World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday April 15, 1940
Day 228

April 15, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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April 15, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the headline: "Scheer Badly Damaged-If Still Afloat"
(The identification of the ship was made by the commanding officer of HMS Spearfish, Lt. Commander Forbes, but he was incorrect, the ship he had torpedoed was Lützow. Admiral Scheer was at Wilhelmshaven under refit, which British intelligence should have known. Lützow (ex-Deutschland) was out of action until March 1941.)


April 15, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England.
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April 15, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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April 15, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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April 15, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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April 15, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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April 15, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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April 15, 1940: Part 1 of What's Going On In Soviet Russia? A five part series by Spencer Williams. Published in The Winnipeg Tribune.
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April 15, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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April 15, 1940: Front page of the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, New York.
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Note the photo of HMS Glowworm.


April 15, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the report at top left: "Two British Subs Sunk In Skagerrak"
(The submarines lost were HMS Tarpon, sunk by the German decoy ship Schürbek (Schiff 40) and HMS Thistle, sunk by U-4.)
 
Also note the report in column 6: "Senator King Urges England Help Jews"
Also note the photo of HMS Warspite.


April 15, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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April 15, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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April 15, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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April 15, 1940: Front page of the Teltower Kriesblatt, Teltow, Germany.
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1. Heldenmütige Kämpfe vor Narvik.
(Heroic battles off Narvik.)


April 15, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. 3000 Norweger in Schweden interniert!
(3,000 Norwegians interned in Sweden!)



   
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