La Valette Underground Military Museum

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La Valette Underground Military Museum
Location St Peter Port, Guernsey
Type Military museum
Website lavalette.uk

The La Valette Underground Military Museum is a museum located in German tunnels left over from the German occupation of the Channel Islands, and was converted into a museum between December 1987 and August 1988. The museum hosts a collection of artifacts from World War II and from the Guernsey Militia that served in World War I. The tunnels on the site were originally to be used for U-boat fuel storage. [1] The museum also offers a gift shop selling books on the wars and occupation, as well as authentic patches and medals. [2]

The museum is located in one of Guernsey’s 41 occupation tunnels, similar to the Hohlgangsanlage located on Jersey and across the Channel Islands. [3]

References

  1. "La Valette Underground Military Museum official site".
  2. "Visit Guernsey".
  3. Briggs, Asa. The Channel Islands, Occupation and Liberation:1940-1945. B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 89. ISBN   0713478225.

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