Are you getting tired of always listening to the same music at events?
Of course we all love Glenn Miller, The Andrew Sisters, Lili Marlene and Edith Piaf but having to hear the same CDs again, again and again can drive the strongest soldier insane!

Most WW2 themed CDs and tapes are usually not very authentic, at a event taking place in Holland 1944 you wouldn't have heard much American Jive music coming from the civilian radios!
And the average war CD has song after song, high quality and with no interruptions or just speech, after speech after speech....
I wanted a AUTHENTIC sollution that would sound just like a real radio would have sounded back then. What would you hear if you where a allied soldier liberating France, trying the dials of a old radio found in a abandoned Café?

To create authentic sounding radio broadcasts I have looked for the more unusual soundfiles, spend a fortune on CDs, recorded 78's and spend many many hours perfecting these soundfiles.
I have created several 'albums' with all a theme on their own, suitable for a certain reenactment scene.
As far as I know all the files are copyright-free or already freely downloadable on the internet.
I have spend hours remixing them, adding radio static and other sounds to make them sound more realistic.

For Copyright issues, check bottom of page.

For 7.50 Euros you get free access to the files of your choice (7.50 per theme) so you can download them onto your pc and burn as many CDs as you want or copy them to your mp3 player.
Once you have payed me trough Paypal I will give you the address and instructions on how to access the files.
You can use the 'Add to basket' buttons on the right to buy them, click on the wirelss sets to listen to a short sample.

WARNING: Sometimes im away for a few days, you may then not be able to download right away.

You can also email me with any questions or orders by clicking on my name

1.Dutch Radio around May 1940
(3 hours and 59 minutes long)

May 1940, Germany is about to invade Holland.
These Radio files will sound like it would have shortly before and during the German Invasion.
Hear speeches, radioplays and ofcourse all the Dutch hits of the era!
Holland is preparing for war but is trying to keep a positive view of the future as well.


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2.French Radio Around D-day 1944
(1 hour and 7 minutes long)

During the occupation French radio kept on broadcasting under strict German control
This theme will be perfect for any event just before, during and after D-day Normandy, play it when waiting for it in England, play it after liberating the first French village or play it when waiting for the Allies to invade!
No speeches related to a certain date, no news flashes about D-day or anything like that, just normal music, some chatter and propaganda.
And ofcourse I have put some Special Coded messages from London for the Resistance on there, including the Jamming sound the Germans chucked at it.


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3.Dutch Radio September 1944
(1 hour and 5 minutes long)

September 1944, The war is coming to an end, Allies forces are about to go a Bridge too far...
This radio hour is perfect for all Reenactments of the Battle for Arnhem, or any other event around Holland or Belgium in 1944.
This file series has music on it the Germans allowed (although some of it is rather Swinging!), music you probably have never heard before.
And ofcourse you will hear some fragments of those special Dutch broadcasts on the BBC with coded messages for the Resistance.


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4.BBC home and forces broadcast
(2 hours and 55 minutes long)

These files will sound like a regular BBC broadcast during WW2, to be more exact; up to end 1942.
I have tried to make the files as generic as possible, no famous speeches, no exciting newsflashes.
Music, comedy sketches, war reports, and I also tried to use less familiar tunes, no glenn miller or vera lynn but more unknown songs.
So close the blackout curtains, light your pipe and turn on the wireless and enjoy a nice night in to listen to whats going on in the world.


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5.Großdeutscher Rundfunk
(2 hours and 23 minutes long)

These files will sound like a regular Großdeutscher Rundfunk broadcast during WW2.
These broadcasts would have been transmitted all over Europe.
I have tried to make the files as generic as possible, no famous speeches, no exciting newsflashes. This broadcast is supposed to be usable for reenactment events, anytime, anywhere, so it couldn't be too specific. And... NO lili Marlene...


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6.Wunschkonzert fur die Wehrmacht
(4 hours and 30 minutes long)

Germanies wartime radio's 'Request Concert for the Armed Forces' programme was broadcast every Sunday, with music chosen by the troops themselves: stirring marches and sentimental ballads, comic songs and unit marching songs.

Although these arent complete authentic Concerts, they do have a few authentic introductions and almost 100 original German wartime tunes!


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7.CBS radio day 1939
(19 hours and 9 minutes long)

Entire day of CBS broadcasting 21st September 1939, listen to what the American listener could hear in his home when WW2 was beginning.
From 6.30 in the morning till 12.30 at night you hear what one would have heard back then.
Music, newsflashes and the Louis Prima band to end a perfect day...While in Europe all Hell Breaks loose.


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8.American Homefront Advice
(49 minutes)

48 clips of American radiobroadcasts with newsflashes, advice for the Homefront during ww2.
Buy warbonds, dont eat meat, stick to rations, support the men at the front, etc.

Easy to mix with all your ww2 music to create your own broadcast or messages to be broadcast across your display.


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9.D-day full 24 hour reports CBS
(23 hours and 18 minutes long)

Listen to an entire 24 hour day of Radiobroadcasts made around june 6th 1944.
Worldnews.
Listen to what the American radio broadcasted on that day, starting with the first rumours coming from Europe.
Exactly as the soldiers families could have been listening to back home.


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10.Italy 1943
(2 hours and 30 minutes long)

Over 150 minutes of Italian radio broadcasts how it could have sounded around 1943.
Songs, marches, anouncers talking, etc.
Interesting to use for people who portray Italian Forces during the war or any other allied invasion scenario like the Battle for Salerno.

Be prepared to be disgusted when the Germans borrow some airtime to broadcast a special programma for allied soldiers in Italy... sharing the names of British POW's.


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11.Russian Music
(Nearly 12 hours of music!)

I have searched all over the place to find more original Russian recordings of Russian songs of the years 1935-1945 and added them to this file.
Now you can have 255 (!) songs,all digitally improved and downsized so they take up less space.
Most songs are propaganda songs, marches, etc.
Some great stuff, I can just imagine a few soldiers listening to them in the ruins of Stalingrad!
Its good for morale comrade!


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12.Military Radio transmissions
(1 hour long)

At many events we will find a communications display set up or a soldier with a field telephone.
These files are ment for those situations.

I have created about 10-20 minutes of ww2 radio transmissions you might have been able to hear at the front.
Hear morse, a bit of local civilian radio or you might even pick up fragments of a battle going on elsewhere.
Some of the files have more going on then others, I had to work with the material I have.

For the price of 10 Euro you get radio files for ALL the following nationalities;
German, British, Russian, Japanes and American!


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13.Charlie & His Orchestra
(1 hour and 46 minutes long)

Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister, assembled a fairly competent swing band called Charlie and His Orchestra to perform Nazified versions of the jazz hits of the day. Led by an English speaking German, Karl Schwendler, Charlie and His Orchestra broadcast on the medium-wave and short-wave bands throughout the 1930s and 1940s to Canada, the US and Britain.
The idea was to lure the masses in with the irrestible tonic of swing music and, and slyly work the anti-Jewish, American and British lyrics in only after the second or third verse. The broadcasts of Charlie and His Orchestra were not available in the Fatherland proper, but that only enhanced their legend and they picked up an underground following in Germany as well.
Here you can download 45 of their tunes.


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14.The attack on Pearl Harbour
(20 hours and 50 minutes long)

This broadcast file is the original broadcast on 7th and 8th December 1941.
Follow the news as broadcasted in the US from 2 in the afternoon (Eastern Time) to 2 in the afternoon the next day, over 15 hours of radio! Recordings of varied quality let you be witness to a chilling day when broadcasts keep being interuppted for newsflashes. Few of the shows on the playlist get a chance to play their records,they must make place for history in the making.
The playlist gives the titles of the shows as they were supposed to be broadcasted, dont be suprised if you get newsflashes in stead of the program listed.


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15.Words at War
(18 hours and 20 minutes long)

1943-1945 Words of War was an anthology of war stories, "told by the men and women who have seen them happen." It was produced in cooperation with the Council on Books in Wartime, promising "stories of the battlefronts, of behind-the-scenes diplomacy, of underground warfare, of the home front, of action on the seas." Each show was to be "a living record of this war and things for which we fought."


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16.German Music
(over 10 hours long)

214 populair German songs and tunes from the late 1930s and 1940s.
No Military marches but dance music and sometimes even Swing!
Over 100 minutes of lovely entertainment.

 


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17.BBC at war
(1 hour and 59 minutes long)

During the war the BBC made quite a few amazing broadcasts.
Newsflashes, interviews with people in airraidshelters but also live eyewitness accounts of battle and other often very dangerous situations.
I have collected 107 of these broadcasts, ofcourse a few familiar ones, a Churchill speech here and there, often before heard reports, but also many you may not have heard yet.
All together nearly 2 hours filled with famous voices and infamous moments in history.


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18.CBS world news today
(27 hours and 45 minutes long)

68 original ww2 American ww2 broadcasts from CBS.
These programs in almost 30 minutes per episode give a overview over what happened on that day during the war.
You can hear the famous correspondents tell you about the situation in Europe and the pacific
News programmes, documentaries, etc.
All the famous voices from ww2 american radio keeping the people at home updated.


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19.G.I. Jive & Sound Off  (music shows)
(nearly 16 hours)

Hear 66 quarter-hour Armed Forces Radio Service broadcasts with among others G.I. Jill (Martha Wilkerson) playing the top recordings as requested by servicemen around the world during WW II.
It kept the boys in touch with what was the Swing Thing at home!
Every episode has a few tunes and some nice messages for the soldiers, a real request programme.
I have also added 16 episodes of 'Sound Off', another WW2 15 minute long music request programme.


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20.G.I. Journal & Mailcall (comedy shows)
(nearly 20 hours)

With top-name talent like Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Edward Bergen, Jack Benny and many others, GI Journal was an exceptional musical-variety series that entertained soldiers abroad during WWII.
12 half hour episodes of G.I.Journal, but I also added 17 half hour episodes of Mail Call.
Shows broadcasted from the US and send to the soldiers at the front, these two programmes are full with music with comedy sketches inbetween.

 


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21.Soldiers of the Press & Treasury Star Parade (drama radioplays)
(nearly 4.5 hours)

Soldiers of the Press: The United Press had War Correspondents in nearly all the theaters of action throughout the War, and these shows are dramatic capsules of their "on-the-scene" eye witness accounts.

Treasury Star Parade: Created by the US Treasury Department to stimulate sales of war bonds, Treasury Star Parade had top radio talent (including Arch Oboler, Neal Hopkins, Violet Atkins and many others) writing patriotic scripts in the scenario "if Hitler won the war, America will have to expect…"
The series starred top-name talent such as E.G. Robinson and many others who donated their time and 15-minute performances to the war cause.


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22.Churchill Speaks
(over 20 hours!)

His speeches were famous among friends and enemies.
I have collected over 50 of his most famous broadcasts in this download.
I have also added his memoirs as he recorded them himself.

 


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23.French Music
(over 6 and a half hours of music) <