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February 19, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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[The Altmark Incident was still one of the top stories of the day.] |
Note the report in column 5: "Germans Listen-In To Allies" |
(This report is related to the reports in late January which stated that Germans could be given the death penalty for listening to unapproved foreign radio broadcasts.) |
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February 19, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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Note the headline: "British Destroyer Torpedoed And Sunk: 157 Feared Lost, 5 Saved" |
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February 19, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England. |
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February 19, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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February 19, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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Note the report at top right: "Cyclone Raging 200 Miles Inland" |
(Proof that major storms caused floods and damage in the world even before the 21st century.) |
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February 19, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Seventh U-boat Sunk In One Week" |
(There had only been 3 U-boats sunk to this date in all of February 1940.) |
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February 19, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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February 19, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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February 19, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Says Seeds Of War With Japs Are Sown" |
Also note the report at bottom center: "President of Paraguay Sets Himself Up As Dictator" |
(The report states that the liberal President of Paraguay, José Félix Estigarriba Insaurralde, had assumed "all political power for such time as deemed necessary to secure order, peace and prosperity for the nation." When there is one party rule, this kind of move is easily done, you can just run the country by executive orders or something like that. I am sure that Sr. Estigarriba intentions were good, after all he wanted "peace, prosperity and security for his country and I am sure he felt he was the only one who could provide this to his people. What could possibly go wrong. We will never know what would have become of Paraguay under his leadership, because he was killed in a plane crash in on Sept. 7, 1940.) |
Also note the report at the bottom of column 6: "English And Germans May Be Allies Later" |
(This prediction came true, but not in the way or at the time that was predicted.) |
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February 19, 1940: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana. |
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Note the report in column 8: "U-Boat Sinks Destroyer In Retaliation" |
(This headline gives the impression that the destroyer was only sunk because Altmark had been attacked. An absurd claim. The Germans would have sunk every British destroyer if they could have before the Altmark Incident.) |
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February 19, 1940: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts. |
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February 19, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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February 19, 1940: Front page of the Teltower Kriesblatt, Teltow, Germany. |
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1. Neuer englischer Schandmord. Wehrlose Deutsche gemordet - Norwegische Neutralität von England mit Füßen getreten. |
(New English disgrace. Defenseless Germans murdered - Norwegian neutrality trampled underfoot by England.) |
[The German reaction to the Altmark Incident.] |
2. Churchill beglückwünscht die Mordbuben. |
(Churchill welcomes the murder boys.) |
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February 19, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Ein Völkerrechts-Skandal ohne Beispiel. |
(An unprecedented violation of international law.) |
2. Englisches Kabinett stellt sich hinter die Meuchelmörder. |
(The English cabinet stands behind the murderers.) |
3. Britanniens Beruf ist Mord! |
(Britains profession is murder!) |
[More of the Nazi reaction to the Altmark Incident. I hope I don't have to point out how absurd this is coming from the government that started the war and was shooting thousands of people in cold blood.] |
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Page published February 19, 2021 |