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February 15, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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[*Historical note: On this day in 1941 Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of Staff of the Wehrmacht, issued a memo with the following included; "Part 1, section B The defenses of the German-occupied British' Channel islands are to be reinforced in the course of the next two months by means of coastal batteries and similar. Units of the Army to such an extent that any landing attempts can be warded off without the aid of bomber units of the Air Force. These measures are to be utilized as deception in connection with operation Sealion." (Sealion was the code word for the invasion of Great Britain.) |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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| Note the report in column 8: "Ships Must Listen To News" |
(The Admiralty issued an order to all British ships of under 1,600 tons must be equipped with wireless receiving equipment (radio.) They also order said ships to maintain a wireless watch at sea at 7 a.m., 1 p.m., 9 p.m. and midnight.) |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 7: "Greeks Capture 7000 In One Day" |
(An astonishing number, which would be corrected to 700 the following day.) |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Nazi Surface Raiders Attack Convoy - Claim 13 Ships Sunk" |
(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.) |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Donovan Passport Fund; Is Returned to Earle" |
(Apparently Wild Bill Donovan lost his passport, money and other material soon after visiting King Boris at the palace in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was returned to Ambassador Earle's office by the Bulgarian political police.) |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Neun Spitfires an Englands Küste abgeschossen. |
(Nine Spitfire's shot down on England's coast.) |
2. Deutsche Bomber-Erfolge an allen Fronten. |
(German bombers succeed on all fronts.) |
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February 15, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Wir treffen England auf allen Meeren. |
(We meet England on all seas.) |
2. 670.000 BRT. von unseren Handelsstörern in Übersee versenkt. |
(670,000 GRT sunk by our raiders overseas.) |
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Page published February 15, 2022 |