June 1940 - Uncertainty, Refugees, Panic, Evacuation, Bombing Raids and Occupation!
In the June 1940 episode Keith and I talked about a couple of corrections and additional information from the pilot episode. Links to books and things we talked about are here.
Then we get on with the events of June 1940 about the run up to the German occupation of the Islands. This episode covers the refugees escaping through the islands, the part that Jersey played in Operation Ariel, bombing raids and much more.
You can find some links to events we talked about here.
The RAF raid we talked about.
Hurricane Girls & the Frenchman
Germans bomb the Channel Islands
Take a look and if you like it subscribe for free. Email us with questions or observations at occupied@gnetradio.com. Also on Twitter here and Facebook here. Nick's blog about the occupation is here.
The books we referred to are:
The Ord Diaries.
Guernsey Under German Rule Ralph Durand
The German Occupation of the Channel Islands - Cuickshank
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