World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday December 31, 1940
Day 488

December 31, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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December 31, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "Minister's Food Warning - Danger Much Worse Than In The Last War"


December 31, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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December 31, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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December 31, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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December 31, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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December 31, 1940: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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December 31, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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December 31, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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December 31, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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December 31, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report at top left: "Hitler Assails Democracies And Promises 1941 Victory For Nazis Against All Odds"


December 31, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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December 31, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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December 31, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana.
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December 31, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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December 31, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Ins Jahr der Vollendung des Siegs.
(Complete victory within the year.)
2. Gerüstet wie nie zuvor stehen wir an der Schwelle.
(Equipped like never before, we stand on the threshold.)


December 31, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Sogar die Times stellt fest - Englands Schiffsverluste erheblich höher als im Krisenjahr 1917/18.
(Even the Times notes - England's shipping losses are much higher than in the crisis years 1917-18.)



   
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