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April 15, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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Note the report in column 1: "More Sausages" |
(The Minister of Food,
Lord Woolton, said that special allocation to general butchers of meat for manufacturing purposes will be doubled.)
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April 15, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Flying Fortress Bombers Here - Beat All Atlantic Records" |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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Note the report in column 4: "We Attack All Ships, Gayda Tells U.S.A." |
(The Italian fascist editor Virginio Gayda notifies the United States that the Axis now considers itself free to attack any and all ships in African waters.) |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 7: "How Not To Treat Our Wounded" |
(I thought the editorial was going to be a warning to the Germans or Italians, it instead chastises the Australian military for not taking care of their own wounded.) |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "British Cruiser Bonaventure Sunk Escorting Convoy" |
(What the report does not say is that the ship was sunk on Mar. 31st. by the Italian submarine Ambra. One hundred and thirty-nine men were also lost.) |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Anerkennung Kroatiens durch die Achse. |
(Croatia recognized by the Axis.) |
2. Griechische Flotte soll Britenflucht decken! |
(Greek fleet to cover the British escape!) |
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April 15, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Belgrad in unserer Hand! |
(Belgrade in our hands!) |
2. Die Masse des serbischen heers vernichtet. |
(The majority of the Serbian army destroyed.) |
3. Sollum von deutschen und italienischen Truppen erobert - 132.000 BRT. versenkt. |
(Sollum captured by German and Italian troops - 132,000 GRT. sunk.) |
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Page published April 15, 2022 |