Italy declared war on France and Great Britain yesterday [June 10]. Mussolini, after informing the French Ambassador in Rome through Foreign Minister Ciano that Italy was only fulfilling his commitment to Hitler, ordered Italian land, sea and air forces to move at midnight last night. Il Duce, from the Palazzo Venezia balcony, Rome, told massed Black Shirts Italy would war against the ‘‘plutocratic and reactionary democracies of the West.’’ — New York Herald Tribune, European Edition, June 11, 1940
This blog will share highlights and curiosities from The International Herald Tribune's storied reportage. While we will share coverage of historic events — the world wars, the women's suffrage movement, the great expeditions — we will also republish glimpses of less earth-shaking moments and the ephemera of daily life. The same stories that caught the eyes of our generations of editors now offer us insight into the lives and interests of generations of Trib readers. Read more »
At the Labor Party conference there was a vote on government policy to join the Common Market. Read more…
American idea to construct a barrier across Vietnam during the war to halt northern soldiers. Read more…
Article on the beginning of the Russian revolution in Petrograd. Read more…
A short article on the riot in Detroit in 1967. Read more…
The military government plans to sound out the public’s views directly, rather than rely on representative democracy.Read more…
