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
January 1941 - Carrier Pigeons, Letters, Food Issues and propaganda!
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In this episode we deal with:
- Lack of vitamin A causes concern
- Pigeons banned!
- Fortifications - a brief overview
- Depression and other illnesses
- Postage issues
- Red Cross Letters
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To see all the pictures and documents we talked about head to this link
You can find out more about the occupation on my website Island Fortress here.
The books we referred to are:
Guernsey Occupation Diaries, 1940-45 - Author: Douglas Ord (ed. John Nettles)
Guernsey Under German Rule - Ralph Durand
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If you want to email in a question send it to occupied@gnetradio.com.
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.
