article_snippet.sent: Fiercely individual, the Channel Islands have never before combined to stage a big event.
article_snippet.sent: But here the Channel Islands have common cause.
article_snippet.sent: the Pomme D'Or Hotel came to symbolise the Channel Islands' moment of deliverance.
article_snippet.sent: but for five weeks, the Channel Islands are remembering a time when there was.
highlights_snippet.sent: Channel Islands were the only parts of the British Isles occupied in the war .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: May 9 is the 70th anniversary of Channel Islands liberation from German rule .
  