World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday April 9, 1941
Day 587

April 9, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of the Medicine Hat News, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the photo of the commissioning of USS North Carolina BB-55.


April 9, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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April 9, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Metaxas-Linie durchbrochen.
(Metaxas Line breached.)


April 9, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Gegen England auf allen Fronten!
(Against England on all fronts.)
2. Die deutsche Frühjahrsoffensive in vollem Gange
(The German spring offensive in full swing.)



   
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