Liberation 80 : The Lectures - Liberation 1943 - Operation Coverlet
Tue 06 May
|Town Church
A series of eight lectures; organised by St Peter Port Parish, delivered by Chris Oliver and Steve Le Prevost, focusing on military history surrounding the Liberation of Guernsey. Please see individual events for more details of each lecture. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.
Time & Location
06 May 2025, 19:00 – 20:00
Town Church, Church Sq, Guernsey GY1 2JU, Guernsey
About the event
LIBERATION 1943 - OPERATION COVERLET
Tuesday 6th May
Long before Operation Nest Egg, a second front was in the planning with COSSAC. Find out about Mountbatten's plan to invade Guernsey and the 2023 Sandhurst sponsored wargame, using released secret British documents.
Chris Oliver
A well known speaker on Military History around the islands. He has made several programmes for the BBC, Wildfire Productions, Channel 4 and ITV. He is a guest lecturer at Sandhurst and Cambridge University. Chris is co-founder and Chairman of the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry,
Steve Le Prevost
Also a well known local speaker and author, Steve helps bring life to some of the most interesting parts of our military past.