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April 21, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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April 21, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England. |
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April 21, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report at bottom left: "Hitler has had his last Birthday" |
(So said the astrologer Leonardo Blake. So much for astrology and Mr. Blake.) |
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April 21, 1940: Front page of the The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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April 21, 1940: Front page of the Butte Montana Standard, Butte, Montana. |
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Note the sub-headline: "Germany Claims 15,000-Ton British Transport Blasted Into Flaming Wreck" and the associated report in column 1: "Cruiser Sent to Bottom of Norse Fjord" |
(The report states that the Germans claimed bombers sank a British cruiser and destroyed a transport. Several air attacks were made, but only HMT Rutlandshire, an anti-submarine Trawler, was sunk. The cruiser HMS Carlisle was slightly damaged by a near miss, which the Germans were unaware of, even though they were aware of Carlisle's presence off Åndalsnes, Norway. In official documents the Germans believed that they had hit a 15,000 transport, but this was incorrect.) |
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April 21, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Southern Ohio Hit By Floods" |
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April 21, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Transport Hit By Nazi Bombs: Cruiser Sunk" |
(This report, by Associated Press reporter Alvin J. Steinkopf, makes a declarative statement, rather than stating that "Germany claims" like the other reports of this incident. The entire article is written with a decidedly German point of view and borders on propaganda. Although the headline writer is more accurate when he wrote "Nazis Claim Heavy Blows To Allies" because claims were all they were.) |
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April 21, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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April 21, 1940: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana. |
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April 21, 1940: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California. |
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Note the report in column 7: "British Sink 2 Transports" |
(I don't have any record of any German transports being sunk on Apr. 19 or 20 by British submarines.) |
Also note the report in column 7: "Blind Woman, Hit By Car, Seeks Aid First For Her Dog" |
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April 21, 1940: Front page of the Vöklischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Das Geburtstagsgeschenk des deutschen Volkes-ein überwältigendes Bekenntnis zum Führer |
(The birthday present from the German people - overwhelming commitment to the Führer.) |
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Page published April 21, 2021 |