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March 23, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Dr. Funk - Berlin Denies Rumours of Resignation" |
(The Berlin response was correct, this was another false report. Dr. Walther Funk remained at his post for the duration of the war. He was convicted at Nürnberg and sentenced to life in prison, but was released in 1957 due to ill health. He died in 1960.) |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report at bottom right: "Now We Know" |
(German propaganda claiming credit of damage, which was not done and British propaganda doing the same. The biggest lie in the report is the statement made by the Admiralty claiming (to the press) that R.A.F. reconnaissance aircraft had confirmed the success of the operation against Sylt. In official British documents it is clear that cloud cover prevented photos from being taken until Mar. 27th., which was four days after this report was published. On that day one plane did take photos of Hornum and the assessment was "no special evidence was seen of substantial damage to the main structures.") |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Starving People In Poland" |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 3: "The Queen Mary Goes South" |
(With the press following and reporting the movements of these great liners, the Germans had no need to spend time or effort to employ spies to learn where they were or what they were doing.) |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of The Melbourne Herald, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands. |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Fourteen Killed In Brazil Train Wreck" |
Also note the report in column 6: "Dog Found Guarding Body Of His Master In A Lonely Cabin" |
| Also note the report at bottom right: "Japs Indicate Belief That German Will Win Big War" |
(So much for opinions.) |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of The Evening Telegraph, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Bomber Capable Of Round-Trip Flight Of Atlantic Ready" |
(This was the Douglas XB-19, it is listed as having a range of 5,200 miles, but it was never tested. Only one was built and it was scrapped in 1949.) |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report at bottom right: "Two Little Girls, 8 And 6, Save Life Of Tot Who Falls Into Pond" |
(Just a good story in a year of terrible stories.) |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the headline at the very top of the page: "Go To Church Easter Sunday" |
(Can you imagine the media publishing something like this today?) |
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March 23, 1940: Installment #18 of "The Story of Democracy" by Hendrik Willem van Loon as published in The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of the Teltower Kriesblatt, Teltow, Germany |
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1. Ein kolossaler englischer Reinfall. |
(A colossal English failure.) |
[This is referring to the raid on Sylt.] |
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March 23, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Neue Neutralitätsverletzungen. |
(New violations of neutrality.) |
2. Widerlegung der Lügen über Sylt. |
(Refuting the lies about Sylt.) |
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Page published March 23, 2021 |