Guernsey: the most fortified place in the world

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The Channel Islands were the only British territory to be occupied by Nazi Germany during WW2. I've been speaking to people who remained on the island of Guernsey whilst under German rule, hearing about their experiences during this historically important time.

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@alasdairduke2052 Жыл бұрын

How refreshing to have such a lovely young intelligent woman bring us a fascinating documentary, well done and please do some more, thank you

@mrsheilmac Жыл бұрын

Loved hearing from those who lived through it.

@OddBawZ 3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing place and an amazing video! Well done, Cousin!

@oliviafraser1658 3 жыл бұрын

Ahh thanks Jamie !!

@chrismahoney5776 Жыл бұрын

Hi Olivia, congratulations on such a well-presented, scripted, and insightful documentary. It's surreal to hear of how the locals lived alongside and even formed friendships with some of the soldiers during the occupation. It provides solace to learn that there were German soldiers who clearly wanted nothing to do with war either, so congratulations again for shedding light on a perspective that not everybody would take when documenting this period. It would be great to subtitle this in Spanish and have it reach a wider audience, so if you ever wanted that - feel free to get in touch!

@oliviafraser1658 Жыл бұрын

Hi Chris. Thank you so much! Translation is definitely something I’d like to look into :)

@greebo6549 Жыл бұрын

I have a great love for the Channel Islands 🇬🇬🇯🇪, and history so just had to click… absolutely great video Olivia 👍

@peterparker286 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Olivia for disclosing the historical story of the Extremely Exceptional British territory Guernsey. It's more than an island 🏝️, it's an emotion of safeguarding every memory of the history and world war inside it's every particle. Perfect voice narration. 👸🙌🏻

@oliviafraser1658 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@peterparker286 2 жыл бұрын

@@oliviafraser1658 You're most welcome 👸🌼🙌🏻

@SMASHFISHING 3 жыл бұрын

What a cracking video of the island 🔥 very well done

@cindyadams3170 3 жыл бұрын

Well done Olivia, you are a very talented young lady with a big future ahead of you. You more than deserved that 1st. This documentary really captures some of the Island history in a way I have never seen before. I came from Guernsey and now live near Winchester.

@oliviafraser1658 3 жыл бұрын

That’s so lovely of you, thank you very much

@richardp1726 3 жыл бұрын

Very well put together and very well presented. I could happily have watched more of that if it had been longer. I hope that you will make more similar documentaries.

@cribden 3 жыл бұрын

Well Done Olivia, looking forward to your next project!

@CatherineJones-cc2pf 14 күн бұрын

Really enjoyed this, glad it was made 👍🏻

@independentpuppy7520 Жыл бұрын

Very informative. Thank you for uploading.

@stephenminta8311 3 жыл бұрын

Impressive and very nicely paced...

@dhorsler 3 жыл бұрын

excellent work, well done, although not local to the island, we have visited several times for the liberation day celebrations, look forward to your next piece ..... :-)

@TDDevilDude 3 жыл бұрын

What a great documentary, told in the words of those who lived through those dark times. I’ve grow up with stories from that generation, some good and some not so good with regards to treatment by the occupying force. Well done 👏 hopefully as the press says you can make a longer version with more stories. You have a real talent, keep it up 👍

@oliviafraser1658 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate that a lot

@ldnwholesale8552 Ай бұрын

We arrived on Guensey the day before Liberation Day. In 2017. Not planned but interesting. I can say that there is/was a miltary emplacement on average every 500 metres on the Guernsey coast. Many just a shadow of concrete, some huge gun bunkers as well as many long predating WW2. The French and the English have been fighting wars forever in the area. Ditto for Normandy as well.

@BLUECD123 2 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant, thank you!

@adelaidedupont9017 3 жыл бұрын

So glad the #guernseypress promoted your documentary. Listening to the part where the Islanders are speaking about the Germans - as another KZfaqr said - very humanistic.

@JoeGomes 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video.

@NurUddin-lu3lm 3 жыл бұрын

Great informative video with beautiful background sound.Respect from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

@oliviafraser1658 3 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you!

@dr.robotnik7334 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work!

@excessivenoise 3 жыл бұрын

A very human take on the toughest time in Guernsey's history. Insightful and enjoyable, nicely done Olivia. Particularly fond of the humanisation of Nazi soldiers like Rudi; it can be hard to remember that those young men were often the working class who found themselves between a rock and a hard place under a Fascist dictator. Sarnia Cherie 🇬🇬

@oliviafraser1658 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I’m really glad you enjoyed it!

@fibosxpivots6238 8 ай бұрын

If Napoléon had invaded Guernsey he would have been delighted to enjoy such a fortified ( beautiful ) place !

@bluesdoggg 7 ай бұрын

I read a fictional book by Gayle Callen called The Daring Girls of Guernsey, it’s a very good story of the German invasion of the island of Geurnsey.

@markbate5583 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting and great to hear from some of the last living witnesses of such momentous times. (Tiny teeny thing; never “the” HMS, just HMS. His/Her Majesty’s Ship so the before doesn’t work. As said only a tiny thing in a great documentary 😀)

@christopherwright4573 2 жыл бұрын

went there for a holiday this year i love the place i got to go back i missed loads

@goesjem Жыл бұрын

You should all read Elisabeth George's murder mystery novel called 'A Place of Hiding'. It is fantastic. The writer includes all the elements spoken about here. It is a big book and I am on here now because her descriptions of the island is so profound. The story goes way back to WW2. Very dark, but also extremely entertaining with its twists too. Try it if you like reading crime. :)