World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday May 29, 1940
Day 272

May 29, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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May 29, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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May 29, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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May 29, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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May 29, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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May 29, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 29, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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May 29, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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May 29, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands.
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May 29, 1940: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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Note the report at bottom center: "Miracle Said Needed to Save Troops Trapped by Surrender of Belgian King"
(A miracle was exactly what happened.)


May 29, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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May 29, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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May 29, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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May 29, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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Note the report in column 3: "Japan Threatens Daily Bomb Raids"


May 29, 1940: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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Note the report in column 7: "4 Fear Rabies From Kitten"


May 29, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Schicksal der Eingekreisten besiegelt.
(Fate of the encircled is sealed.)
2. Dünkirchen unter schwerem Artilleriefeuer.
(Dunkerque under heavy artillery fire.)


May 29, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Nach Belgiens Kapitulation
(After Belgium's surrender.)
2. Der Anfang vom Ende der Plutokratien.
(The beginning of the end of the plutocracies.)
3. Die Schlacht in Flandern auf dem Höhepunkt.
(The battle in Flanders at its height.)



   
Page published May 29, 2021