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Sinking Of The Athenia – Europe At War – A Suspension Of Niceties – September 4, 1939

– News from BBC World Service – Mutual Correspondent John Steele – Radio Paris English Service – September 4, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No sooner had war been declared than news of the sinking of an unarmed…

April 7, 1940

Europe At War – Ironies And Ominous Neutrality – April 7, 1940

  – April 7, 1940 – Reports from Europe – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 7, 1940 – A day loaded with ominous ironies. This roundtable series of reports on the situation in Europe, as…