Paris Calls It Quits – France Surrenders – June 20, 1940
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June 6, 1944 – Invasion Of Europe – Flashes Through A Darkened Sky
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Roosevelt Addresses The Nation: The Fall Of Rome – June 5, 1944
– President Roosevelt Announces Fall of Rome – June 5, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Seventy-nine years ago today, before we were handed the momentous news of the Allied Invasion of France, we were given a glimpse of things to come by way of President Roosevelt’s announcement that
Overrunning Oslo – Happy Birthday Rome – Paris Calling – April 21, 1940
– News From Radio Berlin, Radio Paris, EIAR Rome – Mutual Broadcasting Shortwave – April 21, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the war in Europe was going on for some 7 months, interest in news from the front was of great interest, particularly in the U.S. –
Funeral For FDR – The Death Of A President – April 14, 1945
– FDR Funeral (recap) – April 14, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 78 years ago, the country was in mourning as it paid its last respects to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had died two days earlier of a cerebral hemorrhage while on vacation at “the
Crossing The Rhine – Giving A World Organization A Name – Extending The Draft – March 23, 1945
News for this day was moving faster than it could be reported. With reports that the Allies had crossed The Rhine, that the 3rd Army was the latest, and that additional crossings were ready to go at any moment, news was coming in as fast as it could pass the
Japan: Thinly Veiled Threat – German Troops Advance In Bulgaria – 544 Days And Counting – February 24, 1941
– News Of The World – February 24, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1941 marked the 544th day since the conflict began. The U.S. was still not involved in the shooting side of things, but was aiding Britain in their fight against Germany. On this
Wartime Diplomacy – Wartime Rationing – January 26, 1944
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America At War – The National Service Act – Henry L. Stimson – January 25, 1944
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FDR And Four Freedoms – A State Of The Union -January 6, 1941
Eighty-two years ago today, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered the annual State Of The Union Address which has become known as The Four Freedoms Address. FDR: “In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is