Video: Panic grips Mosocw (@ 7:38)
(Thursday, October 16, 1941, Eastern Front of World War II) — The Soviet Union government began moving eastward today to Kuibyshev (modern Samara), but Joseph Stalin remained in Moscow.
The citizens of Moscow frantically build tank traps and other fortifications for the coming siege by the Germans.
Video: First snow, Zhukov (@ 3:41)
(Friday, October 10, 1941) — As the first snows of winter fell before Moscow, Soviet General Georgy Zhukov was recalled from Leningrad today to take charge of the defense of Moscow on the Eastern Front of World War II.
(click here to watch the full program, with Lindbergh @ 2:59:45)
(Friday, October 3, 1941) — Aviator Charles A. Lindbergh tonight told a rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana, sponsored by the America First Committee that U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was leading the United States along a road which, “not many steps ahead,” might involve the suspension of the Congressional elections in 1942.
(Friday, October 3, 1941, 10:33 a.m. EST) — German leader Adolf Hitler declared in a speech in Berlin today (one day after the Battle of Moscow began) that Russia had been “broken” and would “never rise again.”
Video: Lord Beaverbrook arrives in Moscow @ 8:14
(Monday, September 29, 1941) — The First Moscow Conference opened today as American Averell Harriman and Lord Beaverbrook representing the United Kingdom met with Joseph Stalin to give assurances that those two leading Allies of World War II would aid and support the Soviet Union in the common fight against Nazi Germany.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUWJX-j1xws
FDR Fireside Chat 18: On The Greer Incident
(Thursday, September 11, 1941, 10 p.m. EDT) — Responding to last week’s Greer Incident, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced tonight that he had ordered the navy to “shoot first” when Axis submarines, surface raiders or aircraft are encountered in areas which the (still officially neutral) U.S. considers vital to its defense (click here to watch a video clip of the address).
The Unknown War - The Siege of Leningrad - 02/05
(Wednesday, September 10, 1941) — Two days into the Siege of Leningrad, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin appointed General Georgy Zhukov today to replace Marshal Kliment Voroshilov as Leningrad Front commander in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II.
Why Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941
(Saturday, July 26, 1941) — In response to Thursday’s Japanese occupation of French Indo-China, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered today the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
How the first Vietnam war began part one of six
(Thursday, July 24, 1941) — Japanese warships were reported off the coast of Southern French Indo-China tonight, and twelve Japanese troop transports were said to be on their way here as Japan followed up quickly French acceptance of her demands for new military concessions in the colony.
(Tuesday, May 27, 1941, 9:30 p.m. ET) — Amid rising world tensions, President Roosevelt tonight proclaimed an “unlimited national emergency.” Click here to watch video of the address.
