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September 4, 1939: Front page of The Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, Sunderland, England. |
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Note the headline: "Liner Torpedoed Off The Hebrides" |
(Athenia, an unarmed passenger ship, was the first British ship sunk in World War II. The ship was torpedoed without warning by U-30 on the day Britain declared war against Germany.) |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of the Daily Mirror, London, England. |
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Note the story at center: "Bremen is Captured" |
(Bremen was a famous German ocean liner that the Allies wanted to capture, but never did. Many stories over the next few weeks claimed "Bremen captured" or "Bremen sunk" neither of which were true. Bremen escaped to the Soviet Union and then made its way back to Germany. Bremen was destroyed by fire in March 1941 and later scrapped.) |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of the Manchester Evening Times, Manchester, England. |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England. |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of The Mercury, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of Het Volksdagblad, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Dutch communist paper.) |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of the Chester Times, Chester, Pennsylvania. |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of The La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press, La Crosse, Wisconsin. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Japs Hold Door Open For Part In European Affair" |
Also note the report in column 4: "Kuhn Says Hitler Will Lick Europe" |
(Fritz Kuhn was the leader of the German-American Bund, a pro-Nazi group. He was referred to as "The American Führer" by many. Within weeks of this story he would be arrested and put on trial.) |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of The San Antonio Light, San Antonio, Texas. |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of The Emporia Gazette, Emporia, Kansas. |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Teltow District, Germany. |
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1. Das Werk der englischen Kriegshetzer. |
(The work of the English warmongers.) |
2. Der Führer an Volk, Partei, West- und Ostarmee - Der Führer an der Front. |
(The Führer to the people, party, western and eastern army - The Führer at the front.) |
3. Kampf ist die Losung. |
(Fight is the watchword.) |
4. Und das deutsche Volk. |
(And the German people.) |
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September 4, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Zwei polnische Kreigsschiffe versenkt. |
(Two Polish warships sunk.) |
2. Im Westen bisher keine Kampfhandlungen. |
(No fighting thus far in the west.) |
3. Kreigshetzer Eden und Chirchill jetxt Ministers! |
(Warmongers Eden and Churchill now Ministers.) |
4. Reichsbank der Lage gewachsen. |
(Reichsbank is up to the task.) |
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Page published Sept. 4, 2020 |