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Advertising : 9 wordsGerman troops invaded Norway and Denmark at dawn to-day with extraordinary swiftness. Denmark offered no resistance and accepted German "protection" under protest, but Norway is at war with Germany. The British Foreign Office has announced that Britain and France are forthwith ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,012 wordsAn Oslo Radio broadcast that the Germans have occupied Narvik is causing confusion, although it is suggested that this may have been misunderstood for Larvik, a town on the Oslo Fiord and close to Copenhagen where the first German landings were made. German ...
Article : 98 wordsThe German invasion of Norway and Denmark struck Washington with the shock of a thunderbolt, states the "New York Times." U. S. A. is now watching British interests in Norway. ...
Article : 403 wordsBecause of the failure of the British Government to inform the Federal Government of early developments in the invasion by Germany ...
Article : 221 wordsIt is claimed in Berlin that negotiations have been begun between Germany and Denmark and between Germany and Norway to reserve the ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain), in the House of Commons to-day recalled his prophecy that at the end of the Russo—Finnish war nothing ...
Article : 336 wordsA German troopship within four miles of Norway and carrying 500 men, was one of at least four victims of the British Navy to-day. The ship was the Rio de Janeiro. She was carrying infantrymen, ...
Article : 487 words"Germany assumes responsibility for the preservation of neutrality throughout Scandinavia," the Foreign ...
Article : 226 wordsThe Norwegian Embassy announces that the Germans made a surprise landing at Vallo, in Oslo Fiord, where the oil tanks are situated. ...
Article : 103 wordsIntense naval activity off the Norwegian coast on Monday night preceded the German invasion of Norway. ...
Article : 150 wordsIt is reported that the coastal batteries in Oslo Fiord sank a German battle cruiser, believed to be the Gneisenau. ...
Article : 29 wordsAn alleged sabotage plot to block the Danube which the Germans claim to have discovered, is stated by British ...
Article : 283 wordsOver 700,000 are employed in the manufacture of war materials in Italy, and 410,000 are working over eight hours a day. ...
Article : 28 wordsGerman 'planes raided Scapa Flow to-night but did no damage. British fighters brought down at least one. ...
Article : 130 words"Returning to New Zealand. All well." This message, sent by Mr. Forgan Smith, Premier of ...
Article : 73 wordsIn an address to Parliament the day before the German invasion of his country had begun, the Norwegian Foreign Minister (Mr. Koht) denounced the Allied Note containing advice of the laying at the minefields in Norwegian territorial waters as indecent. ...
Article : 263 wordsA naval battle between the Allied and German fleets is reported to have begun off the West Coast of Norway in ...
Article : 31 wordsSnow-capped Maunaloa, on the island of Hawaii, violently erupted early this morning after five years inactivity. Lava is ...
Article : 46 wordsFederal Ministers are watching with interest the development of proposals that future petrol imports to Australia should be paid for in sterling in ...
Article : 95 wordsA German radio announcement picked up in London gave the first hint of possible German action against Holland. ...
Article : 53 wordsA minister for the Jewish community in Hobart will be appointed in the near future. This motion was agreed to at a meeting of Jewish ...
Article : 64 wordsIt is reported that German marines disguised as merchant seamen have occupied Narvik, also Bergen and Stavanger. They threw ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Wed 10 Apr 1940, Page 1
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