Völkischer Beobachter Front Pages: September 1945.

Background: This page is part of a larger project to trace the history of World War II as reflected in the headlines of the Völkischer Beobachter, the Nazi Party’s daily newspaper.

October 1940 was an exciting month for Germans, but there were problems. England still had not cracked, although the VB carried reports suggesting England must crack soon. And at the end of the month the Italians invaded Greece, which turned into a debacle until Germany bailed Mussolini out.

Völkischer Beobachter: October 1940

	1 October 1940 London’s Unsuccessful Attacks on the Axis Pact Soviet-Russian Statement Reject England’s Lies
	2 October 1940 England Loses Another 70,000 BRT Many Major Fires in London — Successful German Flak Defense — 68 Downings on Monday
	3 October 1940 Churchill Clings to the Jews The British-Jewish World Alliance Renewed
	4 October 1940 Chamberlain Kicked Out The War Declarer Becomes the Scapegoat for Churchill’s Failures
	5 October 1940 Three Hour Meeting at the Brenner Pass Third Hitler-Mussolini Meeting Since the War Began
	6 October 1940 Even English Fog Fails Strongest Blows by the German Luftwaffe Despite Unfavorable Weather — 30 British Fighters Shot Down on Saturday
	7 October 1940 Newest Tip from Auntie Reuters “Austria Can Be Attacked from the Adriatic” Feverish British Illusionary Propaganda Conceals Continuing Collapse
	8 October 1940 Diplomatic Report on Chaos in London “Like the Fall of Carthage” — The City Closed — All Industrial Areas Bombed
	9 October 1940 Social Planning in Reich Gau Vienna Schirach: “We Are All Trustees of German Labor”
	10 October 1940 German Fliers Always over London American Eye Witnesses Say: “Heaviest Lightning Attacks Thus Far in the Air War”
	11 October 1940 Great Destruction in London’s Center Many Large Fires in the English Capital — Large Explosions in Cardiff Harbor ___________________________________________________ The cartoon depicts British pilots bombing German hospitals.
	12 October 1940 1:20 — Churchill’s Lie W. C. Conceals 35,000 Prisoners — The Extent of His Other Lies Cannot Be Determined ____________________________________________________ The claim is that Churchill claimed that 1,770 British soldiers were POWs, whereas the article says Germans held 37,050 British captives.
	13 October 1940 Major Fires in the London City Direct Hit on Waterloo Station Bombs Fall on Westminster
	14 October 1940 Schirach on Vienna No Museum of the Past, But Rather a Great Future Filled with Life! Speech of the Reichsleiter and Reich Governor to the Party Leadership in Vienna
	15 October 1940 The Nation Thanks the Rural Population Darré and Dr. Goebbels Receive the German Farmers’s Delegation in Berlin
	16 October 1940 Representatives of the German Rural Population with the Führer Fulfilling Each Individual’s Duty Assures the Nation’s Victory
	17 October 1940 OKW Announces Significant Increase in Revenge Attacks 38 British Aircraft Shot Down — Our U-boats Sink Another 37,000 BRT
	18 October 1940 Shameful Deed by British Sea Pirates Shipwrecked German Sailors Fired On A New Version of the Baralong and Altmark Crimes _____________________________________________________ The reference is to British attacks on German ships in Norwegian waters earlier in 1940. See this pamphlet.
	19 October 1940 Successful Attacks by our Destroyers and PT Boats Battle with Heavily Protected British Cruiser Group — PT Boat Success: 33,000 BRT off the Southeastern English Coast
	20 October 1940 26 Ships Sunk in One Night Greatest and Most Successful Group Attack in U-Boat History
	21 October 1940 England lost 327,000 BRT within Two Days 17 Ships Sunk Sunday Evening! \
	22 October 1940 Even the New York Times Has to Admit: “Nothing Can Stop the Germans!” German Fliers Attack by Day Despite Cloudless Skies
	23 October 1940 Successful Night Battles in the Red Sea Six Ships Sunk by Italian PT Boats — British Cruiser Damaged
	24 October 1940 The Führer and Franco Meet Friendly Discussions about Relations between Germany and Spain
	25 October 1940 The Führer Receives Marshall Petain Ribbentrop and Laval Join the Discussion
	26 October 1940 German and Italian Bombers over England Camaraderie in the Final Battle against the World Enemy
	27 October 1940 The Führer’s Principle: Long Preparations — Short War The Conclusion of the Meeting Campaign in Vienna by Reich Minister Dr. Goebbels
	28 October 1940 Vienna: City of the Reich Theatre Week Reich Minister Dr. Goebbels at the Introduction of the New Reichspropagandaamtsleiter Günter Kaufmann ______________________________________________________ The newly installed propaganda leader said, among other things: “Mr. Reichpropagandaleiter, you once said that we National Socialists understand propaganda as a moral duty.
	29 October 1940 The Meeting in Florence Discussion on Current Questions between the Führer and the Duce
	30 October 1940 Italian Troops Cross the Greek Border The First Goals Achieved — The Advance Continue
	31 October 1940 Three Routes into Greece The March into Epirus and Thessalonia