World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday June 3, 1940
Day 277

June 3, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "R.A.F. Pilot's Iron Cross"


June 3, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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June 3, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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June 3, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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June 3, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report in column 8: "Prisoners Die In Hundreds"
(A report of the harsh treatment of Polish prisoners by the Germans.)
Also note the report in column 5: "Nazis Flood Air with News of Allied Atrocities"


June 3, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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June 3, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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June 3, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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June 3, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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June 3, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the report in column 4: "Liner President Roosevelt Leaves Ireland for U.S."


June 3, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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June 3, 1940: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana.
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June 3, 1940: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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June 3, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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June 3, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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June 3, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Bisher 330000 Gefangene in Flandern.
(300,000 prisoners in Flanders so far.)
2. Sensationelle Enthüllungen über Attentatspläne gegen amerikanische Passagierdampfer.
(Sensational revelations about plans to attack and sink American passenger steamers.)


June 3, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. 18 Kriegsschiff und 49 Transporter bombardiert.
(18 warships and 49 transports bombed.)



   
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