World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday November 29, 1940
Day 456

November 29, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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Note the headline: "Navy Contact Nazis In Channel"
(The report in columns 2-3 states that German destroyers were engaged by HM destroyers in the English Channel. This was true. In the engagement HMS Javelin was torpedoed and had her bows and stern blown off by the German destroyers Z-10 Hans Lody, Z-4 Richard Beitzen and Z-20 Karl Gastner. The explosions killed forty-six men. The German ships retired under a smoke screen and were apparently undamaged.)
 
Also note the report in column 4: "Ban On Slovak Jews - To Be Settled In Concentration Camps"


November 29, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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Note the headline: "Italy's Crippled Navy"
(The report in columns 3-4 claims that the Italians had one battleship, 4 cruisers and 2 destroyers were damaged by HM warships. The battle took place off Cape Teulada, Sardinia and was nowhere near as successful as the Admiralty reported. The best information I have indicates that only one Italian destroyer, Lanciere, had been damaged. One British cruiser, HMS Berwick, had also been damaged.)


November 29, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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Note the photo and report at bottom right: "Rome Boasts of Air Attack on Navy"
(Photo of the Italian destroyer Lanciere, which had been damaged in the battle off Cape Teulada, Sardinia. In this report the Italians overestimated the success of their forces. Only HMS Berwick had been damaged, this by gunfire from the Italian ships, not by aircraft. No other HM warships had been damaged in the action.)
Also note the headline: "More Food To Be Rationed"
Also note the report in column 4: "Good-bye To Foreign Fruit - Luxury Must Go"
Also note the report in column 4: "Household Milk To Be Cut"
(The milk situation seems to have been fluid.)


November 29, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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November 29, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report in column 6: "Sailing Ship Sunk - Largest in World"
(The Killoran had been sunk by HSK Widder on Aug. 10, 1940. Of the other two ships mentioned, SS Veronica was sunk by U-137 on Nov. 17. Ovington Court was a total loss.)
Also note the report in column 2: "Plundering By Nazis In Holland"


November 29, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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November 29, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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November 29, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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November 29, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report in columns 2-4: "Galway Bay On Eire Coast Reported Nazi Sub Base"
(There has never been any evidence that the Irish were assisting Nazi U-boats. The same type of unfounded claim had been made against the Cajuns in Louisiana after the U.S. entered the war and U-boats were operating in the Gulf of Mexico.)


November 29, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the report in column 6: "Grenadier Launched at Portsmouth"
(The submarine, USS Grenadier SS-210, accounted for 5 ships for 20,095 tons during her war career. She was attacked by Japanese aircraft on Apr. 21, 1943 and was severely damaged. The next morning the boat surfaced and was again attacked by aircraft. The boat was scuttled and the crew was taken prisoner by the Japanese. Four died while in Japanese custody before the end of the war.)


November 29, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report at bottom right: "New Jersey Girl Gets 2-Year Term For Defiling Flag"


November 29, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the sub headline: Report 2,000 Die In Rumania Reign Of Terror"
(The report in column 6 "Many Victims Are Jews; Iron Guard Blamed")


November 29, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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November 29, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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November 29, 1940: Front page of The Southern Jewish Weekly, Jacksonville, Florida.
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "Slovakia Said to Ban Inter-Marriage"
(Other restrictions against Jews include residential restrictions and ration cards, which can only be used at certain hours.)


November 29, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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Note the report in column 5: "German Ships Again risk Sea Dash"
(The passenger/cargo ships Rhein and Idarwald were both both sunk. Idarwald was stopped by HMS Diomede and scuttled on Dec. 8 and Rhein was captured by HNLMS Van Kinsbergen on Dec. 11 and sunk by gunfire from HMS Caradoc.)
 
Also note the report in columns 2-3: "Italians Claim Sub Sinks Transport Vessel"
(I have no record of such an event.)


November 29, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Zerstörergefecht vor der englischen Küste.
(Destroyer battle off the English coast.)
[The German version of the destroyer battle in the Nottingham Evening Post above.]
 
2. Deutsche Kampfgeschwader über Plymouth.
(German combat squadron over Plymouth.)


November 29, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Plymouth - das 5.Coventry - Angriff deutscher Kampfgeschwader in der nacht zum Donnerstag.
(Plymouth - the 5th Coventry - Attacked by combat squadrons on Thursday night.)



   
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