Today we have a celebration of V-E Day – Victory in Europe as the Germans surrender to the Allies. We’ll hear from U.S. President Harry Truman, then British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. That is followed by additional news updates from the day. Then, we’ll hear from U.S Generals George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
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Germany Surrenders 5/7/1945
Today, we have three reports as news breaks of the surrender of Germany. The news came early in the morning and as you can hear from our first NBC segment, there was some doubt that it was true. You’ll also hear further coverage of the news in updates from Mutual station WOR of New York and the Portland, Ore., CBS affiliate. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
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Drew Pearson & war updates 5/5/1945
Today, we start the week off with a few short segments. We have news updates from the Mutual network and the CBC, then a report from NBC from Drew Pearson. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
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Death of Adolf Hitler 5/1/1945
Today we have a couple of segments. First, we have a May 1 report from CBS on the initial reports of the death of Adolf Hitler. Our second segment is a VOA rebroadcast of NBC’s coverage of the surrender of German forces in Italy. Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
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News of the World 4/29/1945
Today we have the April 29, 1945, edition of NBC’s News of the World. It includes reports on the continued rumors of a German surrender, plus updates from Germany, San Francisco, Washington, and New York.Visit our website at BrickPickleMedia.com/podcasts. Subscribe to the ad-free version at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldwar2radio/subscribe.
The goal of this podcast is to deliver radio broadcasts as you would have heard them 80 years ago, during the days of World War 2. Our episodes will be a mix of entertainment, news and other information. You’ll hear each episode as close to the original date as possible, with some additional bonus episodes thrown in that include related content.
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