Words At War Episode 35 “The Life of George Washington Carver“ Released February 11, 1944. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important biography by Mrs. Rackham Holt, “George Washington Carver”. Take a look at these other WWII Posts: WWII Today: September 26 […]
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1938 Chancellor Adolf Hitler announces in a speech; “The Sudetenland is the last territorial claim I have to make in Europe.” 1939 Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa – AK) is formed in Warsaw. The British first use naval air warning radar, in Luftwaffe attack on carrier HMS Ark Royal. 1940 During the London Blitz, the underground
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Words At War “The Road To Serfdom“ Released May 15, 1945. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “The Road To Serfdom”. Should there be government planning after the war? An excellent docudrama explaining a complex economic and political theory.
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1938 President Franklin Roosevelt urges negotiations between Hitler and Czech President Benes over the Sudetenland. 1939 Heavy artillery duels flare on Western Front. Churchill claims the U-boat menace has been overcome, but U-48 sinks the steamer Royal Sceptre and casts its crew adrift 300 miles from land. The Luftwaffe bomb Warsaw with 420 planes. Casualties
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1939 U-boats sink three UK-bound neutral merchant ships. Food rationing introduced in Germany on small scale. Warsaw, Poland surrenders to Germany; Polish government-in-exile established in Paris. German Special Task Force troops execute 800 Polish intellectuals and leaders in Bydgoszcz. 1940 18th successive night raid on London. Southampton and Brighton also attacked. Plans to evacuate mothers
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1939 German Jews are forbidden to own wireless (radio) sets. 1940 The design for the jeep is submitted to the US Army by Bantam, originally called the Pilot. New rations announced in Vichy France as 350g of bread, 300g of sugar, 50g of cheese, 360g of meat per day and 100g of fat per week.
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“The White Brigade“ Words At War Episode 34 Released February 4, 1944. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “The White Brigade”. A portrait of the underground resistance movement in Nazi occupied Belgium. The White Brigade is a true story of
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1939 Germany and Russia agree on partition of Poland. 217,000 Polish troops who are fighting against the Red Army surrender at Lvov. The NKVD begins rounding up thousands of Polish officers and deporting them to Russia where they will be executed a year later in the forest of Katyn near Smolensk. A Polish regiment repels
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NBC Words At War Episode 33 “Condition: Red“ Released January 28, 1944. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “Condition: Red”. Take a look at these other WWII Posts: WWII Today: September 28 WWII Today: September 17 WWII Today: September
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Words At War “Soldier To Civilian“ Released May 29, 1945. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “Soldier To Civilian”. A portrait of black marketeers and other crooks and frauds on the home front. Take a look at these
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