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September 3, 1939: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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Note the report at center: "£500 Penalty If You Do Not Darken Home" |
(For those living in the age of COVID-19 this should be a reminder of just how restricted your forefathers were in World War II. See document in link below to read more about Blackout restrictions.) |
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September 3, 1939: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland. |
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September 3, 1939: Front page of the Grimsby Evening Telegraph, Grimsby, England. |
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September 3, 1939: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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September 3, 1939: Front page of The Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, Sunderland, England. |
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September 3, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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September 3, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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September 3, 1939: Front page of The Key West Citizen, Key West, Florida. |
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September 3, 1939: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California. |
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September 3, 1939: Front page of the Ottumwa Daily Courier, Ottumwa, Iowa. |
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September 3, 1939: Front page of The Rhinelander Daily News, Rhineland, Wisconsin. |
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September 3, 1939: Front page of the Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, Nevada. |
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September 3, 1939: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Weitere schnelle Erfolge auf allen Fronten - Die polnischen Heeresteile in nördliche Korridoe abgeschnitten. |
(More rapid successes on all fronts - Polish army units cut off in northern corridors.) |
2. Der Führer erneuert den Orden des Eisernen Kreuzes. |
(The Führer renews the Order of the Iron Cross.) |
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Page published Sept. 3, 2020 |