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
BOOK SPECIAL WITH STEVE FOOTE - CHIEF EXECUTIVE PRIAULX LIBRARY AND OWNER BLUE ORMER PUBLISHING
In this episode Keith talks to Steve Foote of Blue Ormer Publishing and Chief Executive of the Priaulx Library.
They talk about the following books which you can buy.
Guernsey Occupation Diaries 1940-45 - Reverend Douglas Ord (edited John Nettles)
The Silent War -Frank Falla
Guernsey Under German Rule - Ralph Durand
Life in Occupied Guernsey - Ruth Ozanne Diary
The Battle of Newlands - The Wartime Diaries of Winifred Harvey
The People's Messenger: The Occupation Diary of Louis Guillemette, Guernsey 1940-45
Gentle Violence: Diaries 1943-45 - Hans Max von Aufsess
An interesting note is that von Aufsess notes in his diaries, as Steve mentions, that an American ship with an American Officer on came to Guernsey to try and negotiate in September 1944. The Germans were confused and reported the Canadian Allan Chambers as being American in all their official reports, he also arrived on a British vessel. You can read the full account here.
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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.
