Völkischer Beobachter Front Pages: September 1940.

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

	1 September 1940 Constant Alarms Paralyze England Reuters Shocked: 700 Bombers Over London
	2 September 1940 Vienna — Center of Economic Community Walter Funk at the Opening of the Vienna Fall Trade Fair with Baldur von Schirach
	3 September 1940 Two British Destroyers Sunk Proud New Successes by Our U-Boats 148 Airplanes Destroyed on Sunday and Monday
	4 September 1940 Typhoon of German Air Squadrons over England Lloyd George Sees the End of the RAF
	5 September 1940 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.
	6 September 1940 66,0000 BRT and 4 Destroyers Sunk Our Torpedo Boats and U-Boats Hunt Convoys
	7 September 1940 Major Day of Battle against England Heavy Battles on Both Sides of the Lower Thames
	8 September 1940 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”
	9 September 1940 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
	10 September 1940 London in Chaos
	11 September 1940 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
	12 September 1940 Enough is Enough New Retaliation —The Answer to the Pirates 54 British Planes Shot Down on Wednesday
	13 September 1940 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
	14 September 1940 New Fires and Explosions in London U-Boats Sink 37,600 BRT — English Attack on Boulogne Repulsed
	15 September 1940 8 1/2 Hours in the Shelter on Friday Night 79th Air Raid Alert in London Buckingham Palace, Parliament, and Downing Street Damaged
	16 September 1940 A Black Day for the Empire Further Heavy Bombing Attacks on London — Italy Crosses the Egyptian Border
	17 September 1940 Warsaw’s Fate Threatens London Armaments Industry in the Capital Paralyzed
	18 September 1940 Mass Misery in London’s Tube Stations Churchill’s Crimes against English Mothers
	19 September 1940 2096 British Aircraft Destroyed Since 1 August Mouth of the Thames Again Hit with German Bombs
	20 September 1940 The Arrival of the Reich Foreign Minister in Rome Mussolini Immediately Meets with Ribbentrop
	21 September 1940 Brutal Attack on Heidelberg New Crimes of British Air Pirates: Four Dead in the Residential districts of the City on the Nectar
	22 September 1940 German Village Dive Bombed New Blood Sacrifices Demand Pitiless Revenge More RAF “Military Targets’: Memorial Church, War Memorial, and Cemetery
	23 September 1940 Proud Achievements of Our U-Boats 176.000 BRT Sunk in Two Days Third Meeting of the Duce with the Reich Foreign Minister
	24 September 1940 Criminal Words from the English Air Marshall “We Have Had Enough of Dropping Bombs on Military Targets” British War Morale at the Lowest Level
	25 September 1940 Berlin Residential Districts and Hospitals Bombed Again Numerous Dead and Injured on the British “List of Successes”
	26 September 1940 London Bombed Ten Hours Each Night The Morale of the Capital’s Population Begins to Weaken
	27 September 1940 German U-Boats Victorious Devastating Effects of German Bombs
	28 September 1940 Germany—Italy—Japan in a Single Front The Alliance of 250 Million
	29 September 1940 Great Impact of the Three Power Pact The World Front against the Warmongers London Attempts to Bluff The USA between Reason and Indignation
	30 September 1940 From 8 p.m. to Early Morning Ceaseless Attacks on London British Attack on Berlin Repulsed by our Flak