World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday December 23, 1940
Day 480

December 23, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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December 23, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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December 23, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 4: "The Swordfish Overdue"
(HMS Swordfish Sailed from Portsmouth on Nov. 7, 1940 for a patrol in Bay of Biscay. Her fate unknown until wreck was found in July 1983 of St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. It was determined that she hit a German mine.)


December 23, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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December 23, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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December 23, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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Note the report in column 6: "Jewish Soldiers Offer Xmas Duty"
(Twelve Jewish members of the 3rd Canadian Motorcycle Regiment offer to pull duty over Christmas so that Christian soldiers can spend the day with their families.)


December 23, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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December 23, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Britische Bomben auf Zürich.
(British bomb Zurich.)
2. Eden Außenminister, Halifax nach Washington.
(Eden Secretary of State, Halifax to Washington.)


December 23, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. In der Nacht zum Sonntag - Dritter Großangriff auf Liverpool.
(On Sunday night - Third major attack on Liverpool.)
2. Starke Kräfte schwerer Kampfflugzeuge im Einsatz Ausgedehnte Brände in der Dockanlagen.
(Strong forces of heavy fighter planes in action - Extensive fires in the dock facilities.)



   
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