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NEWSREELS
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(AVI)
Heavy losses in men and equipment show that Allied bombers
will need fighter support to protect them from the Luftwaffe. Approximately
2.0 MB.
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Allied bombers begin a daring campaign against Germany's
most important source of fuel, the Ploiesti Oil Fields in Romania. Approximately
2.8 MB.
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Allied fighter power proves decisive in the struggle
for domination of the air. It marks the beginning of the end for the Luftwaffe.
Approximately 2.3 MB.
Russian
Defence Strategy Film
Explains the Russian defence in detail with amazinging clear Video & Audio
D-Day
Invasion Explanation
German gunners defend the coast against Allied invaders in the "Bay of the
Seine." From a wartime German documentary, narrated in Portuguese and translated
by the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). 4.7Mb. (1:20)
RADIO BROADCASTS
Listen to Roosevelt
ask Congress for Declaration of War
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941--a date which will live in infamy--the United
States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air
forces of the Empire of Japan." (U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., December
8, 1941)
Listen to Winston
Churchill address House of Commons
June 18th, 1940
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves, that
if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men
will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'"
Listen to the First Reports of Atomic Attack on Japan
"The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima,
a military base."
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