosnez Point in Jersey.

Twenty-six were placed there, but some have been recovered and put on display. One is at Guernsey in Plienmont and another is at Occupation Point. Plans call for another one of the six ton guns to be raised.

I Didn't Know the Germans Occupied Part of Britain During the War. --Cooter

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