World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday, February 10, 1940
Day 163

February 10, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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Note the report at top right: "Warship Sinks 2 U-boats"
(Half right, U-41 was sunk by HMS Antelope, but no other boat was damaged.)


February 10, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "New Nazi Terror in Poland - Over 1,000 Dead"


February 10, 1940: Front page of the Newcastle Journal, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England.
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February 10, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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February 10, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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February 10, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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February 10, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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February 10, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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February 10, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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February 10, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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February 10, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 5: "Czechs Held"


February 10, 1940: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts.
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February 10, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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February 10, 1940: Front page of the Teltower Kriesblatt, Teltow, Germany.
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1. Britischer Vernichtungswille in Reinkultur.
(British will to destroy pure culture.)


February 10, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Großer Versenkungserfolg unserer Aufklärer.
(Our scouts have had great success sinking ships.)
2. Fliegereinbruch in Deutsche Bucht abgewehrt.
(Air raid against the German Bight repelled.)



   
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