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‘Tis the season for subscribing . . .Become a Patron! With the world breathing a cautious, albeit temporary sigh of relief, now that the Munich Crisis was over, news for this November 27th in 1938 had much to do with the goings on in Europe, post-Treaty. In France the big...
Patrons get perks – join up and find out: Become a Patron! News for this September 27th in 1938 was grim. The crisis in Munich was rapidly coming to a boil and it seemed at the time inevitable that war would break out. British Prime Minister Chamberlain, exhausted from the...
March 15, 1939 – Washington Roundup with Theodore A. Huntley – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 15, 1939 – In a move that brought a European War inches closer, the Nazi government of Adolf Hitler announced it had taken over the Moravian and Bohemian zones of Czechoslovakia – and...
This day in 1939, we were about to plunge into the most devastating and costly wars in our history. After many attempts at negotiating and diplomatic wrangling, Nazi Germany abandoned talks and proceeded to send troops across the border into Poland. The action was a provocation of War, and Prime...
Become a Patron! This day in 1939 marked the second time since the war began that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain took to the airwaves to address the Commonwealth and the rest of the world on the progress of the war, some twelve weeks in. Despite all the pledges of winning...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Radio Paris Shortwave – Radio Moscow Shortwave – News – March 20, 1939 As tensions increased throughout Europe, this first day of Spring in 1939, life for the most part was making a heroic attempt at seeming normal. For the first...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio: Headlines and Bylines – November 27, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the world breathing a cautious and temporary sigh of relief, now that the Munich Crisis was over, news for this November 27th in 1938 had much...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Address – November 9, 1938 – BBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Lest we all forget events in history leading up to other events in history, the Munich Crisis of 1938 served as the Preview Of Coming...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Prime Minister Chamberlain Address on Munich Crisis – September 27, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this September 27th in 1938 was grim. The crisis in Munich was rapidly coming to a boil and it seemed at the time...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – 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...
