World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday May 22, 1940
Day 265

May 22, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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May 22, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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May 22, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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May 22, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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May 22, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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May 22, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 22, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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May 22, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the sub-headline: "Britain Moves To Conscript All Wealth"


May 22, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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May 22, 1940: Front page of the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, New York.
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May 22, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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May 22, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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May 22, 1940: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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May 22, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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May 22, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Die heutige Beisetzungsfeier in Harburg.
(Today's funeral ceremony in Harburg.)
2. England härt Kanonendonner.
(England increases the thunder of cannons.)
3. Bomben auf Kanalhäfen / Ausbruchsversuche gescheitert.
(Canal ports bombed / Breakout attempts failed.)


May 22, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Durchstoß zur Kanalküste gelungen.
(Successful breakthrough to the Channel coast.)
2. Die Westmächte ernten die Saat ihres Kriegs.
(The Western powers are reaping the seeds of their war.)



   
Page published May 22, 2021