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 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 the arrest of William 'Bill' Symes who was arrested for smuggling information out of Guernsey about the German occupation and forces. He ended up in a concentration camp, but was remarkably released to an internment camp. You can read more of his story here.
Thank you to Simon De La Rue who sent us some information and photographs relating to the tragic death of Ernest Brouard along with some photographs that are here along with other info.
Nick talked about a gentleman in Jersey who was complaining the RAF weren't bombing Jersey enough and that Guernsey was getting all the attention! During a discussion about RAF activity in the area we gave a nod to one of Nick's favourite podcasts Never Mind the Dambusters. Go check it out for all your Bomber Command related content.
Two Spitfires crash land in Alderney and we talk about what happened.
The Germans cause a potato crisis with far reaching implications and blame the potato growers!
The other podcast that may be of interest is Ham & Jam a WW2 Airborne Podcast.
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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.
