January 1941 - Carrier Pigeons, Letters, Food Issues and propaganda!
Manage episode 420607921 series 3553101
In this episode we deal with:
- Lack of vitamin A causes concern
- Pigeons banned!
- Fortifications - a brief overview
- Depression and other illnesses
- Postage issues
- Red Cross Letters
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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)
Guernsey Under German Rule - Ralph Durand
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If you want to email in a question send it to occupied@gnetradio.com. 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.
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