On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland. As Britain and France declared war on Germany, all Europe convulsed to one earth-shaking event after another. Wartime developments emerged so often and so quickly that radio coverage had to shift from special crisis reports to full-time, systematic news broadcasts. Robert Trout and veteran analyst Elmer Davis helped lead CBS through this transition as they constantly monitored wire reports, short-wave transcripts, and trans-Atlantic cables and telephone calls.
Wire service bulletin announcing outbreak of war, September 1, 1939.
