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October 8, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England. |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Dead-Eye Dick Sinks Submarines" |
(While there is no question that Flight-Lieutenant William Weir Campbell, DFC sank the submarine Rubino on June 29, 1940, it is unclear if he sank the Argonauta the day before. In the case of Rubino, there were 4 survivors picked up by Campbell, but there were no survivors from Argonauta. Sources indicate that Argonauta could have been sunk on June 29 by a British destroyer group which included HM destroyers Dainty, Decoy, Defender, Ilex and HMAS Voyager. Because the wreck has not been found, the cause of the loss cannot be determined. Flight-Lieutenant Campbell had to be informed of his D.F.C. by the Greeks, because on Aug. 26, 1940 he had landed his Sunderland flying boat in Greek waters because of engine trouble and had been interned by the Greek government. He was released on Nov. 1, 1940 after Italy had invaded Greece.) |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Neue Mordparole: Bombardiert Berlin! |
(New murder slogan: Bomb Berlin!) |
2. Die Angriff auf Hamburg und die Reichshauptstadt. |
(The attack on Hamburg and the capital of the Reich.) |
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October 8, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Diplomatenbericht über das Londoner Chaos. |
(Diplomatic report on the chaos in London.) |
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Page published October 8, 2021 |