Tag: World War 2

FDR – Labor Day 1941

Click on the link here for audio player: FDR – Labor Day Address – 1941 A casual reminder on this Labor Day of what the state of Labor was in wartime. Although we weren’t in it yet, our active role in World War 2 was a little over 90 days

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August 24-25, 1939 – Non-Aggression Pacts – Germany And Russia Sign A Treaty – The World Is Perplexed

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”4355″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”August 24, 1939 – News from Paris Mondial – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] August 24, 1939 – News of this day – and depending on where you were, it was either August 24th or 25th, was completely taken over by the surprising move on

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VJ Day – August 14, 1945

Click on the link here for audio player: VJ Day – Aug. 14, 1945 A very busy day in history, August 14th. In 1935 there was the signing of the Social Security Act and in 1945 it was the end of World War 2. Here is a one-hour extract from

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Rumors And Conflicting Reports – August 8, 1941

Clink on the link here for Audio player: News for August 8, 1941 News for August 8, 1941 focused on the War in East with reports of German advances 130 miles into The Ukraine. Depending on who gave the accounts, the casualties were staggering. Germany claimed 200,000 Russian losses with

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Not Like Any Other Day – August 6, 1945

Even though the most horrific event of the 20th Century had taken place many hours earlier, no word of it having taken place was mentioned. August 6th, 1945 was seemingly just another day in World War 2 as far as this newscast was concerned. With that in mind, the news

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