World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday, February 7, 1940
Day 160

February 7, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England.
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Note the report at bottom right: "Nazi Annihilation Of Polish Jews"
(A very stark report in which a German writer is quoted as saying the Jews "must be annihilated." In the report Jews are described as "arch-enemies" of the German people and that "the Nazis have already begun the task of annihilation." Nobody can say the world did not know.)


February 7, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the photo at center: "A Few Careless Words May End In This"
(A poster which is related to a report from yesterday in the Lethbridge Herald.)


February 7, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 2: "Goering's Peace Plan"


February 7, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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February 7, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report in column 1: "Allies Now Claim 40 U-boats"
(In reality the number was 11.)


February 7, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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February 7, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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February 7, 1940: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah.
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Note the report in column 5: "46,000 Chinese Dead In Week Of Fighting"


February 7, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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February 7, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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February 7, 1940: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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February 7, 1940: Article from the Press and Journal "Century's Worst Weather was on Jan. 27 Snow-up."
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February 7, 1940: Front page of the Teltower Kriesblatt, Teltow, Germany.
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1. Hirnverbrannte englische Kriegsziele.
(Hairbrained British war aims.)
2. Niederhaltung eines entwaffeneten Deutschlands durch eine internationale Luftflotte.
(Holding down a disarmed Germany by an international air fleet.)


February 7, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Ostsee droht zuzufrieren / Neue deutsche Warnung an die Neutralen.
(Baltic Sea threatens to freeze over / New Warning from Germany to the neutrals.)



   
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