World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Thursday December 19, 1940
Day 476

December 19, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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December 19, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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December 19, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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December 19, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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December 19, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "Hitler Prepares for Invasion in Spring"


December 19, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report in column 6: "Invasion Of Spain Expected"
(Another report of an invasion that never happened.)


December 19, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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December 19, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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December 19, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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December 19, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the report in column 3: "Socialists To Ask Recount In Maine"


December 19, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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December 19, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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December 19, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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December 19, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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December 19, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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December 19, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Japan appelliert an Amerikas Vernunft.
(Japan appeals to America's common sense.)
2. Bombenvolltreffer auf Handelschiffe.
(Bomb hits on merchant ships.)


December 19, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Die Woche war nicht gut!
(The week was not good.)
2. England gibt besorgniserregende Schiffsverluste zu - verschweigt aber trotzdem noch 50 v. H.
(England admits worrying ship losses - but still hides 50 v. H.)



   
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