At the heart of Liberation Square in St Helier, the Pomme d’Or Hotel holds a central place in Jersey’s Occupation history. Seized by German forces between 1940 and 1945, it served as the island’s naval headquarters. Today, the famous façade and discreet interior displays connect visitors with that wartime past.
Mount Bingham in Jersey looks like a quiet grassy hill, but its summit hides a German WWII artillery site and views that reveal its strategic importance over St Helier.
St Catherine’s Bunker Jersey offers WW2 German tunnels, gun posts and preserved wartime rooms inside the cliffs at St Catherine’s Bay.
I visited the Channel Islands Military Museum to see how its private collection of original relics tells the story of Jersey’s German occupation and how
The Ho Tunnel System in Jersey refers to the network of German Hohlgangsanlagen constructed during the occupation. These underground tunnels varied in scale, purpose, and state of completion.
I visited the Jersey War Tunnels to understand what this former German underground hospital really was and what visitors should expect today.
