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Tim Pigott-Smith presents a unique audio snapshot of the history of the Twentieth Century. Released in ten volumes, Eyewitness provides a rare opportunity to hear the history of the 20th century described by those who were actually there. In this volume, authentic voices from the past illustrate the unique history of the 1940s.
In May 1940, Hitler invaded the Netherlands and the phoney war was over. It would take five years to defeat Nazi tyranny in Europe and finally, in August 1945, the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan to bring the Second World War to an end. Internationally, Soviet Russia retreated behind the Iron Curtain. A new enemy was defined - communism.
A wealth of BBC archive recordings, some never previously broadcast, is interwoven with an illuminating commentary by the historian Joanna Bourke. Thought-provoking and moving, these are the voices of the past, speaking to the present.
