article_snippet.sent: By April 1945, Invading officers would have been wearing sour expressions as the tide of conflict turned back on Berlin, and the Channel Islands – bypassed by the D-Day fightback of ten months earlier - awaited Invading officers salvation.
article_snippet.sent: It is an oddly unnerving experience, the pillar-box slots in the bastion's sides eyeing me quietly.
article_snippet.sent: When I face the water, I almost expect to feel the chill metal of a machine-gun barrel on my neck.
article_snippet.sent: The side-effects of occupation can be seen here – the breakdown of society apparent in transcripts of letters where neighbours informed on each other about hidden radios and petty jealousies.
article_snippet.sent: There are no smiles here – just a series of furrowed brows and unhappy faces.
article_snippet.sent: a concrete watchdog which looks like it might still bite.
article_snippet.sent: – the decades peeling away as I walk in the firm footsteps of the enemy.
article_snippet.sent: There is no stomp of marching boots this morning –