The Second World War

From Chamberlain's historic declaration of war on Germany on 3rd September 1939 to the sounds of rejoicing crowds on VJ Day in August 1945, the BBC brought news of both the battle front and the home front, as well as the major speeches, into the sitting rooms of an attentive nation. This chronicle of war recordings from the BBC's sound archives includes speeches and broadcasts by Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Truman, Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth, Lord Haw-Haw, Richard Dimbleby and Edward R. Murrow.