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February 6, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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*Historical note: On Feb. 6, 1941 Adolf Hitler issued directive #23 entitled Guiding principles for the conduct of the war against the British war economy. In the directive Hitler admits that large air attacks against Great Britain cannot continue. "...On the other hand, the volume of our air attacks cannot be sustained, since commitments in other theaters compel us to withdraw increasingly larger portions of the Luftwaffe from assignment against the British Isles..." In part 5, Hitler again tells his commanders that there will be no invasion of Britain; "Up until regrouping begins for operation "Barbarossa", air and sea attacks are to be steadily increased, if possible, not only in order to cause as much damage as possible to Britain, but also to create the impression that we still plan to invade the British Isles this year." Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union, which was always Hitler's real goal. Also on this day, Erwin Rommel was named as commander of two German divisions called the Afrika Corps. |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the headline report: "British Win Extremely Doubtful--Lindy" |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Col. Donovan's Visa For Syria Reported Cancelled by Vichy" |
Also note the headline report: "British Aid Bill's Supporters Agree To Ship Ban, Limit on Contracts; Lindbergh Says U.S. Prolongs War" |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Pease Is Seen By Jap Envoy" |
(The new Japanese Ambassador to the United States is quoted as saying "that there are no questions between Japan and the United States which cannot be settled in an amicable manner.") |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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Note the photo: "Nazi Sharks Add To bombers Terror" |
(Sharks teeth, painted on the nose of a German aircraft, is mocked and is said to be used to create more terror in the enemy. When the American Volunteer Group painted tigers' teeth on the nose of their P-40's, no such comments were made. Just shows how situational opinions are.) |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. In zwei Tagen 21 Abschüsse. |
(21 kills in two days.) |
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February 6, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Churchills Programm schon 1936: "Wir müssen Deutschland vernichten." |
(Churchill's program as early as 1936: "We must destroy Germany.") |
2. Sensationelle Aussage eines USA.-Generals vor dem amerikanischen Senat. |
(Sensational testimony by a U.S. General before the American Senate.)
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Page published February 6, 2022 |
