Tag World War II

October 18, 1941 – War In Europe – Watching With Strained Tension In America.

– NBC – News Of The World – October 18, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A day where War loomed ever-closer for U.S. involvement, this October 18th in 1941, a day where Europe was knee-deep in it. Inching closer…

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October 11, 1941 – All Grim On The Eastern Front – German Push To Moscow

October 11, 1941 – News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 11, 1941. Word from Berlin gave breathless accounts of major German advances toward Moscow. The Russian Army was being obliterated along…

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Gennadi Rozhdestvensky And The Basel Radio Symphony – Alexander Tcherepnine Memorial Concert – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert

Basel Radio Symphony – Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, cond. – Alexander Tcherepnine Memorial Concert – 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of Russian-born/naturalized American citizen Alexander Tcherepnine this week. An historic memorial concert performed in Lausanne, Switzerland by the…

September 8, 1943 – Italy Quits – Germany Won’t.

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September 1, 1945 – Closing Chapter – Surrender Ceremonies And The End Of World War 2

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August 25, 1939 – In Spare Time Digging Trenches – Advice Against A Holiday In Warsaw.

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August 13, 1940 – Marshal Pétain – State Of A Nation Occupied – France In 1940

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June 21, 1945 – Summer In Post-War London – Picking Up Pieces – Eyeing The Road Ahead

BBC World Service: London Column – June 21, 1945 While the war in the Pacific was heading into its final stages, the slow task of rebuilding Europe was only beginning. The painstaking dismantling of the vestiges of War were underway,…

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Waving Sticks And Rubber Hoses In Bucharest – June 15, 1990

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June 7, 1944 – D-Day Plus One – Foothold In France.

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