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World War II History buffs will LOVE these broadcasts. Episode 1 starts with the first CBS News special reports. The only available reports the U.S. were receiving were from Nazi broadcasts from Berlin reporting on “The Invasion.” Reports were short and infrequent. In our age of instant news access, it’s fascinating to listen to the reports as they arrive at the U.S. news outlets. Regularly scheduled entertainment broadcasts were interrupted with news bulletins. Here is just a sampling of the news the U.S. received during the “Longest Day.”

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