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 • 31 episodes
Islands at War
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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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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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DECEMBER 1941 - CHRISTMAS COMPARISONS, MILITARY ACTIVITY HOTS UP, A HUGE GUN, UNWELCOME GUESTS, FOOD AND MORE
It is the December 1941 episode and we look at what Christmas was like for different families and across the Channel Islands. We talk about food and some of the crazy prices being paid for livestock, difficulties in obtaining some s...
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Episode 26
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BOXING DAY SPECIAL - A VISIT TO GUERNSEY WITH SPECIAL GUEST CERI THOMAS
This episode Nick talks to Ceri Thomas who visited Guernsey recently. Ceri gives a visitors perspective on the Occupation.Thanks to Ceri for taking the time to record this.
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Episode 26
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NOVEMBER 1941! ESPIONAGE, FRITZ TODT PAYS A VISIT, A TRAGIC ACCIDENT, SPITFIRES AND THE FRENCH RUN AMOK!
It is November 1941 and there is a lot going on! Dr Fritz Todt visits the Channel Islands to assess what fortifications.French workers arrive and then protest before running amok in Town.We talk about espionage and th...
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