World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday, September 2, 1939
Day 2

September 2, 1939: Front page of the North-Eastern Gazette, Middlesbrough, England.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of the Daily Record and Mail, Scotland.
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Note the headline: "18 to 41 Call-Up In Britain Coming"
(A contrast to the Daily Mail headline from above.)


September 2, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of The Melbourne Herald, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of Het Volksdagblad, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Dutch communist paper.)
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September 2, 1939: Front page of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, Virginia.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of The Daily Courier, Connellsville, Pennsylvania.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of the Dunkirk Evening Observer, Dunkirk, New York.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of The Oelwein Daily Register, Oelwein, Iowa.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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September 2, 1939: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Teltow District, Germany.
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1. Der wuchtige Gegenschlag wider Polen.
(The massive counterattack against Poland.)
2. An allen Fronten geht es vorwärts. Die erlösten Volksdeutschen jubeln.
(We are advancing on all fronts. The liberated German people are jubilant.)
3. Die deutsche Bevölkerung begrüsst die Befreier.
(The German populaton welcomes the liberators.)
4. Vertrauen Härte und Entschlossenheit.
(Trust, hardship and determination.)


September. 2, 1939: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Die deutsche Gegenschlag hat eingesetzt - Unsere Truppen in erfolgreichem Vordringen.
(The German counterattack has begun - Our troops in successful advance.)
2. Die gewaltige Führerrede vor dem Reichstag.
(The mighty Führer speech in front of the Reichstag.)



   
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