1935 In Berlin, the Reich under Adolf Hitler adopts the swastika as the national flag. 1937 Prime Minister of England Neville Chamberlain flies to Germany to discuss the future of Czechoslovakia with Adolf Hitler. 1939 The Polish submarine Orzel arrives in Tallinn, Estonia, after escaping the German invasion of Poland. Gdynia is captured by German forces. […]
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Andrea King was born Georgette Andre Barry in Paris, France, however she lived there only two months before her mother, Belle Hart, brought her back to the United States.
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Words At War Episode 27 “Mother America“ Released December 12, 1943. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “Mother America” by Colonel Carlos Piromilo. Colonel Carlos Piromilo, a Filipino Editor, who became aid to General Douglas MacArthur at the outbreak
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1939 U39 attacks a battle group led by the Aircraft Carrier, HMS Ark Royal. She fires torpedo’s at the carrier, but these miss. 3 Destroyer’s of the Ark Royal’s escort, launch an immediate counter-attack against U39 and sink her with depth charges. U39 gains the dubious honour of becoming the first U-boat to be sunk
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Words At War Episode 26 “A Book Of War Letters“ Released December 14, 1943. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war books brings you “A Book Of War Letters”. A dramatizations of war letters written by men in the armed forces, letters from the camps and fighting fronts.
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1939 HMAS Hobart and five RAN destroyers leave Australia, bound for Britain. 60,000 Polish troops who are trapped in the Radom pocket surrender. Germans resume offensive on Warsaw, Poland. Stained glass in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is removed for safekeeping. 1940 Buckingham Palace again bombed; Royal Chapel wrecked. 5 Italian divisions and 200 tanks
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Words At War Episode 25 “Ava Duce“ Released November 30, 1943. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war books brings you “Ava Duce” a radio treatment to the disease known as fascism inspired by and based on three informative books, Fruits of Fascism by Herbert L Mathews, Sawdust
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1939 First Anglo-French Supreme War Council convenes under Chamberlain and Daladier and agrees to postpone military operations. In response to the invasion of Poland, the French Army advances into Germany. On this day they reach their furthest penetration-five miles. The battle of the Vistula bend flares up near Kutno, the last major engagement of the
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Words At War “Brave Men” Released April 24, 1945. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of Ernie Pile’s book, “Brave Men”. an AFRS rebroadcast. “Brave Men”. A program originally broadcast shortly after the death of Ernie Pyle (who died April 18, 1945). Portraits of the American G.I., taken from Ernie’s last
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1939 Arrival of first British troops in France officially announced. Polish submarines ordered to break through to Britain or to be interned in Sweden. 1940 Afternoon attacks on London: 110 killed and 260 injured; Dover suffers worst attack of war. Dutch SS formed under Dutch Nazi collaborationist Anton Mussert. 1941 Charles A. Lindbergh sparked charges
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