PUBLICATIONS
Visitors and historians should consider the following three books specifically on the fortifications. These are not available from this site but can be ordered from either the Guernsey or jersey branch of The Channel Islands Occupation Society. Their respective sites also include a number of other publications of local WWII interest.
A Guide to GERMAN FORTIFICATIONS on GUERNSEY. by Ernie Gavey.

 A comprehensive field guide containing maps, plans, photos and detailed descriptions of the fortifications. 88 pages. Revised 2001 edition. Available from www.occupied.guernsey.net/festung-alderney.htm

FESTUNG ALDERNEY: The German Defences of Alderney.

Using aerial photo-reconnaissance photographs taken by 542 Squadron within days of the German surrender in May 1945, the author has produced a series of line drawings of every battery or infantry strongpoint in Alderney. Each German position is described noting the surviving emplacements. Also included are maps of the minefields, tunnels and underground telephone system together with plans of all the fortress standard bunkers in the island and their distribution. The 196 page large format book is profusely illustrated with 10 maps, more than 50 plans and 250 photographs (90 colour). Available from www.occupied.guernsey.net/publications.htm

Jersey’s GERMAN BUNKERS, Archives Book 9, CIOS (Jersey).

With German Fortifications in Jersey (1975) now being out of print, Archive Book No.9 has been written and published in response to the continued and large number of enquiries, especially from tourists, for such a publication, 170 pages, nearly 100 photographs, 7 bunker plans, 6 line drawings from German sources, and 3 maps. Available from www.ciosjersey.org.uk/pubs1.htm