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February 11, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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February 11, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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February 11, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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February 11, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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February 11, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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February 11, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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February 11, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Former Soviet Chief Killed In Washington" |
(General Walter Krivitsky, supposed former head of Soviet (Russian) espionage operations in the United States, was found shot to death in a hotel in Washington, D.C. More on this in The Evening Star below.) |
February 11, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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February 11, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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February 11, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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February 11, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 7: "Krivitsky Case Studied Closely; Believed Suicide" |
(An investigation into the death of ex-Soviet spy chief Walter Krivitsky.) |
February 11, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the photo at top left: "Laddie Joins Soldier Master" |
(A dog named Laddie, who nearly died of a broken heart when his master joined the Army, was reunited with him after a 2,000 mile journey.) |
Also note the report in columns 6-7: "City Again Under Dog Quarantine" |
(Second dog story in the front page, this time man's best friend, is man's worst enemy, because of a rabies outbreak.) |
February 11, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report at bottom left: "Only 10,000 Nazis Face Britain Across Channel" |
(Still more German bluster about invading England. And the British believed it, despite so little physical evidence.) |
Also note the report in column 6: "Invasion Warning Sends Many Away" |
(Many Britons leaving their homes on the coast due to the threat of Nazi invasion.) |
February 11, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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February 11, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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February 11, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Die Engländer verlassen Rumänien. |
(The English leave Rumania.) |
2. 33 Feindflugzeuge abgeschossen. |
(33 Enemy aircraft shot down.) |
February 11, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Deutsche Flugzeuge über Island und 500 Kilometer westlich Portugal. |
(German planes over Iceland and 500 kilometers west of Portugal.) |
Page published February 11, 2022 |