Category: World War 2

An Address By Edouard Daladier – September 21, 1939

Radio Paris – An Address by Prime Minister Edouard Daladier – September 21, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- The French Premier Edouard Daladier in a world broadcast declared France would fight until “complete victory” crushed Hitler and Germany’s dream of “world French Tighten Defences. As Daladier spoke, the French

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A Day Of Celebration And Snipers – August 25, 1944

– News for August 25, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A momentous day in history with a lot going on seemingly everywhere, this August 25th in 1944. Word on the liberation of Paris, with a crazy mixture of celebration and snipers going on simultaneously as the French Underground

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French refugees

FDR: 3rd Term – Hitler: Ultimatums -July 18,1940

– July 18, 1940 – News of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 18, 1940 – much going on, this day 83 years ago. News that President Roosevelt was going for a 3rd term and anticipation of his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention in Chicago later

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