Background: This page is part of a larger, and likely unfinishable, project to trace the history of World War II as reflected in the headlines of the Völkischer Beobachter, the Nazi Party’s daily newspaper.
September 1940 was the start of the London Blitz, and the VB gloats over the damage to England, while being outraged by British attacks on Heidelberg and Berlin.
Völkischer Beobachter: September 1940
Constant Alarms Paralyze England
Reuters Shocked: 700 Bombers Over London
Vienna — Center of Economic Community
Walter Funk at the Opening of the Vienna Fall Trade Fair with Baldur von Schirach
Two British Destroyers Sunk
Proud New Successes by Our U-Boats
148 Airplanes Destroyed on Sunday and Monday
Typhoon of German Air Squadrons over England
Lloyd George Sees the End of the RAF
The Sacrifices of the Homeland are Worthy of the Heroic Deeds at the Front
The Führer Opens the Second War-WHW
The War Sacrifice of the German People: Over a Billion Reich Marks
The WHW was the Party charity.
66,0000 BRT and 4 Destroyers Sunk
Our Torpedo Boats and U-Boats Hunt Convoys
Major Day of Battle against England
Heavy Battles on Both Sides of the Lower Thames
First Retaliation on London
The Navy Has Sunk 4,323,000 BRT Since the War Began
Huge Clouds of Smoke up to the Mouth of the Thames
The caption of the cartoon: “New Music over Parliament”
The Reich Marshall Personally Directs the Action
Over 1 Million Kilograms of Bombs Fall on London
Large Conflagrations — Quays, Merchant Ships, Docks, Power, Water, and Gas Plants as well as Arsenals, Factories, and Transportation Facilities Destroyed by Huge Explosions — 94 Airplanes Destroyed — Over 44,000 BRT Sunk
London in Chaos
The Battle of Annihilation Continues
London’s Defensive Ring and Numerous Air Fields Bombed — Nine Hours of Air Raid Warning on Monday Night — 50 Dead in the Collapse of a Single Building
Enough is Enough
New Retaliation —The Answer to the Pirates
54 British Planes Shot Down on Wednesday
Gunpowder and Weapons Factories Hit Hard
80 Enemy Airplanes Destroyed on Wednesday — A Destroyer and Four Merchant Ships Set Aflame — Our U-Boats Sink 47,000 BRT
New Fires and Explosions in London
U-Boats Sink 37,600 BRT — English Attack on Boulogne Repulsed
8 1/2 Hours in the Shelter on Friday Night
79th Air Raid Alert in London
Buckingham Palace, Parliament, and Downing Street Damaged
A Black Day for the Empire
Further Heavy Bombing Attacks on London — Italy Crosses the Egyptian Border
Warsaw’s Fate Threatens London
Armaments Industry in the Capital Paralyzed
Mass Misery in London’s Tube Stations
Churchill’s Crimes against English Mothers
2096 British Aircraft Destroyed Since 1 August
Mouth of the Thames Again Hit with German Bombs
The Arrival of the Reich Foreign Minister in Rome
Mussolini Immediately Meets with Ribbentrop
Brutal Attack on Heidelberg
New Crimes of British Air Pirates: Four Dead in the Residential districts of the City on the Nectar
German Village Dive Bombed
New Blood Sacrifices Demand Pitiless Revenge
More RAF “Military Targets’: Memorial Church, War Memorial, and Cemetery
Proud Achievements of Our U-Boats
176.000 BRT Sunk in Two Days
Third Meeting of the Duce with the Reich Foreign Minister
Criminal Words from the English Air Marshall
“We Have Had Enough of Dropping Bombs on Military Targets”
British War Morale at the Lowest Level
Berlin Residential Districts and Hospitals Bombed Again
Numerous Dead and Injured on the British “List of Successes”
London Bombed Ten Hours Each Night
The Morale of the Capital’s Population Begins to Weaken
German U-Boats Victorious
Devastating Effects of German Bombs
Germany—Italy—Japan in a Single Front
The Alliance of 250 Million
Great Impact of the Three Power Pact
The World Front against the Warmongers
London Attempts to Bluff
The USA between Reason and Indignation
