Time The Weekly News Magazine Volume XXXVI Number 10 September 2, 1940 hd

Luce, Henry R., et al

Published by Time & Life, New York, 1940

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Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 68. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. Weekly Timeline: August 27: Douala in French Cameroon is captured, and soon afterwards the entire colony is captured as well 30: The bombing of England continues; London is now bombed in retaliation for the bombing of Berlin; thus, the beginning of "the London Blitz." . Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini dictated the so-called Second Vienna Award which forced Romania to hand over the Northern Transylvania (including the entire Maramure and part of Cri ana) to Hungary. 31: Luftwaffe attacks on British airfields continue, as well as on London. Attacks on Radar installations prove ineffective. 31: Two Royal Navy destroyers are sunk off the Dutch coast in the so-called "Texel Disaster". September 1: Germany's Jews are ordered to wear yellow stars for identification. 2: The Destroyers for Bases Agreement is completed. Britain obtains 50 destroyers in exchange for giving the United States land grants in various British possessions for the establishment of US naval and air bases, on ninety-nine-year rent-free leases on bases in the Bahamas, Antigua, St. Lucia, Trinidad, Jamaica, and British Guiana.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Time The Weekly News Magazine Volume XXXVI Number 10 September 2, 1940 hd
• Publisher: Time & Life, New York
• Publication Date: 1940
• Binding: Paperbound
• Condition: In quite good condition.
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  • History World War II