May-June 1940
Six weeks from the German attack in the west to the armistice at Compiegne. French radio, German radio and the American correspondents in Berlin all recorded it — the same event, three completely different broadcasts.
80 recordings · 10 broadcasters · 34 days
Who carried it
10 May 1940 · 0 min
Broadcast 1940-05-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-10. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-10. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-10. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-10. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-10. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
10 May 1940 · 0 min
Broadcast 1940-05-10. Radiodiffusion Nationale — France 1939-40. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-11. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-11. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
12 May 1940 · 4 min
Broadcast 1940-05-12. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-13. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-13. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-13. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-14. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-14. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-14. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-17. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-19. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-19. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
ARC Identifier 2173204
Broadcast 1940-05-19. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
19 May 1940 · 14 min
"This is a sound recording of Winston Churchill's first speech to the nation as Prime Minister of Great Britain. The address was broadcast from London, and in it Churchill said: 'Behind us, behind the armies and fleets of Britain and France, gather a group of shattered states and bludgeoned races ... upon all of whom the long night of barbarism will descend, unbroken even by a star of hope, unless we conquer, as conquer we must, as conquer we shall.' Elmer Davis of Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) analyzed the speech following the broadcast."National Archives Identifier: 2173222
20 May 1940 · 15 min
Broadcast 1940-05-20. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-21. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-22. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-23. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
"This is a sound recording of King George VI's Empire Day address that was broadcast from London. In the recording, the King said: 'It is not mere territorial conquest the enemy is seeking. It is the overthrow, complete and final, of the Empire and of everything for which it stands, and after that the conquest of the world.'"National Archives Identifier: 2173225
Broadcast 1940-05-24. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-27. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-28. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-28. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-29. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-30. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-31. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-31. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-31. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-31. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-05-31. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-02. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-02. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-02. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-02. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-03. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-03. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-04. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-04. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-04. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-05. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-05. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-06. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-08. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
10 Jun 1940 · 0 min
Broadcast 1940-06-10. EIAR — Italian State Radio. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-10. EIAR — Italian State Radio. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
10 Jun 1940 · 16 min
"This is a sound recording of Benito Mussolini as he read Italy's declaration of war against Great Britain and France. The recording is in Italian."National Archives Identifier: 2174239http://research.archives.gov/description/2174239
13 Jun 1940 · 0 min
Broadcast 1940-06-13. Radiodiffusion Nationale — France 1939-40. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-14. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
14 Jun 1940 · 1 min
Broadcast 1940-06-14. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-14. Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-14. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-17. CBC Wartime Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-17. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-18. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-19. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-20. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-20. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-20. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-21. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-21. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-21. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-21. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-21. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-21. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
21 Jun 1940 · 1 min
Broadcast 1940-06-21. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-21. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-22. NBC News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-22. BBC Home Service. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
22 Jun 1940 · 0 min
Broadcast 1940-06-22. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-22. CBS World News. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
27 Jun 1940 · 24 min
Broadcast 1940-06-27. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
Broadcast 1940-06-28. Germany Calling. Transferred from the Internet Archive's WWII audio archive (public domain).
