World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday April 30, 1940
Day 243

April 30, 1940: Front page of The Midland Daily Telegraph, Coventry, England.
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Note the report in column 1: "Two British Submarines Presumed Lost"
(Sadly this was true, both HMS Tarpon and HMS Sterlet had been sunk with all hands. The wreck of HMS Sterlet has still not been located, the wreck of HMS Tarpon was identified in 2016.)


April 30, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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April 30, 1940: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England.
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April 30, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 7: "Nazi Atrocities in Poland"


April 30, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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April 30, 1940: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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April 30, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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April 30, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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April 30, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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April 30, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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April 30, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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April 30, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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April 30, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report at bottom left: "Faded Blonde, Lacking In Glamour, To Face Firing Squad As Spy"
(She was not executed by the French. She was pardoned on June 6, 1940, but after Germany invaded France later in the month she was arrested by the Germans. Apparently, her former comrades in the Gestapo suspected she had been turned. She was sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp, which was a camp for women, where she became a notorious kapo. She was so evil that after the war she was arrested by the Allies and sentenced to death, for the second time, in 1947. She escaped the hangman's noose by committing suicide.)


April 30, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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April 30, 1940: Front page of the Teltower Kriesblatt, Teltow, Germany.
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1. Heimat und Front als Volks- und Schicksalsgemeinschaft
(Home and front as a community of people and destiny.)
2. Der Sozialismus lebt.
(Socialism is alive.)
 
[Notice the illustration of the soldier for the celebration of May Day or International Workers Day, celebrated by communists and socialists worldwide. Interesting that an armed soldier would be chosen to send the message to the people about May Day.)


April 30, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Alliierte planen rücksichtslosen Einsatz in Norwegen.
(Allies plan ruthless use in Norway.)
2. Feindliche Landungen von Luftwaffe bekämpft.
(Enemy landings fought off by Luftwaffe.)


April 30, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Eine Finte der Alliierten?
(An Allied ruse?)
2. Die Westmächte befinden sich in einer schwierigen Lage.
(The western powers are in a difficult position.)



   
Page published April 30, 2021