JERSEY AND GUERNSEY come together next year to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Channel Islands in May 1945.
During World War II, the Channel Islands were the only part of the British Isles to fall into German hands. Each island still displays many visible signs of Germany's five-year military occupation in the form of fortifications and bunkers across the coastline, as well as underground tunnels and hospitals.
During the festival (April 3-May 11), coastal castles will be brought to life, doors will be unlocked on wartime bunkers and historic towers, and the islands will hang the flags out for Liberation Day.
Celebrations will reach a crescendo on May 9 with a day-long carnival. Commemorative events will also take place on the islands of Alderney, Sark, and Herm.
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