Category: Adolf Hitler
March 15, 1939 – About Ruthenia – Parcelling Off Czechoslovakia
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An Address By Edouard Daladier – December 1, 1939 – France At War
Prime Minister Edouard Daladier – Address to France – December 1, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 1, 1939 – With the war in Europe four months old, and the threat of an invasion of France becoming more inevitable each day, French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier went before
October 5, 1939 – The View From Berlin – Germany And The Invasion Of Poland
October 5, 1939 – Raymond Gram Swing News and Commentary – Mutual Broadcasting – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 5, 1939 – News from Berlin. With war only days old, and America safely on the sidelines, we were able to look at both sides with reasonable balance, although we
October 5, 1938 – Edward Benes Farewell Address (English Translation)
October 5, 1938 – Radio Prague – English Translation of Speech by Edward Benes – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Edward Benes, President of Czechoslovakia from 1935 until his resignation in 1938 was strongly opposed to the German annexation of what was known as the Sudeten territory in Czechoslovakia. Abandoned
September 28, 1944 – Bold Efforts To Cut The War Short, But Maybe Not By Christmas
September 28, 1944 – NBC News of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 28, 1944 – Despite upbeat assessments and advances along some fronts, the expected crossing of the Siegfried Line into Germany hadn’t been accomplished yet. There was still plenty of resistance and it prompted Prime
September 18, 1938 – Milan Hodza On The Munich Crisis
September 18, 1938 – Radio Prague – translation of Prime Minister Hodza address – other news of the day – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 18, 1938 – As the Munich crisis continued, moving dangerously toward spiraling out of control. Czechoslovak Prime Minister Milan Hodza made an address to
September 16, 1938 – A Land Called Sudeten. The Munich Crisis
September 16, 1938 – Report from Alistair Cooke – Report of Prime Minister Chamberlain leaving for Munich – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 16, 1938 – A period of several days where the possibility of another War in Europe hung precariously in the balance. The issue was over territories,
September 1940 – The Blitz Begins – Past Daily Reference Room
September 1940 – MBS: John Steele Reports from London – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 7, 1940 – the beginning of the Blitz; what would be an 8-month nightmare of daily raids over England by German bombers in an attempt to alternately demoralize the country, but also prepare it
September 4,1939 – Calling Reserves – Filling Sandbags – Europe At War
September 4, 1939 – News from BBC Home Service- 9:15 am – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 4, 1939 – As the news sank in that Europe was now in a state of War, reports of the first sinking of a British Merchant ship were reported. The SS. Athena,