Sounds

CharlesGardner-ConvoyAttack&Dogfight400714.wav
The BBC's Charles Gardner's controversial coverage of battle in the English Channel, 7/14/40.
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CharlesGardner400714-JU87sAttackConvoy.wav
From the above, from the beginning to the first bombing attacks on the convoy.
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Gardner_071440.wav
From the same as the above, from the beginning to the shooting down of the JU-87 Stuka Dive Bomber.
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RealAudio 5.0 Version.

CharlesGardner400714-JU87ShotDown.wav
From the same as the above, limited to the shooting down of the JU-87.
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CharlesGardner400714-FailedBombAttack.wav
From the same as the above, the Stukas continue to attack the convoy.
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CharlesGardner400714-'Sport'-likeSummation.wav
From the same as the above, Gardner concludes his broadcast with a summation that sounds more like a sports reporter delivering it than a war correspondant.
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GermanAttackOnBritishConvoy411111.wav
Aboard a British ship, the BBC's Robert Dougall gives live coverage of a German bomber attack on a British convoy in the North Atlantic.
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God_Save_The_King_090339.wav
The first "God Save The King" of the war, aired immediately following Chamberlain's and the King's announcement of war with Germany.
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RealAudio 3.0 Version.

GodSaveTheKing450508.wav
The first "God Save The King" of the return of peace to Europe, aired immediately following Churchill and the King's announcement of Germany's surrender to the Allies.
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PiccadillyCircusVJNight450815.mp3
Wynford Vaughn-Thomas reports live on wild VJ celebrations in London's Piccadilly Circus.
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wwiiuk01.wav
Sept. 1939 British Broadcast announcing Government restrictions on public gatherings.
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wwiiuk02.wav
Sept. 1939 British broadcast announcing air raid warning directives.
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LancasterCrewOverBerlin430903.wav
A recording of a British Lancaster Bomber Crew on a mission to Berlin.
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LancasterCrewOverBerlin430903-BombDropFighterDown.wav
From the above, at the instant bombs are dropped, a German fighter attacks and is shot down. A unique event captured forever in audio.
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BeAnEngland.wav
Closing refrain of "There'll Always Be An England". Many skeletal British POWs released from Japanese captivity sang this as they marched sarong-clad from the camps.
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