Islands at War

The latest episode is out. In this episode Keith and Nick talk you through the events of September 1940. We take a look at the following the civilian perception of what is going on in the war, various commando raids, an escape, RAF operations in the area, a failed rescue attempt, islanders serving in the British forces and much more! The escape is detailed here. You can find pictures on my blog po...

We are back for episode 3!  We now have an appropriate theme tune thanks to our friend Jim Delbridge.   He has kindly allowed us to use his song “5 to 7” from his album ‘The Navigator’.  You can find the video here.  Keith and Nick talk you through the events of August 1940 the second full month of the islands being occupied by the German forces.  We talk about matters  both civilian and military....

July 1940 and the first full month of occupation of the Channel Islands by the Germans. Join Keith & Nick as they take you through a plethora of orders, the Germans buying everything in sight and eating pats of butter, what it was like in the early days followed by British raids that were Operation Anger, Ambassador and a bit of a disaster! Go follow us on Facebook Islands at War page or Twitt...

In the June 1940 episode Keith and I talked about a couple of corrections and additional information from the pilot episode.   Links to books and things we talked about are here. Then we get on with the events of June 1940 about the run up to the German occupation of the Islands. This episode covers the refugees escaping through the islands, the part that Jersey played in Operation Ariel,   bombin...

We were recording a pilot episode as a bit of fun, then we decided to release it as a podcast.   We will be releasing an episode on a fortnightly basis.    In the pilot episode  we talked about the run up to the occupation of the Islands. This episode covers the phoney war, the refugees escaping through the islands, the bombing raid and much more.  Take a look and if you like it subscribe for free...