December 1940. The fate of those sent to prison in France, an RAF air raid, repercussions and listener questions..

Islands at War

December 1940.
In this episode we deal with the fate of Symes & Nicolle the two commandos and the civilians that helped them. Find out how they were treated and conditions in the prison.
You can find out about the prison here.
We also talk about the repercussions of the raid and how the local population feels about the raid.
Also in the show we look at RAF activity around the islands, a German aircraft crash, and address listeners questions. If you want to email in a question send it to [e-mail]. Alternatively you can send us a text with the link at the bottom of these notes.
We talked about a guided walk in Sark by Tim's Guided Walks on 25th May. Details here on how to book.
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)
The Commando Who Came Home To Spy – William Bell
We also mentioned the Channel Islands Occupation Society. You can find their website 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.

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If you want to email in a question send it to [e-mail]. Alternatively you can send us a text with the link at the bottom of these notes (only works with iPhones).
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.