AS IT HAPPENED

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London Blitz 1940 A first hand report by famed journalist Edward R Murrow describing a live bombing raid during the Blitz. This is followed by an editorial report on the same subject.	Chamberlain Resignation 1940 Edward R Murrow announces the resignation of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and a profile of incoming PM Winston Churchill. on 10 May 1940.	French Surrender 1940 This broadcast announces and describes the surrender of France to Nazi Germany on 21 June 1940.	Germany Overruns the Low Countries 1940 HB Kaltenborn reports on the German invasion of the three neutral "low countries" on 10 May 1940 to enable an invasion of France.
FDR Asks for Declaration of War 1941 A radio recording of Roosevelts speech to a joint session of Congress requesting a declaration of war against Japan on the day following the attack on Pearl Harbor and other Pacific islands.	Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor 1941 A series of radio broadcasts announcing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.	D Day Report 1 1944 An early report detailing the events of the Normandy invasion on 6 June 1944.	Hiroshima 1945 An early report announcing the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. The report includes remarks by President Harry S Truman.
Hitler Is Dead 1945 An early MBS report on the death of Adolf Hitler on 30 April 1945.	Japanese Surrender 1945 This NBC broadcast by Richard Harkness on 16 August 1945 hints at the imminent surrender of Japan, although he appears to doubt whether capitulation is certain.	VE Day Special Broadcast 1945 A series of NBC reports covering the surrender of Germany on 8 April 1945.	Churchill and the Iron Curtain 1946 This address by Winston Churchill on 5 March 1946. Called "The Sinews of Peace" speech included the first use of the term Iron Curtain.