[Music] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] on September 1st 1939 Nazi Germany invaded Poland launching Europe into World War II two days later Britain and France declared war on Germany the Polish Army surrendered to the Germans on October 6th of that same year but the country of Poland never officially surrendered large portions of the Polish military fled to the Baltic Nations and France Adolf Hitler immediately ordered a
n attack on France but his offensive was postponed until spring 1940. on May 10th Hitler's Nazi Germany invaded France Allied troops from all over Europe were pushed back to Paris and then to the coast Britain evacuated hundreds of thousands of military refugees from Dunkirk from May 26 to June 4th barely one month later in early July of 1940 Nazi Germany began what was to become known as the Battle of Britain Germany's Air Force called the luftwaffe began bombing Harbors along Britain's East Co
ast the British royal Air Force especially the RAF fighter command fought furiously by September of 1940 the Nazis switched their targets to large British cities this continued for almost a year lasting until May of 1941. terrifying civilians with wave after wave of night bombings called The Blitz German bombers left large portions of London in rubble part of the Battle of Britain was fought on the radio and propaganda stars on both sides were created many are familiar with Germany's Dresden dol
l ronalda Von fallenberg who was swept up by the Nazi party when she was a theater star in Berlin Britain had its own silk voices that preyed on the emotional weaknesses of enemy Pilots one was margarith after Hyde is silent years foreign [Music] owner mentioned [Music] [Music] this is [Music] [Music] foreign the resolve of Britain was strong and by the summer of 1941 German attacks subsided on Sunday December 7 1941 Japan attacked the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor Germany immediat
ely declared war on the United States in solidarity with Japan this resulted in the United States declaring war on Germany which was a move that the British people and the Royal Air Force High command had been hoping for [Music] ah you must be made to Thompson yes sir may I come in certainly please be seated thank you Air Marshal Wilkins thank you uh it's Vice and Marshall if you don't mind Marshall Wilkins is fine when did you arrive in London yesterday any problems with your journey no uh no p
roblems at all but I'm certainly well aware of the problems that do exist here unfortunately all around us but at the moment none right above our heads before we get into the discussion Marshall Wilkins let me express to you my personal admiration for the people of England particularly here in London during the Battle of Britain it's just an amazing amount of Courage expressed there we have had tremendous support for my civilians in all forms well that's that's so good now what kind of support c
an we give you what do you need from us specifically aircraft you're talking about bombers Fighters that sort of thing yes combat aircraft I really hate to tell you this uh Marshall Wilkins since this is your primary request of us and that is we're going to have to decline for the present moment uh most disappointing most disappointing major we have a number of wonderful aircraft that are coming off the drawing boards but right now today everything we've got that flies is in the Pacific you've g
ot to remember less than three months ago was Pearl Harbor major Thompson if you don't mind my asking what is your specialty intelligence same as mine then would you support us sharing intelligence not to be dismissive major but we have operatives all over Europe yes sir and so do we I'd like to see evidence of that well I have that for you it's in my beliefs which my Aid in the lobby is holding for me right now three documents that were circulated in the high command of the luftwaffe during the
Battle of Britain all of them initiated by Hitler himself now one document which was issued before the Battle of Britain clearly says that Hitler does not want to Target civilians the second document was issued just before the bombing of London Hitler is furious that the Germans have not maintained air superiority even gained it over Great Britain and then the third document the third document is from Hitler just before the attack ends and he's giving his reasons for backing off on subjugating
Great Britain at least for the moment I'd like to share these documents with my colleagues you you mean you do not have these documents no I have not and the fact that you have them to me it's extraordinary how about we work on this thing together indeed foreign water I know you're thirsty you can go back to sleep after this very good one should be here in a little while good morning Mr chabrowski good morning nurse Marie I hope your day is going well honestly I'm still worried about this boy we
have here Nursery pardon me for one moment I must sit down so this child's this boy does he have pneumonia like me no it was pulled from the wreckage during the Blitz is that long ago he's been here that long yes we believe he had a head injury why does he not speak only one word Joe must be his name like mine Joseph INE is getting worse yes I feel you may be right only I mean I only have no beds in the intercom sounds very uncomfortable it is but it's still better than well the Alleyways of Du
nkirk come with me we'll take your temperature and then see the doctor [Music] this kind of neurological injury can be such a bloody mystery there's no signs of bleeding on the brain is he walking and standing on his own not that I've seen Dr Binghamton the thing I'm concerned about is muscle deterioration he does a little more than just lay there he just not enough to build up his own strength there's Marie I may have asked you this before but where do you come from I come from a small town in
Western Kansas Garden City ah okay kind of like uh tornado country and The Wizard of Oz tornadoes do exist but you rarely see them I remember you tell me about your parents they're during the Great Wall in 18. that's right fell in love with England certainly let me know if this young man's ability changes I will Bravo major Thompson outstanding well you must have heard about our raid on Tokyo of course everyone's talking about it very well executed but tell me about this raid that you're plannin
g a thousand bombers originally I had thought that if we could get close to 850 planes I would still call it a thousand plane rate primarily for the headlines and morale obviously however now it appears that we no longer have to overestimate airplane numbers because we have achieved that goal how are you able to do that the Wellington program well it foreign [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign I remember something in the briefing about that uh two engines like a big glider it's a kite with
engines but we'll do the job how many of those Styles and planes are Wellington a little over 600 how did you do that available materials well more importantly how are you able to do that with the attack going on in London most of them were not assembled in London quite a number were assembled in Ireland Scotland bonds warehouses wherever I must say what an extraordinary feat of organization the people working with me on this a quite industrious indeed but now as I recall the Wellington does no
t have a large payload at all right you are that's why we primarily are planning to use incendiaries incendiaries well now what would be your target Hamburg or secondarily cologne depending on the weather so by targeting a city what you'll do is create a mirror image of what happened here in London with your civilian population major the English people are perceived as being a very patient not have that patience has run out the English people now seek retribution good evening do you have a dark
water of course busy night was that some kind of joke who are you because polish Air Force polish Air Force ain't no such thing I assure you sir we exist well I remember the bleeding Nazis kicking your ass in 39 the Polish Army and Air Force fought a valiant struggle they squashed you like a bug sir we endured 35 days of bloody brutal vicious combat bloody you want brutal I'll give you bloody in Bruto that was the trenches that was 1918. Mr Drake for someone who works with the public I would sug
gest a better disposition it might help bring some customers in here at the present I am in charge of the Polish Air Cruise 200 men are housed a few blocks from here why is it that I didn't know this when they are in need of recreation will they be welcomed at this establishment well they got some of this if they do not pay their tabs they will answer to me all right then come in Vice air marshall Wilkins quite correct and you are Colonel Andreas pledge to make your acquaintance necklace please
be seated thank you I'm happy that England was able to assist you in your departure from France that assistance was most appreciated sir so how are you and your men doing we are alive which was something in serious doubts before we arrived in your country I imagine that they're quartering you in those drafty warehouses in Poplar a far improvement over the gutters of dantrixer Colonel uh it's my understanding that you have some 60 men with aircraft training and expertise that number sir is a seri
ous underestimate well please provide me with the correct number we have 60 Pilots sir in addition to Navigators radio operators and some very fine mechanics the number with top 200. very good so Colonel regarding light bombers how many crews can you put together for me 50 minimum excellent we must have a detailed discussion the RAF is planning operations for bombing multiple sites in Western Germany are you all right Colonel am I to understand you wish to use my men in a bombing operation again
st Germany part of a large operation certainly the RAF will be providing the planes and additional training of course this operation will be executed in cooperation with the United States Army Air corps I'm having a meeting tomorrow evening with major Thompson of the United States Army Air corps would you like to be part of that meeting absolutely I would be most honored to be there please understand that's my man and I are available for anything you have in mind Splendid tomorrow afternoon befo
re meeting with major Thompson I would like for you to take a look at the aircraft that your men will be working with it's called the Wellington [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign foreign Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe Joe oh my God are you okay Joe your stomach hurts are you hurting here you're good at home well boy let's go get you something to eat foreign do you mean he walked to the Loo by himself yes he did no trouble walking not that I saw what was he doing when you found him standing on a stool
what was he doing on a stool looking at himself in the mirror did you have to help him down no he swayed a little bit when he stepped down but he recovered jolly good news what about the respiratory ailments that the others are complaining about is this young man affected no I isolated him that was a good move on your part thank you might be able to get me some help in here [Music] Nursery I don't know I know you've been holding this down primarily by yourself but the war effort is pulling more
nurses away to train for field hospitals I understand the word's gonna get bigger much bigger I'm afraid Wood's going to need more doctors and nurses as well and they'll be fractionating my time again we're both pretty good at what we do yes a blessing and a curse ah I love him Toto yes [Music] ah Hitler for me and touch European Soto yes you know what that is Samo yeah I know what that does a little different but camarader only Adventure yes they can this will not be problem s is in these and
comfort I encamp densy is but they are in a Royal Air Force but there is shrine just me Henry thank you I had an interesting day I fetched a sandwich before I went in and ran into Charlie you mean Charlie from the pub indeed he told me about last Friday about what he says some new Flyers came in and all you could do was raise your voice and make them feel unwelcome what business Charlie got reporting to you what I'm saying he's just worried about you Henry that's all yeah well welcome to me Frid
ay marked one year yeah since we lost our boy Georgie feeling like a like a move beyond that now and I don't want to move beyond that I understand not knowing is incredibly painful remember we can talk about anything anytime you need sorry I I ain't been listening to your broadcasts I said I would and I ain't picked up on a German I promised you I would 20 years ago when we married here we go again [Music] you know what I ought to hate Germany I really should but they come up with you didn't the
y [Music] Gotta Give them that [Music] so Colonel Dennis Andre please Andre it is now air marshall Wilkins gave you a look today at the Wellington what did you think of it yes and I found it to be quite geometric it's so right you are major Thompson has likened it to a kite with engines if that is an accurate description then the plane could Glide a great distance in case of engine failure it certainly could did you get a chance to sit in the pilot seat and get that view yes and I was amazed eve
rything was so so new as a matter of fact that particular Wellington rolled off of assembly approximately two weeks ago the design and everything is so new please understand that when Germany invaded my homeland we fought back with what you call antiques what do you think these new planes will be a problem with your Pilots quite the opposite they would love it especially yourself leader and perhaps our best pilot but I do have a technical question and that is understanding the relatively light p
ayload 4500 kilos and that's about average for a light bomber but considering the design of the Wellington I was thinking that it could have another usage it's quite astute and perceptive a squadron of wellingtons is being outfitted for launching torpedoes a new mission for an aircraft that can fly low and slow submarine Hunter yes but this is a bombing mission we have some of our new lancasters which are four engine bombers but the majority of the planes in this Mission will be wellingtons and
the number will probably be close to 600. Marshall in total how many bombers do you intend on sending on this mission I think that the number will probably top out at around a thousand that is astounding well we would hope with the raid of this magnitude that would be able to bring an early end of the war but if this does not occur then what will happen as you heard the year Marshall say the production of the Lancaster is going at Full Steam and certainly we plan to send over as many heavy bombe
rs as we can as soon as we can beginning early next year so I would imagine a year from now these guys over here will be filled with heavy bombers from the RAF from the Army Air corps Andre as I mentioned yesterday we are already planning further strikes against Germany Beyond this first massive raid using your wellingtons and Crews like yours good evening Mr trick is this one of your Pilots yes one of our best Joseph Squadron leader oh Charles did you hear that Squadron leader no less squadrons
of what actually where are you blocks from Poland Poland good Lord I thought there was nothing left to poet for your sex sir I hope that is not true so what did you pilots fly back home okay it's our vessels may have been Antiquated but we fought like devils so Joseph tell me what have you seen here in London that you admire the most the women lots of pretty cats polish a word of advice keep away from English ladies thanks Henry I should cover us we will order now oh good morning nurse Marie ho
w are you today well we'll get you you must be feeling better oh yes I have no fever and I got some wonderful news today tell me more well you're wonderful RAF has given me an opportunity and this man right here that you are looking at will get to fly again I see so back in Poland you were a pilot I was and your Royal Air Force is giving me an Aussie as a refugee pilot a chance to fly again because they've lost so many pilots in this battle for Britain so has Poland and everywhere else those Naz
i Devils have touched I imagine you'll need a work release for the service I I will need one yes and after you give me what I intend to go for a very nice walk and I'm going to smile at everyone I see and I'm sure you'll find your way to a pub how's that that sounds like a great idea you'll need a follow-up next week whatever you think is necessary nurse Marie ah talking [Music] yeah kind enough to take us on now I remember why I hate to pose because they don't know when to keep their mouths shu
t who's that we'll smoke a [ __ ] yoshinova Yosef do you need something or polish I am here to give you a report about what about your English later absence chaparralski last night I had two of them come with me to my quarters once ever so grateful you liar both of you God what do you want to do make the Nazis work easier for them do you know how many of you will return those your families we are fighting an enemy that is like a vicious cancer devouring everything in its path to Dayton Land Holl
and France Poland will England be next you should be like brothers you are not fighting for Poland you are not fighting only for England you're fighting for the world I forgot to ask you earlier what is it that you fly Spitfire Spitfire it's hard to say good various aircraft I shall call you Spitfire no cheers let's go hey Charlie you know what I think he might be one of the good ones thank you all right Mr shabrowski it looks like you're clear on your follow-up excellent and I want you to know
I did take your advice about sleeping in the common room I had to move a bed out there if you'd get me out of the cold and it worked mercenary I'm sorry I'm just worried about this boy we have the one you told me about yes you see getting this better physically I see but he still only says one word Joe would you mind if I talk to him I don't know you see I I have some experience with people like him who have what you would call Shell Shock okay [Music] good evening gentlemen this is suggestion d
oll the voice of Saran and I am here tonight with a special message for my English have you forgotten your Origins you are Anglo-Saxons from the Fatherland for centuries our countries have been very close and I would like to be close to you again remember your Hanover monarchs King George and your magnificent Queen Victoria your current royal family is German for the true name of the house is saxobe gossa not pinza the share the same blood we should not be shedding each other's the luftwaffe is
no longer bombing your Island it is times that our people's unite once more for the our boss part of the Aryan Nation but instead my fine Pilots of the royal Air Force you are collaborating with suppose they are Slavs they are too feeble they are too cowardly to operate aircraft you are risking your lives working with them they are only suitable for hard labor you place yourselves in grave danger and they will degrade you too many young men have been killed already you deserve to shout in the gl
ory of the master race Proclaim your heritage and join us Joe I have someone here that would like to speak with you oh Joe your name is Joe you are Joe well you know something funny my name is Joe too I am Joe and you are Joe your name is Joe and I am Joe no not Joe Joe [Music] hey what's your name George George pleased to meet you George I have to go chip something his parents are looking for him think his last name is Drake did you say Mike that's part of my family who was lost in the Blitz to
morrow's the big night Andre your boys up to it they have never been more so Andre wants the bombers or airborne major Thompson and I will be here in my office waiting we want to be close to the Communication Center so we can get those immediate updates as they come in and you're more than welcome to wait here with us my wife was killed when Germany invaded our homeland Poland well gosh we're sorry to hear that thank you she often said that I was a very good father I would like to play the role
of the good father once more what's up when my boys take off for that mission I want to be on that Airfield watching them leave and I would also like to be there when they return you've got to have a long way Andre I will have my wife to speak with with your permission of course most certainly foreign I understand you have an emergency matter to discuss yeah we have received information that the large iaf formation is in the air and headed towards Germany that is their target at first we thought
it was Hamburg but the wasn't Hamburg is not ideal for this type of rate so we don't believe that's a Target the British would know this you think they will strike well don't worry it won't be here in Boolean the RF doesn't have enough long-range bombers to launch such a large rate here what precautions are you taking well of course everyone is on high alert on the under aircraft batteries of course and bf109s are ready to respond immediately how many bombers do you think they have our operativ
es have lost count I do not stand has a British are able to man so many planes we shut down so many of their aircraft yeah they've recruited them from the refugees that they evacuated at Dunkirk but nationality are these refugees well it varies but the majority of the pilots are Poors dirty poles [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] got the chatter [Music] [Music] Ley foreign I offered you friendship I invited you to share in our Triumph and you have betrayed your ancestry you have made an alliance
with these dirty polls how could you Finn will you learn that polishness equals sub-humanity suppose the Jews and the gypsies are on the same inferior level would you think you could deceive us we are watching you we follow your moves we know that your aircraft are coming towards us but it is not too late turn back turn back now I hope you will listen to me but if you do not I shall tell you of what will happen if you drop one bomb on German territory Holland is ours we shall exact our Justice
upon the entire population upon all those families and friends of those in your planes are most efficient they shall cleanse the east of seaspermit captain this is navigations 20 minutes to Target [Music] [Music] thank you foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] yesterday [Music] foreign foreign [Music] [Music] tell us [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] and that's what we want I cannot believe this actually happened
on German soil yeah and by the time of your next broadcast I'll have an assessment of the damage but it is substantial yeah it is I have many friends in Cologne they attended the University I've visited them many times it was so beautiful yeah go with your personal angle that works best it is personal now [Music] foreign [Music] that woman is on broadcast again [Music] after your brutal Devastation of cologne are you proud of yourself that you slaughtered so many civilians [Music] would never e
ngage in such dishonorable Warfare during the Blitzkrieg the only raided military and Industrial targets but you deliberately attacked cologne a beautiful historic City it's University it's art and architecture were renowned it had no fortifications no soldiers most of the men what are they fighting the inhabitants for women children in the elderly how could they do you any harm and yet you flew in and launched your explosives your incendiary bombs right into the residential areas the people wer
e engulfed into spreading flames and they burned alive so many innocent lives were lost and so many more of a left wounded there's no place to live you destroyed three thousand buildings home hospitals museums churches schools stores less than 10 for any kind of military function we will never forget this did you think that you would break us you have underestimated the will of the German people they are far stronger than you can ever imagine we will fight until the Victory Is Ours a resounding
success congratulations have you seen any initial numbers on losses yet just coming in it appears that it's going to be around four to five percent much better than our boys in Tokyo do you think this will help you achieve your major goal that Germany will see you can nearly destroy a major city in one night and want an early end of the war major I don't know it may simply strengthen the resolve of the germs but one thing we do know is that they now know that they are vulnerable and whatever dea
th and destruction they pour down on us will get poured down on them in return host taste now it looks like we're the only people left in the building they're all out celebrating and I am too in my own way I have a request may I call you wrong why certainly what can I do for you I would like for us to have future meetings at my personal residence um are you a drinking man may I call you Malcolm certainly I really have a fondness for Brandy myself it just so happens that at my residence I have a
healthy supply of Brandy but also quite a substantial amount of cognac foreign begging to be consumed [Laughter] [Applause] all right [Music] three cheers for the Polish Air Force [Applause] all right and switches hey [Music] yep all right thank you good morning you must be the Drakes yes Henry and Margaret please sit down I have a couple of forms for you to fill out of course I bet you've been waiting a long time for this day you have no idea when do I get to see my boy we'll go see him after w
e finish filling out the forms it's been almost a year boy [Music] look at this look at this look at this bad boy back pretty hot I can't remember the last time I've heard him laugh [Music] [Applause] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign
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