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June 1, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Children May Go by Order" |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands. |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of The Escanaba Daily Press, Escanaba, Michigan. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Liner Jammed With Refugees" |
(Another irresponsible report from the Associated Press about the movements of a large Allied ship. This story had been in the press since May 27th, when the Germans announced that the ship would be sunk by the British in an attempt to cause a rift between the Allies. On May 28th the Germans announced to the press that the SS President Roosevelt was to be allowed to sail unhindered. This order is confirmed in official German documents as being true.) |
[Also note the reports in the German newspapers of May 27, 1940.] |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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Note the sub-headline and report in column 4: "Great Battleship Nelson Sunk, Germany Claims" |
(The Associated Press at it again with unsubstantiated rumors. HMS Nelson was not sunk or even damaged.) |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. 26 000 Gefangene allein bei Lille. |
(26,000 Prisoners taken near Lille alone.) |
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June 1, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Die feindlichen Flandernheere zertrümmert |
(The enemy Flemish armies destroyed.) |
2. Die siegreichen deutschen Divisionen für neue Aufgaben frei. |
(The victorious German divisions now free for new tasks.) |
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Page published June 1, 2021 |