[Homer_J_Simpson]

Archive.org has several radio recordings for today. I’ll put the short ones here. We will hear President Roosevelt’s Fireside Chat on a separate thread at the time named in the notice on page 5 of today’s news post.

Godfrey Talbot, BBC, reports Rome taken by Allies. (1:16)

Godfrey Talbot, BBC

Godfrey Talbot at El Alamein, 1942

Richard Dimbleby, BBC reports on the first D-Day aircraft taking off. (0:47)

Richard Dimbleby, BBC

Richard Dimbleby

Field Marshal Montgomery’s address on eve of D-Day (0:54)

Field Marshal Montgomery

General Eisenhower’s pre-D-Day announcement to the troops. (1:42) General Eisenhower, “This great and noble undertaking”

General Eisenhower talking to paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division.

Finally, BBC broadcasts cryptic messages for the French resistance. If you remember “The Longest Day” you should remember this. (1:05)

“Wound my heart with a monotonous languor.”

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Americans In First – 2-3
Alexander’s Statement – 3
Road to Rome Hard Fought, Yet Crowded with Civilians (Bracker) – 4-5
The First of Europe’s War Capitals to Fall to the Allies (page 1 photo) – 5
President to Talk on Rome Tonight – 5
The Fall of Rome and a Tribute to Those Who Fell in the Drive for Its Conquest (photos) – 6-8
War News Summarized – 7
U.S. ‘Heavies’ Bomb in France All Day (MacDonald) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 10-12