MaritimeQuest - Daily Event for February 13, 1941

World War II As It Happened

A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation

Thursday February 13, 1941
Day 532

February 13, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.

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Note the report in column 4: "Nazis Say 13 Sunk in Convoy"

(This must have been the attack on HG-53 and SLS-64 on Feb. 9 and 12, 1941. HG-53 was attacked by a combined effort of U-37 and Fw-200's of 2./KG40. The final toll was 8 out of 22 sunk. Seven British and one Norwegian ship. Admiral Hipper attacked SLS-64 sank another 7 ships on the 12th, (Admiral Hipper accounted for 1 ship from HG-53.) German aircraft sank one on the 12th which was not in HG-53, and U-52 sank one on the 10th from OG-52.)

Also note the report in column 3: "Churchill-World's Greatest Man"

(Former Presidential candidate Wendell Wilkie claiming that Winston Churchill is the World's Greatest man. And in the fullness of history, he may very well have been correct.)

Also note the report in column 7: "Jews Help Pay for Cathedral Repair"

(The Rabbinical council in Salonika, has decided to help repair the Cathedral of St. Sophia which had been damaged by Italian bombing. )

Also note the report at bottom center: "Third Leave Japan Warning To Americans"

February 13, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.

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February 13, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.

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Note the report in columns 7-8: "Incurable Lunatics Killed In Germany - Housing For Immigrants"

(This is the result of the T-4 program, issued by Adolf Hitler on Sept. 1, 1939.)

[See "Gestapo is Murdering Defectives" in the Manchester Evening News of Feb. 12, 1941.]

[Also see the historical note under the Lethbridge Herald of Sept. 1, 1939.]

Also note the report in column 8: "Fever Kills Thousands"

(According to Miss Katherine Hall, a missionary passing through China on her way to New Zealand, asserts that thousands of Chinese have died in Shansl (Sichaun) Provence due to a relapsing fever. She also stated that the Japanese had set fire to all the villages over a tremendous area.)

February 13, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.

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Note the report in columns 4-5: "What To Expect If Nazis Land"

(Another report about the invasion that never was going to happen.)

[See the commentary under "July 9 Is New Blitzkrieg Date" in the Manchester Evening News of July 4, 1940.)

February 13, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

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Note the report in column 4: "Japanese Plans Captured"

(The Chinese claim they have the plans for Japanese expansion in hand, found in a crashed aircraft.)

February 13, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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February 13, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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February 13, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

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Note the headline report: "Twin German Thrusts At Gibraltar And Suez Expected In Next 30 Days"

(Partially true. The British seemed somewhat informed of the German intentions against Gibraltar and Suez. Hitler ordered the attack on Gibraltar [Operation Felix,] on or about Nov. 12, 1940. Hitler's directive included a provision to attack Suez as well as the possible occupation of Portugal, the Cape Verde Islands, Madeira and the Azores. For various reasons, on Dec. 11, 1940 Hitler cancelled Operation Felix.)

February 13, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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Note the headline report: "Australia Warned Coasts In Danger"

[The report is concluded here.]

February 13, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.

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Note the report in column 5: "50,000 Dutch Jews Face Ghetto Life - Action Would Avenge Riots Against Nazis"

[The report is concluded here.]

February 13, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.

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Note the report in columns 1-2: "2,000-Mile Plane Trip Futile; Dog, Pining for Master, Dies"

(The Synchronicity Conundrum strikes again. I was working on this page on Dec. 29, 2021, only hours after our oldest cat, Little Gray, had died, the story of the dog getting home in time to see his master and then dying was close to what happened with our Little Gray.

Our Little Gray was almost 20-years-old, and it was his time to go to the Rainbow Bridge. He went outside Dec. 28, the day he was supposed to go to the Rainbow Bridge, but did not come home so he missed his appointment. I thought I would never see him again because I believed that had gone somewhere to die. But the next day, Dec. 29, at 0930 I saw him walking across the yard and was able to catch him. He went to the Rainbow Bridge at 1203, but he did not die alone, and he came home just in time to see his family one last time, just like Laddie.)

[See "Laddie Joins Soldier Master" in The Evening Gazette of Feb. 11, 1941.]

[Photo of Laddie and his master.]

[The Synchronicity Conundrum.]

[The Rainbow Bridge.]

February 13, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.

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Note the photos and report at bottom right: "Questioned In Krivitsky Death"

[See "Krivitsky Case Studied Closely; Believed Suicide" in The Evening Star of Feb. 11, 1941.]

[Also see "O.G.P.U. Blamed For Death Of Former Soviet Spy Chief" in The Examiner of Feb. 12, 1941.]

[Also see "Clerk Identifies Gun Sold to Ex-Soviet Agent" in The Evening Star of Feb. 12, 1941.]

February 13, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.

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Note the report in column 2: "Punishment Of Jews Planned"

February 13, 1941: Front page of The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Indiana.

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February 13, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.

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February 13, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.

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1. 13 bewaffnete Handelsschiffe auf einen Schlag.

(13 armed merchant ships in a single blow.)

2. Treffen des Duce mit dem Caudillo.

(Meeting between Duce and Caudillo.)

[Duce is Italian for leader, in this case it was Benito Mussolini and Caudillo is Spanish for leader, in this instance it was Francisco Franco.]

February 13, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.

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1. Zu viele Deutsche! Die Londoner Agitation übernimmt die Haßgesänge Clemenceaus.

(Too many Germans! Agitation in London takes over Clemenceau's songs of hatred.)



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