War Winding Down: As Europe slowly dug out of the ruins, the Allies were closing up shop.
– BBC World Service – London Column – Aug. 1, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection –
While the war was still raging in the Pacific, the war was over in Europe. And the process of dismantling, rebuilding and reassessing the physical and emotional damage was slowly taking place. On this August 1st in 1945, news was regarding the closing and moving of bases, the breaking up of the 8th Army and the tenuous future that lay in store.
Farewell addresses from Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery and the slow return to normal of some of the villages around Britain who were host to Military personnel preparing for the Invasion in 1944.
The War in the Pacific was a little over 2 weeks before its end – eight days before the first Atomic bomb would be dropped and all the repercussions resulting from that single action.
But nobody knew for sure at the time. And as far as this August 1st in 1945 was concerned, it was about the slow process of piecing things back together.
All that and a lot more via the BBC World Service’s daily magazine program London Column for August 1, 1945
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War Winding Down – Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop – August 1, 1945
– BBC World Service – London Column – Aug. 1, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection –
While the war was still raging in the Pacific, the war was over in Europe. And the process of dismantling, rebuilding and reassessing the physical and emotional damage was slowly taking place. On this August 1st in 1945, news was regarding the closing and moving of bases, the breaking up of the 8th Army and the tenuous future that lay in store.
Farewell addresses from Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery and the slow return to normal of some of the villages around Britain who were host to Military personnel preparing for the Invasion in 1944.
The War in the Pacific was a little over 2 weeks before its end – eight days before the first Atomic bomb would be dropped and all the repercussions resulting from that single action.
But nobody knew for sure at the time. And as far as this August 1st in 1945 was concerned, it was about the slow process of piecing things back together.
All that and a lot more via the BBC World Service’s daily magazine program London Column for August 1, 1945
As you probably know by now, Past Daily is going through a few changes. Over the past several months we’ve been introducing new features and losing old ones. We’ve begun to run ads, only because we really need the income to stay online and hope this isn’t a problem. Of course, if you consider subscribing and becoming a Patron via Patreon, you get the posts ad-free and the option to download all the audio we post here – our way of saying thank you for your support. Joining Patreon is easy and we’ve made it even easier for you by offering you a free trial to kick the tires, as it were. All you have to do is click on the red box just below, the one that says Become A Patron, and be part of the family. We’ll be offering more perks as time goes on – but we need to get stable first and we can only do that with your support. So do everybody a favor and join us – we’d love to have you!
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