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October 12, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England. |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 3: "10,000 Nazi Invaders Killed Report" |
(I have not found any evidence that this report is true. Since the invasion (Operation Seelöwe) had been postponed by Hitler by this date.) |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Japanese Mayor Murdered in Shanghai" |
Also note the report in columns 2-3: "Suggest Dropping Wild Animals, Snakes And Rats Over Berlin" |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 3: "V.C. Hero Died At His Post" |
(Report about the final moments of Captain Eric Charles Twelves Wilson, V.C.) |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Nazi Terror Rampant In Poland" |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "Air Minister Charges Con. Leader Betrayed British War Secret" |
(The Canadian air Minister accused a conservative political leaser of revealing a military secret in a speech the previous evening. By doing this in the press, the Minister has guaranteed that the Germans will not have missed the information.) |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the report at bottom right: "Dead-Eye Dick - Sapper From Reston Wins Military Medal" |
(This is not the same "Dead-Eye Dick" that was in the news recently for sinking two Italian submarines. This is about Sapper Richard Etchells of the Royal Engineers. By coincidence, both men were from Canada.) |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in columns 1-2: "Ten States Bar Communist Party" |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of The Helena INdependent, Helena, Montana. |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Wuchtige Hammerschläge gegen London. |
(Massive hammer blows against London.) |
2. 37 050 kriegsgefangene Briten in Deutschland. |
(37,050 British prisoners of war in Germany.) |
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October 12, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. 1:20 - die Lügenquote Churchills. |
(1:20 - Churchills quota of lies.) |
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Page published October 12, 2021 |
