World War II History

Steven Terjeson | August 19, 2009

Sink the Bismark: 1941-05-31 BBC First Sea Lord A V Alexander On Sinking Of Bismark

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Steven Terjeson | July 14, 2009

War of the Unknown Warriors (+ Audio)
Winston Churchill – Speech – BBC Broadcast, London, July 14, 1940
During June and early July, the German Air Force was regrouped to open the vital first stage of “Operation Sea Lion” (the invasion of Britain) by destroying the Royal Air Force. The Battle of Britain began on July 10.
During [...]

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Steven Terjeson | July 14, 2009

Audio: General Charles de Gaulle urges America to Join the Allies (14 July 1941)

A 1942 WWII photo portrait of General Charles de Gaulle of the Free French Forces and first president of the Fifth Republic serving from 1958 to 1969.
Today in WWII History
World War II History for July 14
14 July 1933 – All German political [...]

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Tags: 1933, 1940, 1941, 1945, Battleship, BBC, Bombers, Churchill, Crete, deGaulle, Egypt, Germany, Japan, Ju-88, Podcast, Speech, Vichy

Steven Terjeson | July 13, 2009

Audio Clip: BBC Charles Gardner Reports On Convoy Attack & Dogfight (14 July 1940)
Today in WWII History
World War II History for July 13
13 July 1941 – Britain and the Soviet Union signed a mutual aid pact, that provided the means for Britain to send war material to the Soviet Union.
13 July 1944 – Soviet General [...]

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Tags: 1940, 1941, 1944, Audio, BBC, Britain, Operation, Operation Bagration, Podcast, Poland, Red Army, Russia, USSR

Steven Terjeson | June 8, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for June 8
8 Jun 1941 – The Allies, British and Free French forces, invaded Syria and Lebanon.
8 Jun 1944 – Russian Premier Joseph Stalin telegraphed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to announce that the Allied success at Normandy “is a source of joy to us all,” and promised [...]

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Tags: 1941, 1944, 1946, BBC, Bradley, Churchill, Lebanon, Omaha Beach, Omar Bradley, Stalin, Syria, TV

Steven Terjeson | June 4, 2009

Winston Churchill – We Shall Never Surrender
4 June 1940
Audio of the Speech

Text of the Speech (Read the full text)
“[...] I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend [...]

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Steven Terjeson | June 1, 2009

Today in WWII History
Audio Clip: Working up to D-Day we bring you a clip from the BBC with Resistance Messages – 05 Jun 1944

World War II History for June 1
1 JUN 1942 – News of death camp killings became public for first time. The report came from the Polish Socialist newspaper known as Liberty Brigade. [...]

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Tags: 1942, 1943, 1944, Audio, BBC, Chelmno, Civilian, Code, D-Day, DDay, Leslie Howard, Liberty Brigade, Resistance

Steven Terjeson | May 21, 2009

From BBC News, a video showing life in a British WWII Prisoner of War Camp.

Rare footage showing life in British prisoner of war camp is going on display at a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester.
There were over 1000 prisoner of war camps in Britain from World War II, but few [...]

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Tags: BBC, Britain, Camp, Imperial War Museum, POW, Video

Steven Terjeson | May 1, 2009

Builders find Auschwitz message
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/8021845.stm
More than a million people were killed at Auschwitz-Birkenau
Builders working near the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp have found a message in a bottle written by prisoners, museum officials say.
The message, written in pencil and dated 9 September 1944, bears names, camp numbers and home [...]

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Steven Terjeson | April 8, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for April 8
8 Apr 1939 – Italy invaded Albania.
8 Apr 1945 – Lutheran pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hanged at Flossenburg. American troops liberated the POW camp nine days later.
8 Apr 1949 – The Soviets opened a rail link to the besieged city of Leningrad. [...]

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Tags: 1939, 1940, 1945, 1949, Albania, Audio, BBC, Denmark, Flossenburg, Invasion, Italy, Leningrad, Norway, Podcast, POW