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December 25, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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December 25, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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December 25, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 1: "British and German Warplanes Grounded in Christmas Truce; Shelled by Sub, Ship Radios" |
Also note the report in column 3: "Feet Planted on Path To Victory, Empire Told by King George" |
Also note the report in column 8: "Nazis Free American Woman Seized in Paris" |
Also note the report at bottom right: "Alien Registration" |
December 25, 1940: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan. |
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Note the report in column 8: "British alert for Invasion" |
December 25, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Howard Hughes Hurt" |
(Howard Hughes injured in car crash.) |
Also note the report in column 7: "War Is Banned" |
(The Lufkin News Yule Edition will have no war news on Christmas day.) |
December 25, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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December 25, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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December 25, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Kriegsweihnacht in der Gewißheit des Sieges. |
(Wartime Christmas with the certainty of victory.) |
2. Front und Heimat im Lebensstrom deutscher Ewigkeit vereint. |
(Front and home united in the stream of German eternity.) |
Page published December 25, 2021 |