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December 26, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Prien Back in Germany" |
(If Prien actually stated that he torpedoed a London class cruiser, he lied. He did fire a torpedo at a cruiser, but missed. He also only sank 3 ships on this patrol for a little over 23,000 tons.) |
December 26, 1939: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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December 26, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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December 26, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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December 26, 1939: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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December 26, 1939: Front page of CZAS Polish Times, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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December 26, 1939: Front page of the Dunkirk, Evening News, Dunkirk, New York. |
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Note the report in column 2: "2500 Japs Killed In Paotou Fighting" |
December 26, 1939: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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(The sub-headline "Hitler Invades France" is not exactly accurate and may have been intended just to catch eyes.) |
December 26, 1939: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Reasonable Efforts To Maintain Relations With Japan" |
December 26, 1939: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts. |
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December 26, 1939: Installment #2 of "Hitler Speaks" from The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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Page published Dec. 26, 2020 |