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August 30, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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Note the advertisement at right "Wanted! Paper Metal • Bones" |
August 30, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Italians Shoot Down Americans" |
(Two American missionaries killed in an attack by an Italian plane.) |
August 30, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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August 30, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "9 Raiders Down Yesterday" |
(Keeping the "Never Doubt" clause in mind, on Aug. 29th the Germans lost 9 aircraft in combat, 1 was reported missing and 10 other aircraft were lost in non-combat incidents. The Air Ministry got it right today.) |
August 30, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report at bottom right: "Enthusiasm Growing For Spitfire Fund" |
August 30, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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August 30, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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August 30, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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Note the headline "42 Nazi Planes Downed Over Britain" and the report in column 1 "Fierce Aerial Battles Over London Area" |
(Keeping the "Never Doubt" clause in mind, on Aug. 30th the Germans lost 31 aircraft in combat, 4 were reported as missing and 9 were lost in non-combat incidents. The Air Ministry could not have known about the non-combat losses so they over-estimated by 7. The report also states that the R.A.F. lost only 10 aircraft. On Aug. 30, 1940 R.A.F. Fighter Command lost 17 aircraft in combat and 2 in non-combat incidents. Coastal command lost a total of 5 aircraft and Bomber Command lost 3.) |
August 30, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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August 30, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands. |
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August 30, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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August 30, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in columns 6-7: "Winston's Folly Gun Scores Hits in Cross-Channel Duel" |
Also note the report in column 7: "51 British Planes Shot Down Today, Germans Claim" |
(The German claims were very exaggerated. On Aug. 30th R.A.F. Fighter Command lost 17 aircraft in combat and 2 in non-combat incidents. Coastal command lost a total of 5 aircraft and Bomber Command lost 3. The Germans also claim that they lost only lost 15 aircraft, however, on Aug. 30th the Germans lost 31 aircraft in combat, 4 were reported as missing and 9 were lost in non-combat incidents.) |
August 30, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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August 30, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Indictment Links G.E., Giant Nazi Arms Firm" |
(The American company, General Electric, in collusion with German company Krupp, was charged with fixing prices of tungsten carbide. Krupp was the largest arms manufacturer in Germany.) |
August 30, 1940: Front page of The Southern Jewish Weekly, Jacksonville, Florida. |
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "Writer Charges Henry Ford Is Still Aiding Anti-Jewish Propaganda" |
August 30, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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August 30, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Kaffee=Sonderzuteilung für alle Hamburger! |
(Special allotment of coffee for everyone in Hamburg!) |
2. Verheerende Brände im Liverpooler Hafen. |
(Devastating fires in Liverpool harbor.) |
3. U-Boot vernichtet drei Handelsschiffe. |
(U-boat destroys 3 merchant ships.) |
August 30, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. England in der Blockadezange. |
(England in the pinch of the blockade.) |
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