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 • 34 episodes
Islands at War
Latest Episodes
SPECIAL WITH SIMON DE LA RUE - 80 DAYS TO LIBERATION
Nick spoke to Simon De La Rue of the Guernsey Press about his project 80 days to Liberation which started on 18 February and runs all the way to the 80th anniversary of Liberation on 9 May 2025. Find out what the project involves, h...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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19:54
MARCH 1942 - THE ENTIRE GUERNSEY POLICE FORCE ARE ARRESTED, GERMAN SECRET POLICE, ALDERNEY EVENTS AND A FUNNY STORY FROM JERSEY!
March is a busy month with a lot going on!Not least the whole of the Guernsey Police Force being arrested. We talk about how this happened.A bit about the German Police and their methods.A funny story from Jersey!...
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Episode 29
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1:00:22
FEBRUARY 1942 EPSIODE IS OUT! WE TALK SOME DIFFICULT TOPICS PLUS THIEVES, RATS, SPANIARDS AND MORE.
February 1942 had some fairly depressing and difficult topics for us to discuss not least the eighth Jewish Order. They are important to discuss and particularly as this episode was recorded during the week of the 80th Anniversary of the libera...
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Episode 28
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1:01:03
JANUARY 1942 - RAF AIR RAID ON ST PETER PORT AND A NEW YEAR TRAGEDY!
This episode we talk about the attack on German shipping in the harbour. It was a spectacular low-level attack by three Beauforts of 82 Squadron Coastal Command. Listen to me talk about the raid and the death of a local man wh...
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Episode 27
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56:39
USE OF THE LOCAL LANGUAGE GUERNÉSIAIS, A FORM OF NORMAN FRENCH, DURING THE OCCUPATION
Nick had a brainwave that it might be fun to explore the use of the local language, Guernésiais, Pronounced 'JEHR-nehz-yay', it is also known as 'Guernsey French' or 'patois'. It is a form of Norman French, which evolved from the Vulgar L...
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Episode 26
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