World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday May 17, 1940
Day 260

May 17, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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May 17, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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May 17, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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May 17, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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May 17, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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May 17, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 17, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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May 17, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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May 17, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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May 17, 1940: Front page of the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, New York.
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May 17, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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May 17, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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May 17, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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May 17, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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Note the headline and report in column 1: "McMillan Not Guilty!"


May 17, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Auf 100 km Breite durch die Maginotlinie!
(100 km hole in the Maginot Line!)
2. 12000 Mann, 2 Generäle gefangengenommen!
(12,000 men and 2 generals captured!)


May 17, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Der Feind hat sich zur Schlacht gestellt.
(The enemy has come to battle.)



   
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