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๐ฌ๐ฌ Warro! IC member #158. Blog about Occupation of the Channel Islands during the Second World War http://island-fortress.com. Find me on http://linktr.ee/nicklehuray
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The August 1943 Podcast is out tomorrow. Preview below.
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The July 1943 episode of Islands at War is out.
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Latest episode is out tonight. Preview below and a link to our RSS feed so you can catch it on your favourite podcast app.
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Slight change of plan for tomorrow's episode as Keith has the dreaded lurgy. Instead we have some interviews and stories from those that were children during the occupation. Thanks to @katieci.bsky.social
for voicing one of the stories. Preview is here.
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Thanks Jamie. Glad you are enjoying it, and yes plenty of Jersey content now.
20.11.2025 08:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0If youโve not heard this pod before, itโs a fascinating listen - a month by month examination of the German occupation of Guernsey (now with added Jersey!)
20.11.2025 08:15 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
Find out in our June 1943 episode of โIslands at Warโ about a German Minesweeper, M483, being sunk. Listen on your favourite podcast app or here. www.buzzsprout.com/2314718/epis...
20.11.2025 05:21 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Want to know how this pair of binoculars led to arrests by the Germans during the German Occupation of the Channel Islands? Listen to our June 1943 episode of the podcast. feeds.buzzsprout.com/2314718.rss
19.11.2025 07:21 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Cheers James.
18.11.2025 22:44 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Catch all our episodes for free here! feeds.buzzsprout.com/2314718.rss
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Preview of the June 1943 episode - German hunt for gold and diamonds, binoculars bungle, United Club raided, censorship & cinema! Full episode out tomorrow.
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Latest episode is out!
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On BBC Radio Guernsey and BBC Radio Jersey this morning with Jim. Just after 11am news we will be talking soldiers stationed here from the English Civil War onwards.
09.11.2025 10:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Another write up in the Guernsey Press today about the Islands At War podcast at the Imperial Museum at the weekend. Minor error as obviously not everyone at We Have Ways Fest attended the talk there but I did have a tent full! You can catch the podcast here. feeds.buzzsprout.com/2314718.rss
04.11.2025 06:32 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Out this evening but in the meantime a sneak preview of Islands At War being recorded at the Imperial War Museum. I talked to James Bulgin, IWM Head of Public History.
03.11.2025 15:33 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Great question and somewhat complicated. Essentially no, cases were prepared against a couple but either never went ahead or they were dead by the end of the war. Another thing added to my list for a podcast episode James. Thanks for the brilliant questions.
25.10.2025 07:23 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Notice from the Jersey Evening Post. A similar notice, with some of the words highlighted in bold, was published in the Guernsey Press.
Mentioned in the April 1943 episode of Islands at War. The Germans publish a notice blaming the British for sinking supply ships and causing food shortages. Find out more by checking out our podcast about the Channel Islands. feeds.buzzsprout.com/2314718.rss
24.10.2025 05:13 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Just 1๏ธโฃ0๏ธโฃ days until IWM Podcast Live, where Jack and guest host Lucy Betteridge Dyson will be doing Burma 1945 in 45 (mins).
Get you your tickets here ๐
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UK NATIONAL ARCHIVES DEFE 2/1296 Coastal defence of the Channel Islands: report by Major G E Rice. Includes 153 photographs depicting: Fortifications after German occupation of Channel Islands photographs taken by Major G G Rice. Dated 1945.
In the latest episode we talk about Germans based in the Vale Mill in Guernsey observing an RAF air raid on shipping near Jersey 27 miles away. Picture of the Vale Mill is from September 1945.
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Editing the April 1943 episode as we speak. If you havenโt caught the previous episodes of our month by month account of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands you can find it on all the podcast apps or click the link below.
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Yes the Franken Spitfire. Really good article here www.jerseybunkertours.com/bernard-sche...
09.10.2025 14:30 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0It is quite complicated as to who did what, or didnโt do something, and who was responsible. Will mark it down as one to cover shortly in a podcast special.
08.10.2025 15:05 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0No problem. There will be a follow up on this in next few weeks.
08.10.2025 14:37 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thanks James. Yes there are details are here museums.gov.gg/article/2015...
08.10.2025 14:24 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Love the Mossie. A true multi role aircraft.
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