Islands at War
A Podcast about the occupation of the Channel Islands by German forces 1940 to 1945. Focusing on personal experiences of those that lived through it using diaries and our own research. Social, practical and military aspects of the occupation of the Channel Islands.
Join Keith Pengelley and Nick Le Huray as they talk you through the occupation month by month. Oh and we drop our own family stories in as well.
We will talk you through the occupation as it happened.
Questions welcome at occupied@gnetradio.com
Podcasting since 2024 • 22 episodes
Islands at War
Latest Episodes
Recommended Books - with Tim Osborne. Tour Guide and Historian.
In this episode Keith talks to Tim Osborne of Tim's Guided Walks about his recommended books about the German occupation. Tim tells us why these books are so important to him and how they help his tour guiding. Some are out of p...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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56:37
AUGUST 1941 - IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID! PLUS SOME STRANGE ORDERS, HORSES, A PATOIS SPEAKING GERMAN, AND MORE
August 1941 - In this episode Keith and Nick look at the German reliance on horses. Then move on to how the Germans ruined the economy and left the Channel Islands virtually bankrupt. British banks lent money to the Channel Island...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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57:50
SPECIAL - TIM OSBORNE - THE SARK LANCASTER, RAF TYPHOON RAIDS, ALDERNEY AND RAILWAYS!
In this episode Nick chats to Tim Osborne about the Lancaster that landed in Sark, the RAF Typhoon raids on the radars at Fort George, what went at the camps in Alderney and the German railway in Guernsey.Tim is a tour guide, historian ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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57:41
JULY 1941 V SIGN CAMPAIGN AND CONSEQUENCES! RAF RAIDS ON GUERNSEY AND LISTENERS QUESTIONS
It is July 1941, and the V sign campaign really takes hold in Guernsey. We talk in depth about what happened and the ramifications for the local population. The German occupiers make themselves look a bit silly much to the amusement of th...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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59:41
JUNE 1941! BATTERIE STRASSBURG, MORE TROOPS, HOUSING, FOOD AND THE THIRD JEWISH ORDER.
Keith and I can't believe we have covered a year of the the Occupation this episode! There was a lot going on some of which was a bit disturbing to say the least. We talk about one of the first concrete and extensive gun batteries...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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58:22
