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
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 print but can be obtained from the internet.
First book is Ernie Gavey's guide to Fortifications which you can find here
Second book is Operation Basalt by Eric Lee. The raid on Sark. You can find this here.
His third choice was Alderney at War which is out of print. You can however find copies here on occasion.
His fourth choice is available on Kindle here Island of Dread.
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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.
