World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday July 23, 1940
Day 327

July 23, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)
Note the report in column 5: "Sea Raiders Victims Picked Up"
(This small report made its way to the German Navy High Command, and it concerned them enough to send a signal to their ship, Widder, and warn them that their position may have been compromised.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)
 
Note the report in column 7: "Attics And Lofts Must Be Cleared"
(To reduce the fire danger in case of an incendiary bomb attack by the Germans.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of The Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)
 
Note the report in column 5: "Queen Elizabeth Ready for Dash"
(The American press just getting the word out to the Germans that they will have a big target for their U-boats soon.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


July 23, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)
 
1. London weiter unbelehrbar!
(London still untouchable!)


July 23, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)
1. Systematische Zerstörung der rumänischen Oelindustrie.
(Systematic destruction of the Rumanian oil industry.)



   
Page published July 23, 2021