Cold Tuesday, May 14, 1940 Bulletins in news paper office window today. ~BERLIN~ THE NEXT 48 HOURS IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE DECISIVE BATTLE BATTLE OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE MAIN GERMAN & ALLIED ARMIES ~PARIS~ FRENCH AUTHORITIES ADMITTED TODAY THAT THE CITY OF SEDAN 10 MILES WITHIN FRANCE IN THE MARGINOT LINE NEAR THE BELGIAN BORDER HAS BEEN TAKEN BY THE GERMANS ~PARIS~ THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE WENT HAS BEGUN AS GERMAN TROOPS THRUST TOWARD THE NORTHERN BORDER OF FRANCE LONDON BRITAIN PREPARED SPEEDILY TODAY TO MEET A GERMAN PARACHUTE TROOP ATTACK ON BRITISH ISLES Over radio in evening Holland has quit. They felt they could not combat Germany sucessfully and a needless number of innocent women and children's lives could be saved. and cities kept from destruction. The commentators say the big battle has not taken place as yet and that will be much more decisive than what has takenplace yet. "The Germans have the advantage now but do not hold all the cards" is the way Clifton Utley explained it over the radio tonight. Dinner at church Moonlight hike with Lee & Blackhawk hikers.

Creator

• Brown, Theophilus

Language

• English

Identifier

• 1940_1_136
• MS02.01.21.136

Keyword

• diary

Year

• 1940

Date created

• 1940-05-14

Related url

•  https://digital.wpi.edu/show/zg64tq54w

Resource type

• Image

Source

• MS02.01.21.136.179

Last modified

• 2023-08-29