July 22, 1940 – Berlin Calling – The War Of Nerves – The Sweltering Heat.
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Category: Franklin D. Roosevelt
June 13, 1942 – New Household Names: Tobruk And Kiska – An Attempted Toehold In Alaska.
This day in 1942 was all about a world caught up in war. Fighting seemingly everywhere. News of a German offensive going on in the Libyan Desert near Tobruk. Hints of a major Western Front looming as U.S. troops landed in Ireland. Intense fighting near Sebastopol on the Eastern Front.
June 6, 1944 – D-Day – Storming Fortress Europe – Allied Landings In France.
– June 6, 1944 – Mutual Coverage of D-Day landings – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Certainly the date of June 6th isn’t the sole property of 1944. A lot has happened since then. But as time passes and the numbers of people involved or bearing witness to that day
May 23, 1945 – In The Middle Of Festivities, Resignation – Churchill To Step Down.
– NBC News Of The World – May 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this May 23rd 1945 had much to do with the abrupt resignation of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the call for Parliamentary elections to take place in July. It was speculated Churchill
May 20, 1942 – Marshal Timoshenko And The Eastern Front – One Of Those Things That Just Might Be Pulled Off
May 20, 1942; potentially a pivotal day in the history of World War 2. The Russian Army, led by Marshal Semen Timoshenko scored a decisive victory in the battle of Kharkov, which could prove to be a tipping point of the war on the Eastern Front. Speculation that this would
April 12, 1945 – Death Of A President – Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)
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April 11, 1942 – Message From Bataan – Deciphering A Pessimistic Picture.
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March 22, 1942 – Assault On Malta – Invasion Jitters – Shakeup In The War Room – Senate Investigations
– March 22, 1942 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 22, 1942 – The world still at war, the stakes getting higher – the threat of a Japanese invasion of Australia getting more likely – the lone British island in the Mediterranean, Malta, was
March 4,1942 – Invasion Of Java – War Jitters In Washington – Blackouts In America
On this March 4th in 1942, the war was a little under 90 days old for the U.S. and already nerves were running high. The news regarding the Japanese invasion of Java had gained ground against the allies who were defending it. Resistance by the Dutch and their allies was
March 3, 1942 – Giving Up On Batavia – Demands For An Offensive – Eye On India
– March 3, 1942 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 3, 1942 – Fighting in the Far-East was taking a bad turn for the allies. With the Netherlands giving up Batavia and slowly pulling out out of Java altogether, but not without putting up