World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday November 18, 1940
Day 445

November 18, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the notice at bottom right: "This Week's Food Facts"


November 18, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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November 18, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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Note the report in column 6: "Paddle Ship Downs Raider"
(HMPMS Southsea, credited with bringing down a German aircraft. On Feb. 16, 1941 the ship hit a mine, it was beached, but was a total loss.)


November 18, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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November 18, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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November 18, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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November 18, 1940: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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November 18, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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November 18, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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November 18, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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November 18, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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November 18, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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November 18, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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November 18, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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November 18, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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November 18, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Ciano und Suner in Deutschland.
(Ciano and Suner in Germany.)


November 18, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Reichsmarschall Göring und GFM.List bei der Wiener Wehrmachtausstellung.
(Reichsmarschall Göring and Generalfeldmarschall List at the Vienna Wehrmacht exhibition.)
2. Eröffnung in Anwesenheit des Reichsleiters Baldur von Schirach und des Gauleiters Dr. Jury.
(Opening in the presence of the Reich Leader Baldur von Schirach and the Gauleiter Dr. Jury.)



   
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