World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday December 11, 1940
Day 468

December 11, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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December 11, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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December 11, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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December 11, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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December 11, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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December 11, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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December 11, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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December 11, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report at bottom center: "British Food Situation Just As Grim As In 1917"


December 11, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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December 11, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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December 11, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 6: "Italian Sub Torpedoed Saguenay, Germans Say"
(True, HMSC Saguenay was torpedoed by the Italian submarine Argo.)


December 11, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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December 11, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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December 11, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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December 11, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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December 11, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Der Widerhall von der Britenfront.
(The echo from the British front.)
2. Welton im Kampf ohne Kompromiß.
(Welton in the struggle without compromise.)


December 11, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Führer und Arbeiter - Kampffront für Recht und Sozialismus.
(Führer and workers - the fighting front for law and order.)
2. Adolf Hitler: Meine Arbeiter! - Sie müssen in mir Ihren Garanten sehen!
(Adolf Hitler: My workers! - You must see me as your guarantor!)



   
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