World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday November 17, 1940
Day 444

November 17, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England.
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Note the report in column 5: "V.C. For Jervis Bay Captain"
Also note the report in columns 1-2: "Coventry Cheers The King: God Bless You Cry"


November 17, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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November 17, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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November 17, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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November 17, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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November 17, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 7: "Navy Lowers Age Limit For Recruits to 17 Years"


November 17, 1940: Front page of The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia.
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November 17, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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November 17, 1940: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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November 17, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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November 17, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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November 17, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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November 17, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Nur noch ein Trümmerhaufen - Schreckensberichte aus Coventry.
(Just a pile of rubble - Horror reports from Coventry.)



   
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