Headline History

June 1940, the month that changed the world.  When the month started, Paris and France were still intact.  By month's end, Paris and France were under Nazi control and Adolf Hitler was at the peak of his power.   In the United States, the nation debated whether to enter the conflict.  It was also a presidential election year, and one major party would nominate a candidate who had never run for elective office, a businessman-Democrat-turned Republican.   This episode is the story of the month that changed the world.