World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday May 11, 1940
Day 254

May 11, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, New York.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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May 11, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Erster Großeinsatz der Luftwaffe.
(First major operation by the Luftwaffe.)
2. 72 Plätze angegriffen, 400 Maschinen vernichtet.
(72 locations attacked, 400 machines destroyed.)


May 11, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Der Führer leitet die Gesamtoperationen.
(The Führer directs the overall operations.)
2. Das deutsche Westheer auf breitester Front im Angriff.
(German army in the west attack on the widest fronts.)



   
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