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September 28, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England. |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of The Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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| Note the report at top right: Goebbels' Challenge Taken Up Mr. Knickerbocker Replies" |
| (This all began on Sept. 20 when H. R. Knickerbocker's report was first published. Dr. Goebbels responded a few days later challenging Knickerbocker to prove his allegations. This report is his evidence. This is the historical equivalent of a modern day social media spat.) |
| [Original report by H. R. Knickerbocker Sept. 20, 1939, see The Lowell Sun.] |
| [Dr. Goebbels' reply Sept. 23, 1939, see the Evening Chronicle or the Press and Journal.] |
| [A longer version of Goebbels' reply can be found in The Leeds Mercury of Sept. 25, 1939.] |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of The Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, Sunderland, England. |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 7: "Hitler Orders Martial Law for Poland" |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of The Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Hunting Power Of Navy To Be Trebled" |
(The report claims that 1/10th of Germanys submarines have been destroyed. Later in the story they quote First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, as saying the number may be closer to a quarter or even a third of the U-boat force. This was completely untrue. Only two U-boats had been sunk up to this point.) |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of The Melbourne Herald, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Nazi Reports Poppycock Says Britain" |
(The report names HMS Ark Royal as the aircraft carrier the Germans claimed to have sunk. The German report was false, but the Germans initially believed it was true.) |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of Het Volksdagblad, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Dutch communist paper.) |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Report Five Of Her Crew Are Missing" |
(This is the story of the Metallist.) |
| [More about the Metallist here.] |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah. |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of the Freeport Journal-Standard, Freeport, Illinois. |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of The San Antonio Light, San Antonio, Texas. |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of the Briesetal-Bote, Niederbarnim District, Germany. |
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1. Warschau und Modlin kapitulieren. |
(Warsaw and Modlin [fortress] capitulate.) |
2. 500 kg Bombe auf Flugzeugträger. |
(500 kg bomb hits aircraft carrier.) |
3. Erster kampf zwischen Flugzeugen und Kreigschiffen. |
(First battle between aircraft and warships.) |
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September 28, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Welt-Thema Ribbentrop-Besuch. |
(The world is the theme of the Ribbentrop visit.) |
2. Rätselraten un Moskau. |
(Guesswork on Moscow.) |
3. Auch Modlin kapituliert-Morgen Ubergabe Warschaus. |
(Modlin (fortress) surrenders, Warsaw to surrender in the morning.) |
4. Wieder Luftangriff auf englischen Kreuzer. Gestern erneut 500 Offiziere und 6000 Mann gefangengenommen. |
(Another air attack against British Cruisers. 500 officers and 6,000 men are captured.) |
5. Fortsetzung der Besprechungen mit Stalin. |
(Talks with Stalin continue.) |
6. Sichtliches Unbehagen bei den Westmächten. |
(Western powers concerned.) |
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Page published Sept. 28, 2020 |