“The Ninth Commandment Invasion of Holland“ Released December 28, 1943. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “The Ninth Commandment Invasion of Holland” narrated by Hendrik Van Loon. Based on his book “Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness” Mr Van …
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1939 American aviation hero Charles A. Lindbergh makes his first anti-intervention radio speech. The U.S. non-intervention movement is supported not just by Lindbergh, but by former president Herbert Hoover, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Henry Ford and a number of senators and congressmen as well. The Aircraft Carrier HMS Courageous is torpedoed by U29 (Kapitanleutnant Schuhart) south-west …
Words At War Episode 28 “Log Book“ Released December 21, 1943. Words At War, the series that brings you radio versions of the leading war book another adaptation of an important war book, “Log Book British Merchant Marine” by Frank Laskier. A very well-done story about an average British sailor and his experiences before and …
1939 Convoy OB-4, sailing from Liverpool to North America, is attacked by U-31 (Johannes Habekost), becoming the first “clear” convoy contact in British waters of the war. U-31 sinks 1 ship, the 4,060-ton British freighter Aviemore. Germans take Brest-Litovsk and surround Warsaw. 1940 President Roosevelt signs the Selective Service Training and Service Act: men aged …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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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