Into The Storm - The Coming Of War 1939

Into The Storm – The Coming Of War 1939

A powerful historical documentary compilation, Into The Storm assembles original broadcast material, speeches, and eyewitness accounts capturing the tense build-up to the outbreak of the Second World War. Featuring voices of key political figures such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini, the album presents a stark, chronological portrait of Europe descending into war.

The record draws heavily on BBC news bulletins, diplomatic statements, and frontline reports, including eyewitness testimony from events such as the German entry into Prague and the sinking of the Athenia. It also features dispatches from prominent wartime correspondents, including Richard Dimbleby, adding immediacy and narrative weight to the unfolding crisis.

Rather than a musical experience, this is an archival sound document—designed to inform, preserve, and immerse the listener in the political atmosphere of 1939. The sequencing creates a sense of escalating tension, moving from diplomatic appeals to the inevitability of conflict, punctuated by radio reports and public addresses.

For collectors, this sits firmly in the category of historical spoken-word / wartime documentary LPs, often sought by historians, educators, and enthusiasts of 20th-century political media.

Tracklist:

A1 Pres. F. D. Roosevelt
A2 Hitler & Mussolini
A3 Neville Chamberlain (Prime Minister)
A4 Eyewitness Account of German Entry into Prague
A5 Neville Chamberlain
A6 Ciano & Daladier
A7 Sir John Simon
A8 Lord Halifax
A9 BBC News Bulletin
A10 German Dive-Bombers (Ju 87s)
A11 Polish Ambassador in London
A12 Hitler in Danzig

B1 BBC Announcements & Chamberlain
B2 Report and Evacuation
B3 SS Athenia Survivor
B4 F. D. Roosevelt
B5 Sir Samuel Hoare
B6 Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty)
B7 Richard Dimbleby (Dispatch from France)
B8 Winston Churchill
B9 Ambulance Driver
B10 Dimbleby on Patrols & King’s Visit
B11 Finnish Minister in London
B12 Winston Churchill