World War II History

Steven Terjeson | March 19, 2010

Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 19
Audio Clip: March 19, 1944 edition of CBS World News Today

19 Mar 1940 – The French government of Daladier fell.
19 Mar 1940 – 50 RAF bombers strike Hornum, the German seaplane base on the island of Sylt, but inflict no significant damage.
19 Mar 1941 – [...]

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Tags: 1940, 1944, 1945, Assassination, CBS, Daladier, Kamakaze, Podcast, Raeder, seaplane, Singapore, Sylt, USS Franklin, Valkyrie, World News

Steven Terjeson | May 22, 2009

Today in WWII History
Audio Clip: For this memorial day weekend we bring you a couple clips. The first clip is a news report from 1941 about the sinking of the HMS Hood. The second audio file is the CBS World News Today report from 05-20-1945 just after the destruction of Berlin.

World War II History for [...]

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Tags: Audio, Berlin, CBS, Chattanooga Choo Choo, Germany, Hitler, Italy, Mussolini, Operation, Podcast

Steven Terjeson | April 23, 2009

Today in WWII History
Audio Clip: CBS World News Today from 18 April 1943.

World War II History for April 23
23 Apr 1942 – German bombers attacked, nicknamed the “Baedeker Raids,” Exeter and later Bath, Norwick, York, and other “medieval-city centres.” Almost 1,000 English civilians were killed.
On March 28 of the same year, 234 British bombers [...]

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Tags: Audio, Baedeker Raids, Camp, CBS, Detention, News, Podcast, Texas

Steven Terjeson | April 6, 2009

Today in WWII History
Audio Clip: CBS World News Today for 5 April 1945

World War II History for April 6
6 Apr 1938 – The United States recognized the German conquest of Austria.
6 Apr 1941 – German forces invaded Greece and Yugoslavia.

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Tags: 1938, 1941, 1945, Audio, Austria, CBS, Germany, Greece, Invasion, Podcast, Yugoslavia

Steven Terjeson | March 19, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 19
Audio Clip: March 19, 1944 edition of CBS World News Today

1940 – The French government of Daladier fell.
1945 – About 800 people were killed as Japanese kamikaze planes attacked the U.S. carrier Franklin off Japan.
1945 – Adolf Hitler issued his “Nero Decree” which ordered [...]

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Tags: 1940, 1944, 1945, Assassination, CBS, Daladier, Kamakaze, Podcast, USS Franklin, Valkyrie, World News

Steven Terjeson | March 11, 2009

Today in WWII History
World War II History for March 11
Audio Clips: Today we bring you 2 audio broadcasts from March 1945. The first is a broadcast from a battleship shooting down an enemy plane and the second is CBS World News Today.

11 Mar 1935 – The German Air Force became an official organ of the [...]

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Tags: 1935, 1941, 1942, 1945, Bataan, BBC, CBS, MacArthur, Philippines, Podcast, Reich, Roosevelt

Steven Terjeson | October 10, 2008

This audio clip is of the CBS European News report 28 AUG 1939 just a couple days before the start of World War II when Germany invades Poland.
Below are some of the transcripted notes from the audio file.
The London news desk reports on the rail transportation along the Polish corridor with German transports moving [...]

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Tags: Berlin, CBS, London, Murrow, Podcast

Steven Terjeson | September 10, 2008

World War II History – Audio Feature
Podcast: Columbia News Broadcast – D-Day Broadcast Pt 7
Today we bring you the 7th installment of the radio news broadcast after the landings in Normandy on D-Day (44-Jun-06) that went out to the United States.

Here are links to the first set of broadcasts in the series:
Podcast – D-Day [...]

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Tags: Audio, CBS, D-Day, Podcast, Radio, United States

Steven Terjeson | August 24, 2008

World War II History – Audio Feature
Podcast: Columbia News Broadcast – D-Day Broadcast Pt 6
Today we bring you the 6th installment of the radio news broadcast after the landings in Normandy on D-Day (44-Jun-06) that went out to the United States.

Here are links to the first four broadcasts in the series:
Podcast – D-Day Broadcast [...]

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Tags: Audio, CBS, D-Day, Podcast, Radio, United States

Steven Terjeson | July 25, 2008

World War II History – Audio Feature
Podcast: Columbia News Broadcast – D-Day Broadcast Pt 3
This audio program is the 3rd part of the news broadcast after the landings in Normandy on D-Day (44-Jun-06) that went out to the United States.

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Tags: Audio, CBS, D-Day, History, Media, Podcast, Radio, WWarII, WWII