Saturday, September 03, 2022

The Day War Broke Out.

83 years ago today the then Prime Minister (Neville Chamberlain) announced that Britain was at war with Germany.  I was three years old at the time. See -

https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/september/war-announced/

and

 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=414459536773798

The photo is taken from his radio announcement.

 Primary History KS2: WW2 Clips. The declaration of war - BBC ...

 For the full 13 minute announcement with additions to Chamberlain's statement, see- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcSnKArKz8E

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