Tagged: Tobruk

Drives Of All Sorts – June 10, 1942

1940's / Congress / Day in history / History / Past Daily / Radio / Uncategorized / Unreleased recordings / Vintage Recordings / War / World News / World War 2
Jun 10, 2014

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC News of The World – June 10, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection War news on most all fronts, this June 10th in 1942. Reports on the air war in the Pacific, with Allied successes being reported, but notes that...

New Household Names In 1942: Tobruk And Kiska – June 13, 1942

1940's / Adolf Hitler / FDR / Franklin D. Roosevelt / Past Daily / The Fourth Estate / The Press / Uncategorized / Unreleased recordings / Vintage Recordings / War / World News / World War 2
Jun 13, 2013

Click on the link here for Audio Player: 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...