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October 18, 1939: Front page of The Sunderland Echo and Shipping gazette, Sunderland, England. Note the story in column 2: "U-Boat Chief On Scapa Exploit" (Details from Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien, commanding officer of U-47, who sank HMS Royal Oak.) |
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October 18, 1939: Front page of the Grimsby Evening Telegraph, Grimsby, England. |
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October 18, 1939: Front page of The Melbourne Argus, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
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October 18, 1939: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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October 18, 1939: Front page of the Medicine Hat News, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. |
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October 18, 1939: Front page of Het Volksdagblad, Amsterdam, Netherlands. |
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October 18, 1939: Front page of the Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pennsylvania. |
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October 18, 1939: Front page of The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
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October 18, 1939: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Luftwaffe setzt nach: Wieder auf Scapa Flow. (German Air Force (Luftwaffe) continues: Back to Scapa Flow.) 2. An 2 Tagen 10 Flugzeugabschüsse. (10 aircraft shot down in 2 days.) 3. Begeisterter Empfang der U-boat helden in Berlin. (Enthusiastic reception for the U-boat heroes in Berlin.) [This was the reception for Kapitänleutnant Günther Prien, commanding officer of U-47, who sank HMS Royal Oak.] |
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