World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday December 7, 1940
Day 464

December 7, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the report in column 5: "Early 1941 Earthquake is Forecast"
(Retired civil engineer, Mr. Edgar C. Thrupp, predicts a severe earthquake will be felt somewhere between Jan. 20 and Feb. 5.)


December 7, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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December 7, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Alle Kabel London - New York unterbrochen.
(All cables London - New York disrupted.)


December 7, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. In Southampton und Bristol Arbeit nahezu eingestellt.
(Almost all work in Southampton and Bristol has stopped.)
2. Innenminister Morrison: "Der Sieg Kann unter keinen Umständen leicht sein."
(Home Secretary Morrison: "Victory Can't Be Easy Under Any Conditions.")



   
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