Shangas
I'll Lock Up
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Hi everyone,
As some of you may know, I recently wrote an article on my blog about the D-Day landings, since the anniversary was in just a few days.
In wondering what to do next, I thought I would write an article for my blog detailing the very FIRST day of the Second World War (3rd September, 1939). This is obviously a very very important day in history...but not many people know anything about it. All the history-books say is that England and France declared war on Germany, Chamberlain made his famous radio broadcast and...that's that.
But in actual fact, a LOT of things happened on the 3rd of September. I got the idea of writing an article for my blog which was no less than an hour-by-hour breakdown of the events of the first day of the Second World War and any help you folks can give me would be great. Of course, these are very specific facts and dates and times I'm after, and finding the information has proved very difficult for rather obvious reasons. If you know where I can find some or if you can provide some of these times (with a source), that'd be helpful.
At the moment, I'm trying to track down the EXACT time that George VI's famous speech was made to the British people, live from Buckingham Palace. All I know is that it was broadcast that evening (or late afternoon), but I haven't been able to find out the broadcast time. Any help here would be great.
There was a great documentary a couple of years ago that took the first day of the Second World War and broke it down into hour-by-hour events. Only I can't remember it's name. I admit that documentary was a partial inspiration for my current write-up.
As some of you may know, I recently wrote an article on my blog about the D-Day landings, since the anniversary was in just a few days.
In wondering what to do next, I thought I would write an article for my blog detailing the very FIRST day of the Second World War (3rd September, 1939). This is obviously a very very important day in history...but not many people know anything about it. All the history-books say is that England and France declared war on Germany, Chamberlain made his famous radio broadcast and...that's that.
But in actual fact, a LOT of things happened on the 3rd of September. I got the idea of writing an article for my blog which was no less than an hour-by-hour breakdown of the events of the first day of the Second World War and any help you folks can give me would be great. Of course, these are very specific facts and dates and times I'm after, and finding the information has proved very difficult for rather obvious reasons. If you know where I can find some or if you can provide some of these times (with a source), that'd be helpful.
At the moment, I'm trying to track down the EXACT time that George VI's famous speech was made to the British people, live from Buckingham Palace. All I know is that it was broadcast that evening (or late afternoon), but I haven't been able to find out the broadcast time. Any help here would be great.
There was a great documentary a couple of years ago that took the first day of the Second World War and broke it down into hour-by-hour events. Only I can't remember it's name. I admit that documentary was a partial inspiration for my current write-up.
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