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October 14, 1939: Front page of the Evening Express, Liverpool, England. |
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The big story of the day was the sinking of HMS Royal Oak. |
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October 14, 1939: Front page of the Manchester Evening Times, Manchester, England. |
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October 14, 1939: Front page of The Melbourne Herald, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
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Note the report at top right: "3 Submarines Sunk In Single Day" |
(The report is almost true, actually 2 U-boats were sunk on Oct. 13th, U-40 and U-42.) |
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October 14, 1939: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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October 14, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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Note the "3 Submarines Sunk" story is also in this paper. |
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October 14, 1939: Front page of Het Volksdagblad, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
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October 14, 1939: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California. |
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October 14, 1939: Front page of The Lima News, Lima, Ohio. |
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October 14, 1939: Front page of the Dunkirk Evening Observer, Dunkirk, New York. |
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October 14, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Drei Flugzeuge im Westen abgeschossen. |
(Three aircraft shot down in the west.) |
2. Deutsches U-boot versenkt britiisches Schlachtschiff! |
(German U-boat sinks British Battleship.) |
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Page published Oct. 14, 2020 |