Britain heard it at midnight from a prime minister three weeks into the job. Fifty-five seconds, no adjectives, then two days of public holiday.
The War · 55 sec · Public domain
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15 August 1945 · BBC, London
Attlee announces the surrender
Midnight from Downing Street
1 minFrom V-J Day
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