World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday November 27, 1940
Day 454

November 27, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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November 27, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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November 27, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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Note the report in column 5: "Possible Leakage of News to Enemy"


November 27, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 3: "Save Silk for Parachutes"


November 27, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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November 27, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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November 27, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Note the report in column 4: "Fears for British Ship Attacked in Indian Ocean"
(The fears were well founded. Maimora had been sunk by the German Hilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruiser) Pinguin on Nov. 20.)


November 27, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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November 27, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report at bottom left: "Raider Sinks Australian Vessel"
(Port Brisbane had been sunk by the German Hilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruiser) Pinguin on Nov. 21.)


November 27, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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November 27, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 6: "Swiss Communist Party Ordered Dissolved"


November 27, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the report in column 6: "Indict 'Boss' Of G.O.P. In Michigan"
(Republican Frank D. McKay, indicted on two counts of fraud.)


November 27, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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November 27, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "England Admits Ships Are Sunk Faster Than They Can Be Replaced"


November 27, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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November 27, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Ohrfeign aus USA für Churchill.
(Slap in the face for Churchill from the USA.)


November 27, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Beitstänze der britischen Propaganda.
(Contributions to British propaganda.)



   
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