Guernsey Bunker Archives

The Atlantikwall was one of the big four German defensive lines, and it ran from the very north of Norway, down the Atlantic coast to the south of France. Despite thousands of lives being expended on the walls construction, and millions of cubic meters of concrete being poured, it never got close to its completion. The Channel Islands acted as somewhat of a showcase for what the German military engineers were capable of. By the end of the occupation in 1945, the islands were the most densely fortified place on earth.