World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday, September 18, 1939
Day 18

September 18, 1939: Front page of The Star, Sheffield, England.
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Note the headline: "German Submarine Sinks British Aircraft Carrier"


September 18, 1939: Front page of The Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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September 18, 1939: Front page of the Evening Express, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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September 18, 1939: Front page of The Brisbane Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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September 18, 1939: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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September 18, 1939: Front page of the Medicine Hat News, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.
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September 18, 1939: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah.
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September 18, 1939: Front page of The Xenia Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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September 18, 1939: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts.
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September 18, 1939: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana.
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September 18, 1939: Front page of the East Liverpool Review, East Liverpool, Ohio.
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September 18, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Volles Einvernehmen mit Moskau. Ost-Feldzug geht seinem Ende entgegen.
(Full agrement with Moscow. Campaign in the East coming to an end.)
2. Der grösste Teil Polens besetzt.
(Most of Poland is occupied.)
3. Geschichtliche Tage für die Sowjetunion.
(Historic days for the Soviet Union.)
4. Wer ist frei vom weiblichen Urbeitsdienst?
(Which womern are free from civil service?)
 
5. U-boot schoss zwei Flugzeuge ab. (Side article)
(Two aircraft shot down by U-boat.)



   
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