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July 8, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Balloon Blackout" |
(One barrage balloon caused a blackout in Bofors, Sweden.) |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "Dunkerque Men Were Not Machine-Gunned" |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the headline: "Invade England Within 10 Days" |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Report U.S. Destroyer Torpedoed Was Hoax" |
(USS Barry DD-248, as the report states, was safe and sound. The ship was later converted into a fast transport and renumbered as APD-29. On June 21, 1945 Barry was sunk off Okinawa by a Kamikaze attack.) |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands. |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Kunze Fears Bund Might Be Forced Out" |
(The new American Führer, Wilhelm Kunze, protesting against proposed legislation.) |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column columns 2-3: "Japanese Accusations a Lie, U.S. Marine Commander Says" |
(The response to Japanese allegations made against Marines who arrested 15 gendarme officers on July 7.) |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the headline and report in column 8: "Japs Claim Insult By U.S. Marines - Threaten To Make A Serious Incident Of 16 Arrests In Sector" |
(Not exactly the apology the Marines expected from the Japanese.) |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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Note the report in column 4: "350 British Tots Reach America On Steamer" |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Westfront=Reise Cianos nach Empfang beim Führer. |
(Ciano travels to the western front after meeting with the Führer.) |
2. Erfolgreiche Aktionen der Luftwaffe gegen englische militärische Anlagen und Geleitzüge. |
(Successful actions by the Luftwaffe against British installations and convoys.) |
3. 14 britische Fluzeuge abgeschossen - Deutsche U-Boote versenkten wiederum 21 500 BRT. |
(14 British aircraft shot down - German U-Boat sinks 21,500 GRT.) |
[The name of the U-boat is not mentioned, but it was U-47 and Günther Prien.] |
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July 8, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Der Führer empfing Graf Ciano. |
(The Führer receives Count Ciano.) |
2. Längere Unterredung im Beisein des Reichsministers des Auswärtigen. |
(Long conversations in the presence of the Reich Foreign Minister.) |
3. Knickerbocker wieder am Pranger - Frankreich enthüllt Lügen über angebliche Absichten Deutschlands. |
(Knickerbocker in the pillory again - France reveals lies about Germany's alleged intentions.) |
[H.R. Knickerbocker, apparently wrote something that upset the Germans...again.) |
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Page published July 8, 2021 |