OCTOBER 1940 EPISODE OF ISLANDS AT WAR PODCAST IS OUT!

It is October 1940. More details below but you can listen here.
The two commandos, Nicolle and Symes are still at large  and moving around the island. Much happened in the run up to their surrender, their treatment after they surrender and the consequences following this. I wrote a more detailed article here about them.


More British forces personnel surrender as part of the amnesty.

Food is already getting short so we talk about an unusual recipe that was used take a look at the link below.

https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/occupation-food-recipes

Clothes rationing article we talked about:

Notice in the Guernsey Press October 1940.

A short soundbite of the podcast is here.

The books we referred to are:

I Beg to Report…Policing in Guernsey During the German Occupation – William Bell

Guernsey Occupation Diaries, 1940-45 – Author: Douglas Ord (ed. John Nettles)

The Commando Who Came Home To Spy – William Bell

If you listen on a podcast app please do give us a review as it really helps us.

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.

Author: Nick Le Huray 🇬🇬

Guernsey based amateur historian. Interested in the Occupation of the Channel Islands and wider Second World War history.

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