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
Islands at War
November 1940. Repercussions of Symes & Nicolle, Imprisonment, Downed Aircrew and the Luftwaffe!
November 1940. There was a lot going on!
We continue to follow what is happening to Symes & Nicolle and those that helped them. The confiscation of wireless sets and more.
Luftwaffe aircraft downed during the month including one that crashed on Crevichon.
To see all the pictures and documents we talked about head to this link.
You can find out more about the occupation on my website Island Fortress here.
The books we referred to are:
Guernsey Occupation Diaries, 1940-45 - Author: Douglas Ord (ed. John Nettles)
The Commando Who Came Home To Spy – William Bell
We also mentioned the Channel Islands Occupation Society. You can find their website here.
Thanks to Gnet Radio for recording the podcast and thanks to Jim Delbridge for the use of his song ‘5 to 7’ as our theme.
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If you want to email in a question send it to occupied@gnetradio.com. Alternatively you can send us a text with the link at the bottom of these notes (only works with iPhones).
You can find out more about the occupation on Nick’s website Island Fortress here.
Thanks to Gnet Radio for recording the podcast and thanks to Jim Delbridge for the use of his song ‘5 to 7’ as our theme.
