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September 11, 1939: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report at top right: "Hindenburg Dam Raided By R.A.F." |
(I have not found anything in the historical record or official papers that indicates that this ever happened. On Jan. 11, 1940 another report of the dam being bombed was published. Again on Jan. 19, 1940 the dam was reported to have been bombed. None of these reports seem to have been true.) |
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September 11, 1939: Front page of The Shields Evening News, Tynemouth, England. |
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Note the headline: "German Troops Withdrawing From Warsaw" |
(This was completely false.) |
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September 11, 1939: Front page of the Telegraph & Independent, Sheffield, England. |
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Note the headline: "Furious Battle Rages In Blazing Outskirts Of Warsaw" |
(Seems to be in direct contrast to the above newspaper.) |
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September 11, 1939: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Esbjerg Bomb Victim" |
(The town was accidentally bombed by R.A.F. aircraft on Sept. 4th.) |
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September 11, 1939: Front page of the Lincolnshire Echo, Lincolnshire, England. |
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Note the story in column 7: "Children Who Are In Reception Areas" |
(Children who lived in cities which would be considered strategic to the enemy, were sent off to the country and even to Canada for their safety.) |
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September 11, 1939: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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September 11, 1939: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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September 11, 1939: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania. |
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Note the photo at bottom right which features HMS Rodney. |
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September 11, 1939: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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September 11, 1939: Front page of the Valley Morning Star, Harlingen, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 1: "U.S. College Girls Reach Glasgow Safe" |
(A report about some of the survivors from Athenia.) |
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September 11, 1939: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. |
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September 11, 1939: Front page of The Cumberland News, Cumberland, Maryland. |
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September 11, 1939: Front page of the Hamilton Daily News Journal, Hamilton, Ohio. |
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September 11, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Strick droht auch Wucherern und Schiebern. |
(Noose also threatens
usurers and smugglers.) |
2. Des Flug des Führers über der Front. |
(The Führer's flight over the front.) |
3. Neustadt und Putzig in deutscher hand. |
(Neustadt and Putzig in German hands.) |
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Page published Sept. 11, 2020 |