World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday November 26, 1940
Day 453

November 26, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the report in column 6: "Milk Will Not Be Rationed"
(So says the Food Minister Lord Woolton.)


November 26, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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Note the report in column 7: "Milk Shortage - Winter Outlook For Nottingham"
(So says the North Midlands Divisional Food Officer Mr. W. O. MacArthur.)
Also note the report in column 7: "Liquid Milk In Ice-Cream Prohibited From December 1st"


November 26, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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Note the report in column 7: "One-Day-Only Xmas Holiday"
(War industry workers being asked to take only one day off for the holiday season.)


November 26, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 2: "Immigrant Liner Capsizes"
(The French passenger ship Patria was sabotaged by a Zionist group in Palestine killing about 300 people, mostly Jews fleeing the Nazis. More on this below.)


November 26, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the photo at top right: "Well Known Freighter Port Hobart Shelled"
(The ship had been sunk by the German cruiser Admiral Scheer.)


November 26, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report in column 5: "Saboteurs Executed"
(The report claims that the Germans executed one of every four-hundred workers at the Renault aircraft factory for passive resistance efforts.)


November 26, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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November 26, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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November 26, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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November 26, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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November 26, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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November 26, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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November 26, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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November 26, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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November 26, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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November 26, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Fernkampfgeschütze zersprengen Geleitzug.
(Long range guns blow up convoy.)
2. Der verheerende "Nonstop-Angriff" auf Bristol
(The devastating "non-stop" attack on Bristol.)


November 26, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Zetzt Bristol!
(Now Bristol!)
2. Großangriff zahlreicher Geschwader mit schwersten Bomben auf die Industriezentrale.
(Huge attack by many squadrons with the heaviest bombings against the industrial center.)



   
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