World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday November 25, 1940
Day 452

November 25, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the report in column 6: "One Grave for Bombed Family"


November 25, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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Note the report in column 1: "1,012 Killed on Roads"
(The number of Britons killed in air raids for Oct. 1940 was 6,334.)


November 25, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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Note the photo at center: "They Sank Empress"
(Survivors from U-32, which was sunk Oct. 30 by HM destroyers Harvester and Highlander.)
Also note the report in column 4: "Ocean Raider Again"
(Two ships sending distress signals. Port Hobart and Trehata. Port Hobart was caught and sunk by the German cruiser Admiral Scheer. The second ship, Trehata was not caught this time. She was however, caught and sunk on Aug. 8, 1942 by U-176.)


November 25, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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November 25, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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November 25, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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November 25, 1940: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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November 25, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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November 25, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report at top right: "Nazi Troopships In French Ports British Targets"
 
Also note the report in columns 4-5: "British Vessel Reports Attack"
(The freighter Temple Inn may have been attacked, but I have no record of the ship being damaged. The other ship, the Swedish freighter Anten was sunk by U-123.)


November 25, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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November 25, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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November 25, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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November 25, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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November 25, 1940: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts.
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November 25, 1940: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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November 25, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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Note the report in columns 6-7: "Ban on Negro Grand Jurors Outlawed by High Tribunal"


November 25, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Großangriff auf Bristol.
(Major attack on Bristol.)


November 25, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Die Reihe der Ordnungsstaaten schließt sich.
(The series of states close ranks.)
2. Auch die Slowakei dem Dreimächtepakt beigetreten.
(Slovakia also joined the Tripartite Pact.)
Note the report at bottom center: "Neuer U=Boot=Erfolg: 6 Handelschiffe versenkt"
(New U-Boat success: 6 merchant ships sunk.)



   
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