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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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Elizabeth College

The Channel Islands were the only British territory to be occupied by German forces during WWII. Islanders lived under German rule for five years. May 12 was a day of celebrations. Liberating task force Commander, Brigadier Snow, raised the Union Flag and read an official Liberation Proclamation to the cheering crowds gathered at Elizabeth College.

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Lighthouse Memorial

Standing immediately outside the Maritime Museum, on the New North Quay of St. Helier Harbour, is the Lighthouse Memorial. The lighthouse stood at St. Catherine’s Pier for over 100 years, before it was decommissioned in 1996. It was then installed there as a memorial to the Jersey 21.

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La Valette Underground Military Museum

Occupied for almost five years by German forces in June 1940, the Islands of Guernsey are strategically located in the English Channel between England and northern France. La Valette Museum is situated within an German tunnel complex and exhibits the German Occupation and subsequent Liberation of the Islands of Guernsey.

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