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August 18, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "World's Biggest Destroyer Lost" |
(The French destroyer Maillé Brézé was destroyed by an accidental torpedo release on Apr. 30, 1940, but the story was withheld from the public until today.) |
Also see the report in columns 5-6: "Submarine Is Feared Lost" |
| (HMS Orpheus has been missing since June 19, 1940 sometime after sending a recognition signal at 2115 hrs. The loss has been credited to the Italian destroyer Turbine. However, there is doubt if this is correct. Orpheus is thought to have been well west of the position where the Italians claimed to have sunk the boat. It is possible Orpheus hit a mine in one of two Italian minefields off Benghazi. The wreck, to date, has not been located.) |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England. |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia. |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan. |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana. |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana. |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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August 18, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Totale Blockade gegen England. |
(Total blockade against England.) |
2. Eine Erklärung der Reichsregierung - Seeraum um Großbritannien Operationsgebiet. |
(A Declaration by the Reich Government - Sea around Great Britain is area of war operations.) |
3. Deutschland befreit Europa von dem völkerreichtswidrigen Terror der Briten |
(Germany frees Europe from the British terrorism, which is contrary to the nation's empire.) |
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August 18, 1940: Page 5 of the Völkischer Beobachter. |
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(Note the photo of Prime Minister Winston Churchill holding a Thompson Sub-Machine Gun with the caption "W.C., der Oberheckenschütze" (Winston Churchill, the top sniper.) |
| [See "And Now Where's That---?" in the Birmingham Gazette of Aug. 2, 1940.] |
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Page published August 18, 2021 |