World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday, September 12, 1939
Day 12

September 12, 1939: Front page of The Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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Note the report at bottom right: "Jews In Flight"
(One of the first reports, since the beginning of the war, about what was being done to Jews by the Nazis.))


September 12, 1939: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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September 12, 1939: Front page of The Star, Sheffield, England.
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Note the report at the bottom of column 6: "Thetis Delay"
(The British submarine HMS Thetis sank on trials on June 1, 1939.)


September 12, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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September 12, 1939: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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September 12, 1939: Front page of The Melbourne Argus, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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September 12, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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September 12, 1939: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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September 12, 1939: Front page of Het Volksdagblad, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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September 12, 1939: Front page of the CZAS Polish Times, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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September 12, 1939: Front page of the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso, Texas.
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September 12, 1939: Front page of the East Liverpool Review, East Liverpool, Ohio.
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September 12, 1939: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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September 12, 1939: Front page of The Galveston Daily News, Galveston, Texas.
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September 12, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Wieder 34 polnische Flugzeuge vernichtet.
(Another 34 Polish aircraft destroyed.)



   
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