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
FEBRUARY 1942 EPSIODE IS OUT! WE TALK SOME DIFFICULT TOPICS PLUS THIEVES, RATS, SPANIARDS AND MORE.
February 1942 had some fairly depressing and difficult topics for us to discuss not least the eighth Jewish Order. They are important to discuss and particularly as this episode was recorded during the week of the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
We also talk about the impact of the occupation on the mental health of Channel Islanders.
We have a some lighter topics to discuss as well as a few book recommendations!
Our Jersey diarist is still complaining that Guernsey is still getting bombed more than Jersey by the RAF! Not an aspect of inter-island rivalry I would have had down on my bingo card but it gets mentioned a lot.
We mention Churchill's Spaniards: Continuing the Fight in the British Army 1939-46- by Séan Scullion. This is an excellent book that Nick & Keith both recommend.
We also talk about a book that is out in April 2025 written by Jenny O'Brien which is a novel set during the occupation. You can find her social media and books here. Looking forward to reading this when it is out! Jenny is appearing at the Guernsey Literary Festival.
Plus much more we talked about.
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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.
