World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday December 29, 1940
Day 486

December 29, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England.
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December 29, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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December 29, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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December 29, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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December 29, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 6: "British Women Riot, Trying to Buy Wares Of Fruit Vendor"


December 29, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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December 29, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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December 29, 1940: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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December 29, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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December 29, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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December 29, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Der bisher schlimmste blitzangriff.
*The worst lightning attack yet.)
2. Zahlreiche Spreng- und Brandbomben aller Kaliber auf London.
(Numerous high explosive and incendiary bombs of all sizes used against London.)



   
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