World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday, September 15, 1939
Day 15

September 15, 1939: Front page of The Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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Note the report in column 3: Sent SOS To Mr. Churchill"
(Firby was sunk by U-48, the officer that sent Churchill the signal was Kapitänleutnant Herbert Schultze.)


September 15, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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September 15, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 4: "Dr. Goebbels Mystery,: Is He Out Of Favour?"
(Joseph Goebbels was the Minister of Propaganda, and in no way was out of favour in the Nazi state.)


September 15, 1939: Front page of The Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, Sunderland, England.
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September 15, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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September 15, 1939: Front page of Medicine Hat News, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.
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September 15, 1939: Front page of the Evening Gazette, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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September 15, 1939: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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September 15, 1939: Front page of The Havre Daily News, Havre, Montana.
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September 15, 1939: Front page of The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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September 15, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. In Brest-Litowsk eingedrungen.
(Brest-Litovsk [Belarus] invaded.)
2. Polnische Durchbruchsversuche gescheitert.
(Polish attempts to break through fail.)
3. Strasse Lemberg-Lublin überschritter.
(Lemberg-Lublin road has been crossed.)
4. Massnahmen für Familien von Einberufenen.
(Measures for families of those called into military service.)



   
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