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
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 who was a crane driver. For some photographs of the raid taking place and the resultant damage take a look at the two articles in the linked document where a range of photographs and links are included. Find that here.
We then look at the tragic case of George Fisher who was shot by a German on New Year's Eve.
Entertainment in the theatres is highlighted with the formation of a new group, and we talk about Frank Stroobant who was involved in this as well as island sports. He also wrote an excellent book about the occupation.
We talked about the censor Sonderfuehrer Kurt Goettmann
The press censor Sonderfuehrer Kurt Goettmann appointed on the 27th January 1941 at the age of 32. His previous experience included working in press offices in both Paris and London. The censor role was to ensure that anything published followed the stringent rules set out by the Germans.
We also talk more about food as that is an ever present problem.
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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.
