Here is a photo of two Austrian OT guards in a Camp in Alderney. The one of the left looks like he is wearing western sergeant stripes! Can...
Hi I have attached 2 photos and want help in identifying the following in photos taken in Alderney in 1943/43: What the ‘WH OT’ means/stands...
Hi There is a new fortnightly podcast hosted by myself and a historian and tour guide friend of mine Keith Pengelley. You can find it on your...
Hi I am looking for information on internment camps in France (Paris area) around 1945 - 1950. I have I believe this person was interned in...
Hello I'm searching for any information on a German soldier named Hans Reissig who I believe was stationed on the Channel Island of Alderney in...
Announced a few days ago. ‘No more cover-up’: Nazi concentration camps on Channel Island finally to be officially investigated The United...
If you read the Daily Mirror article today https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/churchill-planned-blitz-channel-islands-30113446 You might...
Appointment with Venus (film) - Wikipedia (In the United States the film was re-titled "Island Rescue".) Directed by Ralph Thomas : Ralph Thomas...
Recently I wrote a blog post about the plan to retake Alderney in 1942. Thought it may be of interest....
Hi Folks I have started a blog about the Occupation of the Channel Islands by the Germans 1940-45. Focusing on personal testimonies of people I...
Can anyone please help with information on this man - Sq/Ldr William Greenaway - who was shot down near the Channel Islands and made a POW. I...
Good morning I am a serving soldier in the Royal Artillery and currently researching my family history, in particular the military aspect. Would...
People of Alderney celebrate the 65th anniversary of their return to the island after WW2. BBC News - 65th anniversary of Alderney homecoming...
A chap on WW2F raised the subject of German 20cm & 38cm Spigot mortars for Engineer use, so I splashed the details from Gander's encyclopedia...
Operation Blazing was the proposed Allied assault on Alderny in 1942, which had the aim of taking and holding the island for at least 24 hours....
I wondered if anyone was able to help with a project I am currently working on. As many of you will be aware the British Channel Island of...
I'm off to Jersey in May, and wondered if anyone could recommend a good guide for the WWII sites there. I already know the big ones but would like...
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