During World War II, the only British territory conquered by Germany were the Channel Islands, also called the Channel Islands.<\/p>\n
Located off the French coast of Normandy, this archipelago is made up of five main islands<\/strong> (Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm) and three smaller islands (Jethou, Lihou and Burhou), as well as the islets of Les Minquiers and Les \u00c9cr\u00e9hous. The Channel Islands have belonged to the British Crown since the Middle Ages, but are not part of England or the United Kingdom<\/strong>, having a very special political status. During World War II, Germany heavily fortified the island of Jersey<\/strong>. Many of the bunkers built by the Germans are still standing and have become tourist destinations.<\/p>\n At the end of the war, the Allies found 415 German guns of various calibres on Jersey.<\/strong> Most were small caliber anti-aircraft guns, but there were also dozens of coastal artillery pieces. Between May 1945 and March 1946, the Artillery Corps of the British Army dedicated itself to dismantling the German guns on the island<\/strong>. At that time, the military surpluses of the armies that had participated in the war were enormous, and the British artillerymen decided to drop 45 heavy guns onto the cliff of Les Landes<\/strong>, in the northwest corner of the island. A surprising solution.<\/p>\n In the 1990s, seven of the cannons thrown from the cliff were recovered<\/strong> and are now on display in Jersey and Guernsey. The other canyons remain in Les Landes, which today is known by the locals as the \"Cemetery of the Cannons\"<\/strong>. There it is still possible to see some of those artillery pieces of calibers ranging between 150 and 220 mm, as can be seen in this video published today by Jersey War Tours<\/a>:<\/p>\n
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