Special thanks to Jersey War Tours, a non-profit volunteer organisation, for drone footage and photos. Please visit the following link for more footage and images of the surviving guns: www.jerseybunkertours.com/ww2-gun-graveyard

I was born on Jersey in 1966, my friends and I as kids, would climb down the cliffs to the guns and play. We also used to explore the bunkers and tunnels. They were not sealed off so much then as they are now. This has brought back fond memories of my childhood. Great video as always Mark.

I was born and raised on Jersey and have lived there most of my life, and yet somehow had never heard of this artillery dump before. Thank you Dr Felton for showing me a fantastic piece of history from my very own home. I know what I'm doing when I next go back.

I am semi-retired and living in the Republic of the Philippine islands. A trip into Manila and a ferry ride to the mouth of Manilla bay will take you to Corregidor island. The only non-original feature is the Corregidor inn, built to accommodate folks who desire more than a quick day trip. This is a place where you can get a deep immersion into history. Most of the heavy guns are still resting on their emplacements. If you are a history buff and plan to be in or near Manila, take a minimum one-day excursion out to Correggidor, I promise it will be worth your time.

I imagine getting posted to the Channel Islands as a German soldier was the best possible outcome in terms of surviving the war and having a relatively easy life.

Being from Jersey myself, I knew the British army discarded the artillery off the cliffs but I never knew that they survived with some restored. Amazing footage, great stuff 👍🇯🇪

Dr. Felton..... always providing knowledge and enjoyment. Thank you Sir.

My family comes from Jersey. They like so many others were evacuated to England just before the Germans arrived. After the war the emplacements featured in this video became a childhood adventure park for me as my father, time and time again, lectured me on their construction and purpose! In those days the ‘bunkers’ were not nicely restored as they are today, but rather dangerous places to play! The guns thrown over the cliffs were part of his lectures then too. These experiences inspired me to a lifetimes interest and study of both world wars. Thank you Mark for your well researched and beautifully narrated videos, all of which I have watched with great interest. Keep up your great work, you are a true giant among researchers and presenters ! 👍

Went to Jersey 18 years ago, loved looking at all the WW2 era fixtures and the Underground Hospital.

The extended sequence at the end. All of the lingering shots of the ordnance. The musical accompaniment. It is well produced.

Jersey Bean here, love that you covered this. My Stepdad told me about the German guns at the bottom of the cliffs when I was sixteen years old, I’m hitting forty soon, and this entire time I’ve been trying to work out a way to lift one of those bad boys back up the cliff to clean-up and place in the garden, lol I’ve had ideas, but as soon as you mentioned Chinook, all bets are off 😂 All the best Mark, take care mate 🤝

My brother said one of his saddest duties in the navy was the destruction of surplus light weapons by reading the serial numbers to a lieutenant who confirmed the number and then tossed them overboard while at sea.

It’s like the battle of Truk atoll in World War II. There was a Japanese army garrison of 80,000 troops. When the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines occupied the atoll huge piles of weapons and personal effects were bulldozed into the Truk lagoon. This included thousands of Nambu and Mauser pistols, Leica, Canon, and Nikon cameras, and samurai swords.

Thank you very much for covering my home island of Jersey! I grew up just down the road from Battery Moltke and we used to play in and around the bunkers as kids, we would even climb down the cliffs at low tide to see the guns up close. It's an amazing place to live and so full of history, so it's always lovely for our little island to get some attention.

When I was stationed with the USAF on Okinawa in the 1980's, occasionally I would take the ferry to Ie Shima, a small island several miles off Okinawa. During WW2, the USAAF established airfields on Ie Shima (as well as Okinawa) as part of the war effort. A wing of P-47's - as well as other units - flew missions from Ie Shima in the Summer of 1945. When I was stationed there, the Marines had a target range on the island, although the runways were still very evident. Years later, I was reading a book that had pictures of bull dozers pushing the P-47's into an enormous slit trench on Ie Shima only to bury them! This happened, of course, after the war ended. If I would have known that when I was there, I would have try to locate the mass grave of P-47's (and who knows what else was buried there!).

That final segment, showing the guns at the foot of the cliffs, has a terrible beauty. My compliments to your cinematographer.

I went to the Channel Islands and loved walking around to find all the bunkers and gun placements. It’s such a shame that a lot of it was destroyed. History is amazing and should never be forgotton

Mark, your staff are to be commended in their unfailing quest to find relevant and interesting material for your channels. Kudos to all of you, thank you.

What a fascinating sidebar. Thanks Dr. Felton for this incredible story.

Dr Felton. Thank you for a very interesting video. On the subject of the Channel Islands defences. Have you considered looking at the curious story of the Batterie Mirus on Guernsey? The saga of its construction being most unusual, involving as it does the guns from the Imperial Russian Navy 'Imperatritsa Mariya' Class Dreadnought Battleship 'Imperator Alexsandr III' dating from 1912. In 1992, along with a friend I was shown the remains of the Batterie Mirus by Richard Heaume (The German Occupation Museum, Guernsey) Who also told us about the history of the Batterie. One unusual aspect of the various German gun batteries on Guernsey and Jersey was the use of surviving windmill towers as range finding towers. Being designated as the following. 'P' = 'Peilstand' or 'Direction Finding Position' 'M' = 'Messtelle' or 'Range Finding Position' St Martin's Mill at Rozel. Being designated 'M6' supplying information to the Batterie Mackensen (21cm medium howitzers). The Mill tower being substantially altered both internally and externally during the conversion. The tower was almost doubled in height. Today, it stands in the garden of a large house serving as both a Seamark and a garden shed. Bouvoier/Bouvoir Mill at Grouville (as a complete aside Bouvoier Mill is the most southerly windmill in the British Isles) Bouvoier Mill also reported to Batte5rie Mackensen being designated 'M8'. It was converted into a house during the late 1970s. Grantez Mill at St. Ouen. It was sold to the States of Jersey in October 1911 to be preserved and used as a Seamark high above St.Ouen's Bay. By the mid 1930's, there was a considerable movement led by G.S.Knocker and the Société Jersiaise to restore the mill to working order. Regrettably, this laudable aim proved to be impossible. As following the occupation, it was converted into a 'Beobachtungsstelle' or Observation Post for the nearby Batterie Ludendorf (However, unlike the other converted windmills on Jersey. Grantez Mill was not given an 'M' designation) As a result of this, all of the machinery was removed by the OT during conversion. Today, it serves as a Seamark whilst the base serves as the HQ of a local Scout group. Two windmills on Guernsey served a similar role. They are Vale/Pinnacle Mill, Vale. Which was extensively remodelled and extended in height by some 40'/12m. It served as distance and range finding tower for three inland batteries. Today, it serves as a Seamark. Mont Saint Mill, St. Saviour. Built in 1820 as a cement grinding mill. It was also converted into a 'Beobachtungsstelle' After the war, it was used as a Seamark. More recently, it has been cosmetically restored with a new cap and sails being fitted. Also, following the arrival of the German forces on Sark (4th July 1940) It was proposed to convert the Seigneural Mill (one of the oldest surviving windmills in the British Isles dating originally from 1571) into a 'Beobachtungsstelle'. This would have led to the removal of the milling machinery. But, due to the polite relationship between the then Seigneur and the German administration, this did not occur. Also, the officer who carried out the conversion liked old machinery. As a result, the absolute minimum of damage was done to the mill. Today, the Seigneural Mill is the only windmill in the Channel Islands, which still has the bulk of it equipment in situ.

Thanks for being an amazing historian Mark

Mark thanks for always posting these informative and well researched videos 👍🏻

Met an Australian who told me that he grew up on Guernsey. I told him that I had some ancestry from Guernsey too. He told me about the day when he was about 10yo in around 1960 playing with his mates on Guernsey and they came across an underground storage facility from WW2 up in the hills. There were racks of uniforms, guns, motorbikes with sidecars, all previously undiscovered. Being kids they told the adults and didn't get a thing, he wished they all kept their mouths shut until they were older! He told me about the time on Guernsey in the 1950's that the German Commandant was invited back by the locals, he was welcomed with a tickertape parade and given the keys to the city in a ceremony to thank him for his humanity during the War.

What an amazing soundtrack under the part with the big guns!

Mark You have the best theme music . It’s always exciting to see your new episode post and hearing that opening. Means an interesting and informative history lesson is about to begin.. Thank you for all your efforts…

Another fascinating place used for arms dumping is Beaufort's Dyke between northern Ireland and Scotland, an underwater trench where munitions were dumped after the second World War. Bombs from the trench occasionally wash up on coasts in the area and when some of them exploded underwater in the 80s it registered as 2.5 on the richter scale. As well as being an interesting historical tidbit and minor nuisance it's right in the middle of the most practical route for a potential bridge or tunnel across the Irish Sea.

I love the little animated captions that pop up when an image of the guns comes on the screen. Very high quality content.

My late father was in the 2nd AIF, mostly in New Guinea during WW2. After the Japanese surrender, the massive cleanup began. This included the loading of near new GMC American trucks, bulldozers, 4WD vehicles & the like being launched off the ships decks, whilst running, into the oceans depths. Dad said to me “It just seemed so damn wrong to destroy all this amazing, wonderful machinery!”

Always impressed by Mark Felton Productions, History should never be forgotten, for it could repeat its self and we never learn from our mistakes.

I lived in Jersey in 1976 in St. Brelade. Is the underground German hospital still a museum? It was amazing! What I remember most was seeing the letter the German forces sent to the Bailiff of Jersey, informing them that they would occupy the island in June 1940. Jersey is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever seen. Thanks for your wonderful videos!

A relative from my family served as a German soldier in Guernsey. But he died of an illness and lies in the military graveyard there. He was considered missing and no one in the family knew he was there or how he died.

Went to jersey around 2005 went in the big bunker and to a lot of the fortifications and stuff but never knew about this! Thanks for another great video as always!

Wow wow wow! Absolutely the most visually stunning video you’ve done to date. This vid is definitely an instant classical. From the drone shots, to the edited info tags, to the over all editing and impeccably accurate historical knowledge, this vid is a perfect storm!

I've sat in the Sechsschartentürm at La Mare Mill, St Peter, which is very well preserved, and, as an ex-infantryman, been impressed and in equal parts terrified at the skill with which the defences were put together, layered and fortified. Over 800m off the beach, armed with heavy machine guns embedded in cast iron and hidden among strewn rocks, all served from deep chambers far below. It would have been difficult to locate and even harder to neutralise - and it was just one among many interlocked defences, infantry and artillery, defending the bay west of the airfield. I highly recommend the guided tours available - there is so much underground that you don't get to see from the surface. I would personally recommend Marc Yates's Jersey Military Tours.

Awesome. Getting my Friday fix of Felton. Great way to end out the work week Mark. Cheers from Canada

Brilliant Work! The ending is a magnificent piece, where reconstruction and annotation is blended wondrously with the musical score : Pure Historical Magick, Professor Felton! Please, if possible, one of Your marvelous videos on Carinhall - that would be so very appreciated.

All of that steel is extremely valuable. Steel made before 1945 has unique properties that can no longer be made so there is a good market for old steel. I will not be surprised if all of those old guns are recovered and reused in the next few years.

Incredible to see the enormous number of weapons, both huge caliber and smaller that were left after the war was over. Thank you, Dr. Felton!

I was in Jersey in 2019, what a great place was only there for 3 days but plan on going back for a longer time! Saw the guns on display but had no idea about the dumped guns below. Well worth a visit for a great vacation!

You add so much detail and context to WWII history!

What an amazing video! Mark comes up with the most impressive historical facts on WW2 than any other historian that I know of.

A couple of thoughts on recovering the guns for scrap... 1. They are pre-atomic age and the steel isn't contaminated with radioactive materials. Therefore, good for scientific or medical use where nuclear contamination is a problem. 2. They are made of high quality steel and could be useful for precision use. Perhaps as tool steel.

Fascinating! Can't get enough of this stuff Mark. An excellent channel. Keep up the good work!

Fantastic presentation once more Dr Felton! Enjoyed the very evocative music the end! War is mind bending in its wasteful nature. The vast wealth spent in armaments is staggering, let alone the wastage of Human life. Thank you for these insightful presentations.

Reminds me of a park near San Diego, where a cemetery was cleared of the headstones and monuments by tossing them into a nearby ravine. Apparently, the graves themselves were not disturbed or remains disinterred. I've sometimes wondered whether family members of the deceased were consulted and in addition, whether the laying of pipes for irrigation for sprinklers have disturbed the unopened graves. Great video.

Such a pleasure to watch your videos Dr. Felton. Thank you!

I never get tired of these videos. Always a pleasure to watch these informational videos of WW2.

Thanks for a great video to listen to for the commute to work!

When I was stationed in Germany I would go around usually on the weekends when I'm not doing anything and look at World war II stuff like the Krupp Decoy building Krupp made heave guns, tanks, armor plates and submarines for the German war effort. Very interesting for me to see what things were at one time

I helped build the Hong Kong campus for the University of Chicago business school (Booth), we had to work around WW2 defensive gun emplacements on the mountain, they’re classified as heritage sites. Was so cool going to them and getting the wide & expansive view of the bay and imagining the invading ships headed in. Dad was stationed in Japan during Vietnam, outside Tokyo, and was a scoutmaster for the base troop. Have pics of them out camping and standing next to WW2 AA battery emplacements used to defend Tokyo. I’m glad all these sites are being preserved as much as possible for future generations to see. The way the world is going, you never know, they might need to be reactivated.

When I was a kid, in 1978, I went to Jersey and saw these guns at the base of the cliff at Les Landes. I managed to take some photos of the gun bits , of which there were many. One large gun didn't quite make it over the cliff and sat half way down the slope to the cliff edge. I managed to get down the slope, which had very loose gravel/stone, to the gun and I have a photo of me sitting on it, you could see where an attempt had been made to remove the muzzle brake. I also found a steel dome, from a smaller gun, in the rocks below the observation tower at Corbiere. I still have a couple of small armored sliding doors from one of the bunkers, that lay among some later scrap, in a tunnel in St Aubins. I have attempted to return these to Jersey, but have received no reply from preservation groups there.

It's heartbreaking to think of all of the history we dump, or destroy, after wars.

Dear Mark, you inspire. I want to go to your nation and learn all i possibly can , however mundane or irrelevant history may look on the surface. You are a gem to history livers worldwide. Words from New York.

As I jersey born (kiwi raised) lover of history, I love seeing content relating to my home and the conflict history such as ww2 and the battle of jersey

Had they kept those guns/emplacements intact that island would be a huge tourist attraction today - thus the reason they started to recover and restore them!- thanks for another great video Dr Felton !

My cousin dumped huge barge loads of Japanese weapons in the deep ocean after the war. He said it was fun to shoot them until they were red hot and then dump them. But he also regretted that he didn’t keep some of the Baby Nambu pistols he dumped!

Brilliant stuff. Once again. Thank you to the good doctor. ! Wouldn't the quality of the metal hold a significant scrap value. Id have one as a garden feature ,if I lived there and could think of a way to get at one. Amazing that they're still just laying where they are. God dam ,I love these videos. Just brilliant. Even getting some new fancy graphics and over lays. 💛👊👍 top notch !

Excellent video. The final aerial footage and the accompanying score are exceptional. You are an almost unmatched documentary filmmaker. Thank you for your content.

Afternoon Mark...thanks for the video. So envious of your visits to these places.

Sad as it is to see all that history dumped there, the actual dumping grounds are an interesting part of history. One of the sites I work at is the 100 ton gun in Gibraltar and I'd love to be able to see photographic records of where the original gun ended up

Fascinating thanks.

I recommend to anyone the Masterpiece Theater mini series 'Island at War' about the German occupation of a fictional Channel Island during the war. Very well done production.

So sad. What a waste of excellent weapons. My poor grandfathers are turning in their grave with sadness. Excellent episode again Dr Felton. Greetings from South Africa

Very interesting, great choice of music as we view the discarded guns at the foot of the cliff. No words required, just the dramatic and rather sad music.

What a remarkable story . Thank you for this fascinating bit of history !

Those German troops on the islands were undoubtedly the LUCKIEST German military anywhere!

Outstanding information and research that is a hallmark of a Mark Felton video. Thank you very much from one military history nerd to another.

You really nailed it with the choice of music for the denouement! Excellent.

Well I guess if those things are just laying around unattended anyone with the wherewithal might as well go and help themselves to them! Talk about the ultimate lawn ornament! 🤩 Seriously though, if anyone's in the Lansdale PA area you can see two examples of those French M1917 155mm guns on display in Memorial Park. Used by the US Army during WW1 they're the same kind of guns used by the Germans on the Channel Islands. Great video Dr. Felton, as always!

Awesome video. Also quite interesting to see what seems to be the whole population of Jersey commenting 😀 And something else, never the least... I've been watching Mark's channel for years, he's never repeated a vid or subject... he keeps finding stuff and always with solid background info 👍🏼👍🏼

The difficulty in retrieving them in modern day is a testament to the effort of putting them there in the first place. Considering the amount of time they have been sitting there many look in exceptionally good condition. Great video as always. Thanks

I have watched dozens if not hundreds of your videos, always fascinating and informative, though I know I will never even come close to even a smidgen of true understanding of this grotesque war. Thank you! (also thank you for introducing me to Scott Buckley's music!)

I've seen some of that bunker architecture revisited, usually in sci-fi art. When you hear about the higher value of pre 45 steel, it's surprising no one has recovered what's left there. Even with the difficulty.

Your YT videos really are little jewels, Doc. Rare and original detail embedded in finely-wrought and precise narrative 🤩

very much enjoying the recent surge of videos. I can tell, not just by the information, but by the footage you put a lot of effort in the videos. thank you

Fascinating, another excellent installment in your series, thank you Dr. Felton

Historic side note: When i visited Jersey several of the ammunition bunkers are today used for commercial mushroom farming, The Underground Hospital is also certainly a place to visit. An unfortunate fact is that forced laborers of the SS had to build all that and that Alderney was the main concentration camp.

Thanks for the amazing content keep it up

A video about must-see WWI and WWII sites and museums would be a great idea for tourists.

Once again an excellent video of a topic I new very little about. Thank you and keep up the great work.

You know I’m amazed on how well (I think) Mark pronounces the German words. Awesome job in every video!

I wonder how many of the captured Germans on the Channel Islands are thankful that Hitler kept them garrisoned there instead of using them as cannon fodder on the mainland. Of course this is all hindsight. But still, they were lucky.

Fascinating! Another worthwhile post! Thank you Mark!

This is the most interesting WW2 content I've seen in years. Batterie Moltke looks futuristic. Imagine how intimidating this was 80yrs ago.

Imagine a graveyard for those railway guns! You'd need a whole city block.

Great documentary as usual mark but I felt the need to give very special recognition to your editor for that music score, sensational.

I constantly wonder what Germany could have accomplished if all their steel and industrial know how had been used for peaceful enterprises.

What a waste of artillery

I love your channel Mark. Your videos transport me to history. Greetings from Puerto Rico.

I was there last summer. Never seen so may bunkers in my life. Spent 2 days exploring them.

It's a wonder how th Germans got the guns there and mounted.them, all without a helicopter... Got give up for the German engineers.

What a waste of resources! Like Hitler refusing to evacuate Army Group Courland because of some delusion the British and American were going to declare war on the Soviet Union and needed a staging area! LOL!

Awesome Work Mark, Thanks 👍👍👍 Greetings from Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮

Of course I have heard quite a bit regarding the Channel Islands, I always had thought they were farther North (around Scotland), I had no idea they were next to France, so close!

I get goosebumps every time the ominous orchestral instrumental starts playing! Editing on point 💯 🔥 🔥 🔥

Dr Felton, your work is so rich in amazing facts and information. Thank you so much for bringing the truth to life. The drone footage in this video is mesmerising.

This music freaks me out every time Mark Felton uses it. Well done.

Love the new graphics labeling the guns! Great work Dr. Felton 👍

How interesting was that!...i suspect many people didnt know of this but we do now thanx to you Mark,Top man👍

It would be very cool to see them raised up, and installed again. The irony of their goal was that the batteries actually bring a lot of tourism.