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 [...]
WWII History - BBC Charles Gardner On Convoy Attack - Dogfight (14 July 1940) [3:34m]:
Play Now |
Play in Popup |
Download (928)
Category: Europe Theater, Media, Podcast, Today |
No Comments »
Tags: 1940, 1941, 1944, Audio, BBC, Britain, Operation, Operation Bagration, Podcast, Poland, Red Army, Russia, USSR
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 [...]
Category: Europe Theater, Media |
1 Comment »
Tags: BBC, Britain, Camp, Imperial War Museum, POW, Video
Steven Terjeson | November 14, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for November 14
1940 – During World War II, German war planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry when about 500 Luftwaffe bombers attacked.
German bombers devastate the English city of Coventry, demolishing tens of thousands of buildings and killing hundreds of men, women, and children. [...]
Category: Europe Theater, Media, Today |
No Comments »
Tags: 1940, Britain, Cathedral, Churchill, Coventry, Images, Photos
Steven Terjeson | September 30, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 30
1938 – The Munich Conference ended with a decision to appease Adolf Hitler. Britain and France allowed Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland to be annexed by the Nazis.
Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact, which seals the [...]
Category: Europe Theater, Today |
No Comments »
Tags: 1938, 1946, Britain, Chamberlain, Germany, Munich Pact, Nuremberg, Prime Minister, Tribunal
Steven Terjeson | September 25, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 25
1942 – British bombers attempted to destroy the local headquarters of the German Gestapo in Norway. The plan failed.
Germany invaded Norway in April 1940, in a stunning blitzkrieg campaign, a response to Britain’s laying of mines in Norwegian waters–which was itself a response to [...]
Category: Air, Europe Theater, Today |
No Comments »
Tags: 1942, Bombers, Britain, Gestapo, Norway
Steven Terjeson | September 19, 2008
Here is a quick audio clip of a BBC broadcast during World War II from 1939 featuring a Gas Mask drill.
BBC Gas Mask Drill 08-Mar-1939 [0:22m]:
Play Now |
Play in Popup |
Download
Category: Country - USA, Europe Theater, Facts, Media, Podcast |
No Comments »
Tags: 1939, Audio, Britain, gas mask, Podcast
Steven Terjeson | September 15, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 15
1935 – The Nuremberg Laws were enacted by Nazi Germany. The act stripped all German Jews of their civil rights and the swasticka was made the official symbol of Nazi Germany.
After Hitler’s accession to the offices of president and chancellor of Germany, he set about [...]
Category: Air, Country - Germany, Europe Theater, Today |
No Comments »
Tags: Battle of Britain, Britain, Germany, Hitler, Luftwaffe, Nuremberg
Steven Terjeson | September 4, 2008
SPITFIRE vs HURRICANE
Contrary to popular belief, it was the Hurricane, not the Spitfire that saved Britain during the dark days of 1940. The turn-around time (re-arm, refuel etc.) for the Spitfire was 26 minutes. That of the Hurricane, only 9 minutes from down to up again. During the Battle of Britain the time spent on [...]
Category: Air, Europe Theater, Facts |
No Comments »
Tags: 1940, Battle of Britain, BF 109, Britain, England, Fighters, Hurricane, Merlin, Spitfire, WWII
Steven Terjeson | September 3, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for September 3,
1939 – Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany.
On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation, along with Australia and New Zealand, declare war on Germany.
The first casualty [...]
World War II History for September 3rd [1:58m]:
Play Now |
Play in Popup |
Download (3667)
Category: Atlantic Theater, Europe Theater, Media, Podcast, Today |
No Comments »
Tags: Audio, Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Hitler, Italy, Media, New Zealand, Operation Sealion, Podcast, Poland, WWII
Steven Terjeson | August 25, 2008
Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 25
1939 – Britain and Poland signed a Mutual Assistance Treaty.
1940 – British air raids on Berlin began.
1941 – Allied forces invaded Iran. Within four days the Soviet Union and England controlled Iran.
1943 – U.S. forces overran New Georgia in the Solomon Islands during World War [...]
Category: Asian Theater, Europe Theater, Pacific Theater, Today |
No Comments »
Tags: Baptist, Berlin, Britain, Cold War, History, Iran, Poland, Romania, Solomon Islands, Soviet Union, Today, WW II, WWII
