World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday February 23, 1941
Day 542

February 23, 1941: Front page of The People, London, England.
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Note the report in column 1: "Butter Ration Doubled"


February 23, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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February 23, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 5: "Italian Prison Camp Hell"
(1,300 prisoners freed by the British in Mogadishu, Somaliland)


February 23, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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February 23, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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February 23, 1941: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan.
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February 23, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina.
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February 23, 1941: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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February 23, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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February 23, 1941: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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February 23, 1941: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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February 23, 1941: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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February 23, 1941: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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February 23, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. USA.=Flagge als britische Tarnung.
(U.S. Flag as British camouflage.)
[For the English version of this report see "Nazis Ask U.S. Halt British Use of Flag" in the Detroit Times above.]



   
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