NBC Words At War Episode 16 “The Battle Hymn Of China“ Released September 30, 1943. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war books brings today the story of a woman who has lived and worked with the guerrilla armies of China The Battle Hymn of China by Agnes […]
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NBC Words At War Episode 15 “They Shall Not Have Me“ Released September 23, 1943. Words At War the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war books brings today a sample of the lighter side of war literature They Shall Not Have Me by Jon Elion. Take a look at these other
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1940 British PM Neville Chamberlain resigns. All Dutch Army leave suspended. 1941 British capture U110 and its Enigma machine. The Luftwaffe launches the first of two consecutive night raids against the British port of Hull. 1942 Dutch Jews are forced to wear the yellow ‘Star of David’ badge. Vichy French resistance ends in Madagascar. The
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NBC Words At War Episode 14 “Since You Went Away“ Released September 16, 1943. Using a script that was later made into a classic wartime movie, this is a touching, beautiful story about the women left behind as the men go off to war. Since You Went Away is based on a book by Margaret Buell
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NBC Words At War Episode 12 “Dynamite Cargo” Released September 2, 1943. An exciting story of the life of a sailor in “Torpedo Alley”, the London to Murmansk run. Jackson Beck plays the part of U.S. able seaman Fred Herman who wrote a book called Dynamite Cargo. Most of what you will hear was written
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1940 Hitler again delays X-Day, this time till the 10th May. Francis Sayre is sent to Tokyo for talks with Foreign Minister Arita. 1941 Bob Hope gives his first USO show at California’s March Field. US Secretary for War advocates US Navy protection for British supply convoys. Stalin declares himself ‘Chairman of the Council of
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1940 Germans advance north to Trondheim. Norwegian government-in-exile established in London. 1941 Major General Bernard Freyberg VC, is appointed by General Wavell to command approximately 40,000 British, New Zealand, Australian and Greek troops which are stationed on Crete. While a strong force on paper, these troops have virtually no artillery or tanks and are very
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1941 In a Luftwaffe raid on Liverpool, England, 32 ships and boats are sunk. 1942 The United States begins food rationing. Akyab on the Burmese coast is abandoned by the British. The Japanese Port Moresby invasion force leaves Rabaul, in New Britain. With its naval support stripped away, the Japanese invasion fleet at Tulagi is
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1940 War Office announces withdrawal from Namsos; Allies remain only in Narvik to stop the supply of iron ore to Germany. Allied forces south of Trondheim surrender to Germans. Destroyer Afridi sunk by German bombers off Norway. Hitler postpones X-Day to the 6th May due to bad weather. 1942 Off the northern coast of Norway,
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1940 Germans troops reach Aandalesnes. Allied forces are evacuated from Namsos. Chamberlain announces British forces are to withdraw from southern Norway. 1941 British Evacuation of Greece complete. Hostilities break out between British forces in Iraq and that country’s pro-German faction. Iraqis attack the British base at Habbaniya, but are repulsed. 1942 Admiral Chester J. Nimitz,
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