World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday January 13, 1941
Day 501

January 13, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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January 13, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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January 13, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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January 13, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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January 13, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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January 13, 1941: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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January 13, 1941: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Note the report in column 5: "Nalgora Torpedoed"


January 13, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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January 13, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note at bottom center, part 3 of "Where Hitler Stands" by Wallace R. Deuel.


January 13, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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January 13, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 4: "Two U.S. Freighters, One Bearing African Animals, in Distress"
(Both ships, West Kebar and Otho, survived their peril, this time. Both would become war losses. Otho was sunk on Apr. 3, 1942 by U-754 and West Kebar on Oct. 29, 1942 by U-129.)


January 13, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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January 13, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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January 13, 1941: Front page of The Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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Note the headline report: Close Schools Because Of Flu"
(Sound familiar?)


January 13, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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January 13, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Der deutsche Einsatz im Mittelmeer.
(The German mission in the Mediterranean.)


January 13, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Wieder deutscher Luftangriff auf Englands Mittelmeerflotte.
(Another German air attack against England's Mediterranean fleet.)
2. Schwere Treffer auf mehreren Kriegsschiffen.
(Severe hits on several warships.)



   
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