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December 23, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England. |
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December 23, 1940: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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December 23, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 4: "The Swordfish Overdue" |
(HMS Swordfish Sailed from Portsmouth on Nov. 7, 1940 for a patrol in Bay of Biscay. Her fate unknown until wreck was found in July 1983 of St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. It was determined that she hit a German mine.) |
December 23, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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December 23, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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December 23, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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December 23, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Jewish Soldiers Offer Xmas Duty" |
(Twelve Jewish members of the 3rd Canadian Motorcycle Regiment offer to pull duty over Christmas so that Christian soldiers can spend the day with their families.) |
December 23, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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December 23, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Britische Bomben auf Zürich. |
(British bomb Zurich.) |
2. Eden Außenminister, Halifax nach Washington. |
(Eden Secretary of State, Halifax to Washington.) |
December 23, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. In der Nacht zum Sonntag - Dritter Großangriff auf Liverpool. |
(On Sunday night - Third major attack on Liverpool.) |
2. Starke Kräfte schwerer Kampfflugzeuge im Einsatz Ausgedehnte Brände in der Dockanlagen. |
(Strong forces of heavy fighter planes in action - Extensive fires in the dock facilities.) |
Page published December 23, 2021 |