World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday December 25, 1940
Day 482

December 25, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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December 25, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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December 25, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 1: "British and German Warplanes Grounded in Christmas Truce; Shelled by Sub, Ship Radios"
Also note the report in column 3: "Feet Planted on Path To Victory, Empire Told by King George"
Also note the report in column 8: "Nazis Free American Woman Seized in Paris"
 
Also note the report at bottom right: "Alien Registration"


December 25, 1940: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan.
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Note the report in column 8: "British alert for Invasion"


December 25, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 3: "Howard Hughes Hurt"
(Howard Hughes injured in car crash.)
Also note the report in column 7: "War Is Banned"
(The Lufkin News Yule Edition will have no war news on Christmas day.)


December 25, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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December 25, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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December 25, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Kriegsweihnacht in der Gewißheit des Sieges.
(Wartime Christmas with the certainty of victory.)
2. Front und Heimat im Lebensstrom deutscher Ewigkeit vereint.
(Front and home united in the stream of German eternity.)


   
Page published December 25, 2021