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The two Würzburg and two Freya radar units at Fort George, Guernsey, [4]: 63 were repeatedly attacked from the end of May 1944 on. [11]: 58 Renault Char B1. Anti-tank artillery was in short supply. Guernsey received a few tracked anti-tank guns, but relied more on guns such as the 3.7 cm Pak 35/36, fifteen 5 cm Pak 38, and eight 7.5 cm Pak 40.
The German Festung Guernsey book recorded 616,000m³ of concrete used in Guernsey, [35] almost 10% of the concrete used in the Atlantic Wall. Of the eleven artillery batteries on Guernsey, the largest was located in Batterie Mirus, comprising four 30.5 cm guns which had a range of 51 kilometres (32 mi). [36]
Folk & Costume Museum Guernsey: St Martin's: Folk & Costume: website, operated by the National Trust of Guernsey: Fort Grey: St Peter: Castle: Fort Hommet: St Peter Port: Military: German occupation Museum: Les Houards Forest: History: website: The Maritime Museum: St Peter Port's: Maritime: website Closed for roof renovation in 2019 Royal ...
Guernsey Museums holds a wide range of archaeological collections. The Museums also holds important collections of antiquarian finds, dominated by 250 prehistoric stone tools, mostly gathered together by the Lukis family mainly in the 1830s and 1840s.
A prestigious photography exhibition is coming back to Guernsey for its 60th year. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year has been showcasing nature from all over the world since 1965.
Fort Grey; German fortification of Guernsey; H. Fort Hommet; Fort Hommet 10.5 cm coastal defence gun casemate bunker; L. Guernsey loophole towers; S. Fort Saumarez; V.
In 1944, the popular German film actress Lil Dagover arrived to entertain German troops in Jersey and Guernsey with a theatre tour to boost morale. [ 19 ] Besides the civil administration, there was also a military commander ( Befehlshaber Kanalinseln , on 1 October 1944 renamed Wehrmachtbefehlshaber Kanalinseln ).
The Occupation of Guernsey by German forces in 1940 saw five years of changes at L’Ancresse as it was a likely landing area. The Germans established numerous fortifications including: [ 6 ] Anti-tank walls at Ladies Bay, Pembroke and L’Ancresse bay.