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December 6, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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Note the report at bottom right: "Incredible Nazi Horrors - Vile Treatment Of Students" |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the headline: "German Raider Flees In S. Atlantic" |
(The report in columns 4-5 states that the German raider, which was the Hilfskreuzer Thor, outran HMS Carnarvon Castle and escaped. It also claims that the German broke off the engagement. In reality, Carnarvon Castle took several hits and had six men killed in the battle. Thor received no damage and it was the British who broke off the fight due to damage.) |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Hope for Lost Liner's Passengers" |
(Kemmendine was sunk by the Hilfskreuzer Atlantis on July 13, 1940. All 147 people on board were removed by Atlantis and there were no casualties.) |
Also note the report in column 1: "British Ship's SOS" |
(SS Newchwang survived the war and was scrapped in 1950.) |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in columns 5-6: "Ship Sunk Off New South Wales Coast" |
(The unnamed ship was Nimbin, which was sunk by a mine laid by the German auxiliary minelayer Passat.) |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Kennedy's Defeatism" |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the report in column 4: "President Cruises On British Waters - His Itinerary Is Still Kept Secret" |
(The itinerary is very secret, lest it be on the front page of the newspaper for the enemy to read.) |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of The Southern Jewish Weekly, Jacksonville, Florida. |
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Note the report at top right: "Nazis Isolate Jews by Ghetto In Warsaw" |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Erfolgreiches Seegefecht im Südatlantik. |
(Successful sea battle in the South Atlantic.) |
[The German report of the battle between Thor and HMS Carnarvon Castle.] |
2. Wie Chiappe ermordet wurde. |
(How Chiappe was murdered.) |
3. Dover im Feuer deutscher Fernkampfbatterien. |
(Dover under fire from long-range batteries.) |
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December 6, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Ein seltenes Ereignis - Churchill aber schweigt! |
(A rare event - Churchill is silent!) |
2. Bis jetzt keine Silbe über die Versenkung von mehr als 190.000 BRT. englischen Schiffsraums. |
(So far no syllable about the sinking of more than 190,000 GRT. English ship's capacity.)
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Page published December 6, 2021 |