Battle of Britain 1940
The Battle of Britain was a new challenge for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ - How to describe a German bombing campaign which many listeners were experiencing for themselves without giving comfort to the enemy...
In this compilation from on-the-spot reporting, you'll hear Charles Gardner (former Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ sports reporter) on the air battle over Dover; Robin Duff on a convoy shelled off Dover; the newsreader Alvar Lidell on Britain downing German planes; Margery Wace on teatime during an air raid; Ed Murrow in Trafalgar Square; Robin Duff at St Paul's Cathedral, the Bank Underground station raid and also reporting on a daylight raid in 1940;
(Photo: circa 1940: A policeman and a soldier of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Guard walk past vehicles wrecked during a German bombing raid near Marble Arch, London.)
(Credit: Central Press/Getty Images)
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