Islands At War

Islands at War

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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

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July 1940 - Orders, Germans buying everything in sight, Operation Anger, Ambassador and more! 04.03.2024 44:08

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...

June 1940 - Uncertainty, Refugees, Panic, Evacuation, Bombing Raids and Occupation! 19.02.2024 37:40

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...

Pilot Episode 11.02.2024 39:35

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...