World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday August 11, 1940
Day 346

August 11, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England.
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Note the report in column 5" Submarine Odin Lost"
(It is thought that HMS Odin was sunk by the Italian destroyer Baleno, but because the wreck has not been located and there were no survivors to verify the loss, the cause of her loss cannot be definitively stated.)


August 11, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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August 11, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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August 11, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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August 11, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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August 11, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 4:"British Discredit Photo of 5 Falling Nazi Planes"
(This was sent out on the wire by Associated Press, so every newspaper received it, yet for days to come the photo was shown on the front page, without a mention of the fact that it was false. The photo can be seen in The Port Arthur News below.)


August 11, 1940: Front page of The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia.
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August 11, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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Note the report in column 1: "Movie Prompted Her to Swallow Key, Says Hostess"
(Update on the attack on Rosemary Griffith, an American Airlines stewardess who was attacked in mid-flight.)


August 11, 1940: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan.
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August 11, 1940: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana.
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August 11, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the photo in column 1: "Britain's Answer To Blitzkrieg"
(The first line in the caption reads "The British Claim this picture is proof..." You know that this is incorrect and that the British denied the photo was genuine from reading the report in The Evening Star above.)


August 11, 1940: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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August 11, 1940: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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Note the photo at center: "Norwegian Freighter Burns"
(The ship, SS Lista, was repaired and returned to service. It survived the war and was scrapped in 1970.)


August 11, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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August 11, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Schirach: Keine Versprechungen, Arbeit!
(Schirach: No promises, work!)
2. Rudolf Heß wies Schirach in sein neues Amt ein - Dankerfüllter Abschied von Bürckel.
( Rudolf Hess instructed Schirach in his new office - a thankful farewell to Bürckel.)
3. Grüße des Führers an den Gau Wien.
(Greetings from the Führer to the district if Vienna.)



   
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