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August 14, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report in column 1: "British Destroyers in Action" |
(HM destroyers Malcolm and Verity engaged 4 sub-chasers of the 12.U-Jagdflotille (12th Sub-Chaser Flotilla) off Texel Island. The Admiralty claimed (and announced to the press) that they sank an S-Boat and an armed trawler. Official German documents state that four sub-chasers were hit and damaged, but none were sunk. The press reported what the Admiralty told them, the Admiralty told the press what the ship's officers told them, but they were all wrong.) |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of The Nome Nugget, Nome, Alaska. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Britische Zerstörer flüchten vor deutscher U-Boot-Jagdflottille. |
(British destroyers flee from German sub-chaser flotilla.) |
[This is the German version of the action between HM destroyers Malcolm and 4 sub-chasers.) |
2. 132 Flugzeuge und 12 Sperrballone vernichtet. |
(132 aircraft and 12 barrage balloons destroyed.) |
[The reality was that the British lost 14 fighters and 14 bombers on Aug. 13th.] |
3. 317 Flugzeuge in 3 Tagen! |
(317 aircraft in 3 days!) |
[In total the British lost 84 aircraft between Aug. 11 and 13th.] |
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August 14, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Fortsetzung der Luftangriffe auf England. |
(Continued air attacks over England.) |
2. Auch am Dienstag wieder 69 Flugzeuge zerstört - Flughäfen und Flakbatterien vernichtet - 12 Sperrballone bei Dover abgeschossen. |
(Also on Tuesday another 69 aircraft destroyed - airports and anti-aircraft batteries destroyed - 12 barrage balloons at Dover shot down.)
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(Note the photo of Upwey Grange, which was sunk Aug. 8th by U-37.) |
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Page published August 14, 2021 |