World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday December 22, 1940
Day 479

December 22, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England.
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December 22, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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December 22, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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December 22, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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December 22, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report at bottom left: "New-Type Influenza Found, Adding to Epidemic Problem"


December 22, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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December 22, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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December 22, 1940: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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December 22, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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December 22, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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December 22, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Tausende Spreng= und Brandbomben auf Liverpool.
(Thousands of explosives and incendiary bombs on Liverpool.)
2. Zahiriche Großfeuer und gewaltige Explosionen in Englands wichtigster Hafenstadt.
(Big fire and huge explosions in England's most important port city.)



   
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