America’s Town Meeting – Dec. 18, 1938 1938 was a nervous year in our history. The slow recovery, the looming war in Europe, saber rattling in the Far-East , racism, unemployment, crime – all these elements created an air of tension and fear over the future of America and the
– CBS Radio News reports on Munich Crisis – September 24, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day in 1938 was about the crisis over German demands for land belonging to Czechoslovakia. The Munich crisis over the Sudetenland, as it was known, was slowly turning into
– News from BBC World Service – Paris Radio English service – September 4, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With War in Europe officially declared, this day in September 1939, the first official casualties reported wound up being civilians, innocent bystanders, caught in the wrong place at the
– BBC Home Service – Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain – declaration of War – September 1, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 85 years ago, we were about to plunge into the most devastating and costly wars in our history. After many attempts at negotiating and diplomatic
– BBC – Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain quits as Prime Minister – May 10, 1940 On a day seemingly overwhelmed with news of German invasions in Europe. London was rocked, this May 10th in 1940, with the added news that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had called it quits. After three
– Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain – Foreign Press Association Dinner – Dec. 13, 1938 With the Munich Crisis on hold and much of Europe breathing a sigh of relief, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain addressed a gather of the Foreign Press at a function at Grosvenor House in London on December
– NBC/BBC – News for Sept. 28, 1938 – This day in 1938 saw the world hold its collective breath. In a special broadcast from the BBC in London, reports were coming in regarding Prime Minister Chamberlain’s address to Parliament on the situation in Czechoslovakia and the results of his
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