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


Episode Date
A SPECIAL EPISODE - THE ROYAL GUERNSEY LIGHT INFANTRY WITH CHRIS OLIVER
Jun 04, 2026
JUNE 1944 PART 2
May 25, 2026
June 1944 - Part One So much to talk about!
Apr 28, 2026
Living in Limbo: The Channel Islands in May 1944
Mar 30, 2026
APRIL 1944 - RAIDS, ESCAPES, DESPERATION AS D-DAY LOOMS
Mar 09, 2026
MARCH 1944 - COLLABORATION, RESISTANCE, ROMMEL, INVASION HOPES AND FEARS!
Feb 23, 2026
FEBRUARY 1944 - RADIOS, RUMOURS, POUNDS, PANTO & SPIES!
Feb 09, 2026
JANUARY 1944 - A YEAR OF HOPE, COURT MARTIAL,TUNNELS & TRIBULATIONS
Jan 26, 2026
DECEMBER 1943 - HEDY UPDATE, £1 RACKET, BLACK MARKET & SCANDAL
Jan 12, 2026
NOVEMBER 1943 - HEDWIG ESCAPES, MONUMENT BLOWN UP, FUNERAL FURORE AND MUCH MORE
Jan 05, 2026
SPECIAL - DAVE HEWITT TALKS ABOUT HIS 40 YEAR INTEREST IN THE OCCUPATION AND HIS COLLECTION
Dec 29, 2025
SPECIAL EPISODE - COMMANDO RAIDS ON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS DECEMBER 1943
Dec 26, 2025
OCTOBER 1943 - CENSORSHIP, THE GOAT IS BACK, ARRESTS, FOOD AND DISAGREEMENTS
Dec 22, 2025
SEPTEMBER 1943 - THE TIDE IS TURNING, MORALE AND A TRAGIC DEATH
Dec 15, 2025
AUGUST 1943 - ESCAPE, CENSORSHIP, RAF RAIDS AND A BIZARRE LEGAL CASE!
Dec 08, 2025
JULY 1943 - THREE YEARS OF OCCUPATION, HEALTH, RATIONS, ARRESTS AND RESISTANCE
Dec 01, 2025
SPECIAL - INTERVIEWS WITH SOME WHO WERE CHILDREN DURING THE OCCUPATION, AN EVACUEE EXPERIENCE AND MORE.
Nov 24, 2025
JUNE 1943 PODCAST -GERMANS HUNT FOR GOLD AND DIAMONDS, BINOCULARS BUNGLE, UNITED CLUB RAID, CENSORSHIP AND CINEMA!
Nov 17, 2025
MAY 1943 - RAF RAIDS, STAND OFF WITH THE GERMANS, DISASTORUS RATIONING CUTS & SHIPPING SUNK
Nov 10, 2025
IWM PODCAST LIVE FESTIVAL - INTERVIEW WITH IWM's HEAD OF PUBLIC HISTORY, JAMES BULGIN
Nov 03, 2025
APRIL 1943 PODCAST IS OUT! 18 ARRESTED AND TRIED IN JERSEY, SINKING SHIPS, RAF RAIDS AND MORE!
Oct 20, 2025
MARCH 1943 - COURT CASES, DEPORTATION, BLACK MARKET AND MORE
Oct 06, 2025
FEBRUARY 1943 - DEPORTATIONS, WAR CRIMES, MILK MISBEHAVIOUR, MINEFIELDS & WHIRLWINDS
Sep 22, 2025
FRANK OGIER - EVACUATION TO ENGLAND AND LIFE - CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF EVACUATION
Sep 15, 2025
JANUARY 1943 - PART 2 DEPORTATION DILEMMAS, RUMOURS, GANG ON THE LOOSE, CRIME, AIRCRAFT AND MUCH MORE
Sep 08, 2025
JANUARY 1943 - PART ONE - SHIPPING SHOCKER, AIR RAIDS, A CRAFTY FRENCHMAN, PARTIES AND MUCH MORE!
Aug 25, 2025
DECEMBER 1942 - PART 2 -WHIRLIBOMBERS, WELLINGTONS, FORCED WORKERS, CONVOY ATTACKED, CRIME & MORE
Aug 11, 2025
DECEMBER1942 - PART 1 BLACK MARKET, PROHIBITED ZONES, FORCED REGISTRATION FOR LABOUR, REGISTRATION OF GUESTS, RUMOURS OF GERMAN DEPARTUE
Jul 28, 2025
VOICE OF THE OCCUPATION - NICK SPEAKS TO OLIVE HAMON ABOUT HER EVACUATION EXPERIENCE AND HER FAMILY EXPERIENCE OF OCCUPATION
Jul 21, 2025
SPECIAL - AUTHOR THERESA LE FLEM TALKS ABOUT HER LATEST BOOK 'FREEDOM ON THE MORNING TIDE'
Jul 14, 2025
NOVEMBER 1942 - THE FRANKEN SPITFIRE, AN AUSTRALIAN SPITFIRE PILOT, THE SARK LANCASTER
Jul 01, 2025
TRAILER AND SOME MESSAGES
Jun 23, 2025
OCTOBER 1942 - OPERATION BASALT, A ROBBERY AND MUCH MORE....
Jun 09, 2025
SPECIAL - NICK & KATIE TALK TO JENNY O'BRIEN ABOUT HER LATEST BOOK. THE BOOK OF LOST CHILDREN
Jun 02, 2025
SEPTEMBER 1942 - OPERATION DRYAD, ESCAPE AND TRAITORS
May 26, 2025
AUGUST 1942 - CRIME WAVE, JITTERY GERMANS, ARP & ESPIONAGE
May 12, 2025
PODCAST JULY 1942 - MUSSOLINI, RADIOS, MONEY, PENSIONS PALAVA, HOSTAGES, RAMROD RAIDS AND MUCH MORE!
Apr 28, 2025
June 1942: A Month of Turmoil
Apr 14, 2025
SPECIAL - WILLIAM PENGELLEY
Mar 31, 2025
MAY 1942! CONSEQUENCES OF ESCAPE FROM JERSEY, INVASION PREPARATIONS, LAUGHING AT THE GERMANS AND MORE
Mar 17, 2025
WERNER RANG - PODCAST SPECIAL WITH HIS GRANDSON ANDY CREBER
Mar 07, 2025
APRIL 1942 - THE POLICEMEN ARE SENTENCED, MURDER IN SARK, IMPACT OF MALNUTRITION AND MORE
Mar 03, 2025
SPECIAL WITH SIMON DE LA RUE - 80 DAYS TO LIBERATION
Mar 01, 2025
MARCH 1942 - THE ENTIRE GUERNSEY POLICE FORCE ARE ARRESTED, GERMAN SECRET POLICE, ALDERNEY EVENTS AND A FUNNY STORY FROM JERSEY!
Feb 17, 2025
FEBRUARY 1942 EPSIODE IS OUT! WE TALK SOME DIFFICULT TOPICS PLUS THIEVES, RATS, SPANIARDS AND MORE.
Feb 03, 2025
JANUARY 1942 - RAF AIR RAID ON ST PETER PORT AND A NEW YEAR TRAGEDY!
Jan 20, 2025
USE OF THE LOCAL LANGUAGE GUERNÉSIAIS, A FORM OF NORMAN FRENCH, DURING THE OCCUPATION
Jan 12, 2025
DECEMBER 1941 - CHRISTMAS COMPARISONS, MILITARY ACTIVITY HOTS UP, A HUGE GUN, UNWELCOME GUESTS, FOOD AND MORE
Jan 06, 2025
BOXING DAY SPECIAL - A VISIT TO GUERNSEY WITH SPECIAL GUEST CERI THOMAS
Dec 26, 2024
NOVEMBER 1941! ESPIONAGE, FRITZ TODT PAYS A VISIT, A TRAGIC ACCIDENT, SPITFIRES AND THE FRENCH RUN AMOK!
Dec 23, 2024
AUTHOR THERESA LE FLEM TALKS ABOUT HER NOVEL ABOUT THE GERMAN OCCUPATION
Dec 16, 2024
OCTOBER 1941 - KOMMANDANTS, REVERSE INVASION THREATS, NEUTRAL CITIZENS, AND A BIT OF DEVIATION!
Dec 09, 2024
BOOK SPECIAL WITH STEVE FOOTE - CHIEF EXECUTIVE PRIAULX LIBRARY AND OWNER BLUE ORMER PUBLISHING
Dec 02, 2024
SEPTEMBER 1941 - ESCAPE FROM JERSEY, A TUNNEL TO FRANCE, GERMANY'S GOT TALENT AND MUCH MORE!
Nov 25, 2024
Recommended Books - with Tim Osborne. Tour Guide and Historian.
Nov 11, 2024
AUGUST 1941 - IT’S THE ECONOMY STUPID! PLUS SOME STRANGE ORDERS, HORSES, A PATOIS SPEAKING GERMAN, AND MORE
Oct 28, 2024
SPECIAL - TIM OSBORNE - THE SARK LANCASTER, RAF TYPHOON RAIDS, ALDERNEY AND RAILWAYS!
Oct 14, 2024
JULY 1941 V SIGN CAMPAIGN AND CONSEQUENCES! RAF RAIDS ON GUERNSEY AND LISTENERS QUESTIONS
Sep 30, 2024
JUNE 1941! BATTERIE STRASSBURG, MORE TROOPS, HOUSING, FOOD AND THE THIRD JEWISH ORDER.
Sep 16, 2024
A Special - Nick talks to Dr Philip Blood about the occupation of the Channel Islands. Resistance, Collaboration and more!
Sep 09, 2024
MAY 1941! IDENTITY CARDS, FISH FURY, A SINGSONG IN SARK, A MAD IRISHMAN, SEIZED LAND AND MUCH MORE!
Sep 02, 2024
April 1941 - A Hurricane Pilot, Shots Fired, Tragedy in Saints Bay, Rationing, and much more.
Aug 19, 2024
March 1941 - Sabotage, Hidden Aircraft, Guard Duty & Disruption at the Airport!
Aug 05, 2024
February1941 - A French Tragedy, Parachutists and a Wildgoose Chase!
Jul 22, 2024
Interview with Melva Stacey - Life as a teenager in Guernsey
Jul 08, 2024
A Special - Part 2 -Early Fortifications and an Island Obsession!
Jun 24, 2024
A Special - Early Fortifications and an Island Obsession!
Jun 10, 2024
January 1941 - Carrier Pigeons, Letters, Food Issues and propaganda!
May 27, 2024
December 1940. The fate of those sent to prison in France, an RAF air raid, repercussions and listener questions..
May 13, 2024
November 1940. Repercussions of Symes & Nicolle, Imprisonment, Downed Aircrew and the Luftwaffe!
Apr 29, 2024
October 1940 - Commandos still at large, surrender of those in hiding, the consequences of this plus some recipes!
Apr 15, 2024
September 1940 - Eight Escape, Commando Raids, Rescue Attempts and the RAF.
Apr 01, 2024
August 1940 - British air raid, a rescue mission, an heroic woman and a controversial radio broadcast!
Mar 18, 2024
July 1940 - Orders, Germans buying everything in sight, Operation Anger, Ambassador and more!
Mar 04, 2024
June 1940 - Uncertainty, Refugees, Panic, Evacuation, Bombing Raids and Occupation!
Feb 19, 2024
Pilot Episode
Feb 11, 2024