Various - Victory In Europe - 1945 mp3 flac

Tracklist

A1	–Field Marshal Montgomery*	C. In C. Of British Armies In France, Delivers A Message To His Men . . . 'Forward Into Germany'. 17/9/44
A2	–Ian Wilson	Announces That The First US Army Has Crossed The Rhine At Remagen. 8/3/45
A3	–Chester Wilmot	Describes The Breakthrough At Wesel Bridge-Head. 11/3/45
A4	–Richard Dimbleby	Reports The Biggest Airborne Attack Ever Launched As 6000 Allied Aircraft Cross The Rhine. 24/3/45
A5	–Wynford Vaughan-Thomas	Vividly Describes Crossing The Rhine With The Attacking Allied Troops. 24/3/45
A6	–Stewart MacPherson	Is Caught Up In The Advancing Allied Formations . . . 'Almost Like A Day At Brooklands'. 28/3/45
A7	–Robert Barr	Sees The Prime Minister Cross The Rhine And Inspect The Battlefield. 25/3/45
A8	–Wynford Vaughan-Thomas	Experiences A Real Feeling Of Conquest And An End To It All. 31/5/45
A9	–Richard Dimbleby	Hears The BBC News In A German Country Hotel. 8/4/45
A10	–Edward Ward	Is Liberated By American Troops After Four Years In A POW Camp. 31/3/45
A11	–Robert Reid	Enters Ziegenhain POW Camp After Its 1200 British Inmates Had Been Liberated By General Patton's Forces. 3/4/45
A12	–Richard Dimbleby	Describes The Scene As Belsen's Gates Are Opened. 19/4/45
B1	–Wynford Vaughan-Thomas	In The 'Nazi Party Hall Of Honour' In The Town Of Buchholz . . . 'This Nursery Of Fanaticism'. 24/4/45
B2	–Stuart Hibberd	BBC Newsflash 'Hitler Is Dead'
B3	–Richard Dimbleby	Outside Hitler's Chancellery. A Later Recording. 4/7/45
B4	–Stuart Hibberd	Interrupts A Programme To Announce The Latest News From Moscow, That Berlin Has Fallen. 2/5/45
B5	–Thomas Cadett	Reports From The Devastated German Capital And Declares That 'Berlin Has Practically Ceased To Exist'. 9/5/45
B6a	–William Joyce	Makes His Last Emotional Broadcast From Reichsender Hamburg On The 31 Metre Band 'You May Not Hear From Me Again' . . .
B6b	–Wynford Vaughan-Thomas	Does A Passable 'Germany Calling' Impression From Joyce's Studio, Recently Vacated. 4/5/45
B7	–Field Marshal Montgomery*	Reads The Terms Of Unconditional Surrender At The Ceremony Of Signature On Lüneburg Heath. 7/5/45
B8	–Edward Ward	Is Overwhelmed By A 'Very Good Lunch' And Russian Hospitality As The U.S. First Army And The Fifth Ukrainian Army Link Up. 23/4/45
B9	–Thomas Cadett	Witnesses The Signing Of Unconditional Surrender By General Jodl At Supreme Headquarters. 7/5/45
B10	–John Snagge	Announces Victory In Europe Day. 7/5/45
B11	–The Prime Minister	Proclaims The German Surrender . . . 'We May Allow Ourselves A Brief Period Of Rejoicing'. 8/5/45
B12	–H.M. King George VI	Records That 'The Enemy Has Been Finally Overcome'. 8/5/45
B13	–Field Marshal Montgomery*	Victory Day Speech. 8/5/45
B14	–President Truman*	Expresses A Common Feeling . . . 'I Wish That FDR Had Lived To See This Day'. 8/5/45
B15	–Richard Dimbleby	Joins The Crowds As The Prime Minister Appears On The Ministry Of Health Balcony, Complete With Boiler Suit And Homburg. 8/5/45

Credits

• Artwork By [Art Direction] – Mario Moscardini
• Other [Additional Research] – Alison Johnston
• Producer [Album Production] – Mark Jones , William Grierson

Notes

Subtitled "Broadcasts and reports from BBC War Correspondents - Spring 1945".

The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill appears by courtesy of the Decca Record Co.

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