World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday, November 11, 1939
Day 72

November 11, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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The top story of the day was again the expected German invasion of Belgium and the Netherlands. This was a real concern as Hitler had indeed planned to invade on Nov. 12th, but his Generals convinced him that the army was not ready and the invasion was postponed. The invasion finally took place on May 10, 1940 when Hitler invaded not only Belgium and the Netherlands, but France and Luxembourg as well.


November 11, 1939: Front page of The Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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1. Note the report in column 6: "27 Men Of Naval Vessel Missing"


November 11, 1939: Front page of The Sunderland Echo and Shipping Gazette, Sunderland, England.
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November 11, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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November 11, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report in column 5: "Legality Of U.S. Transfers"


November 11, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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November 11, 1939: Front page of Het Volksdagblad, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Dutch communist paper.)
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November 11, 1939: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan.
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November 11, 1939: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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November 11, 1939: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Two reports which I thought interesting. Left, another report of the abuse Jews were receiving. At right an interesting report showing that 564 people had been killed in road accidents during the blackout. I have not been able to verify this, but I believe that this number is much higher than the number of people killed by German air raids.


November 11, 1939: Front page of The Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Der Führer wieder in München.
(The Führer in Munich again.)
2. Feierlicher Staatsakt an der Feldherrnhalle.
(State ceremony held at Feldherrnhalle.)
3. Und wenn ihr die Hölle in Bewegung setzt der Sieg wird doch unser sein!
(And if you set hell in motion the victory will be ours!)



   
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