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
Keith was born in Guernsey and grew up listening to his family discussing WW2 and the Occupation in particular.
Family history and history generally has always interested Keith and he is thrilled to be able to discuss it with like-minded people.
Co-host Nick has known Keith for many years and they have been thinking about doing this for a while.
I have lived in Guernsey all of my life and am passionate about the history of the Island.
Some of my family were evacuated in advance of the Occupation, some served in the forces during the Second World War, and others remained during the Occupation.
You can find my blog here at https://island-fortress.com/ which deals with many aspects of the occupation.
Currently writing a book about escapes from the Channel Islands during the war.