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.
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Islands at War
NOVEMBER 1942 - THE FRANKEN SPITFIRE, AN AUSTRALIAN SPITFIRE PILOT, THE SARK LANCASTER
This episode we have the stories of two Spitfire Pilots who having been shot down in the Channel Islands end up at Stalag Luft III and one of them takes part in the Great Escape.
A Lancaster crash lands in Sark and the crew survive only to be captured and become POWs.
The mystery of a German soldier called George Falla, yes you read that correctly a German soldier with a Guernsey name!
We talk about the hullabaloo caused when the Irish enquire if any Irish citizens have been deported and the Germans realise they made a mistake.
The Guernsey Deportees Podcast by Ollie Guillou is well worth a listen. You can find it here.
You can find a picture of Norman Amos we mention on the link 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.
