World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday April 25, 1941
Day 603

April 25, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "Nazi Gibraltar Move, Lisbon Thinks"
(Lisbon was wrong. Hitler at one time did have a plan to invade Gibraltar and Portugal as well, but the plans were scrapped in Dec. 11, 1940 and never seriously considered again.)
Also note the report in column 3: "Miss Harle Reprieved by the Nazis"
(Miss Winifred Harle and two French women had their death sentences overturned and now face long terms of imprisonment.)
Also note the report in column 3: "Goebbels Tries Vainly To Split Australia"
(He ordered the propaganda ministry to exploit every article which might drive a wedge between Britain and Australia. Especially, it seems, concerning the debacle in Greece.)
 
[Historical note: On this day Adolf Hitler issued the order for Operation Merkur, the German invasion of Crete.]


April 25, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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April 25, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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Note the photo at top: "Its Sabotage"
(The German ship Eisenach, was set ablaze by the crew. The ship was salvaged by the British and returned to service.)


April 25, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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April 25, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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April 25, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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April 25, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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April 25, 1941: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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April 25, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in column 1: "Nazi Opinion Of Lindbergh"


April 25, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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April 25, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the report at bottom left: "Roosevelt Places Lindy in Copperhead Category"
Also note the report in column 8: "New York Union Head Admits Larceny"
(James J. Bambrich, president of the Building Service Employees International Union (AFL) pleaded guilty to grand larceny. Another criminal union boss, and he, of course, would not be the last.)


April 25, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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April 25, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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April 25, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the headline report: "Axis Forces In Greenland, FDR Hints"
(Apart from a few weather stations which the Germans did set up on Greenland, there was never a Nazi invasion or occupation of Greenland.)


April 25, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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April 25, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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April 25, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Tourist Peter in Transjordanien.
(Tourist Peter en route to Jordan.)
2. Neue britische Truppen durch den Irak.
(New British troops through Iraq.)


April 25, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Churchill - der Prophet am Pranger.
(Churchill - the prophet in the pillory.)
2. Britische Siegesgesänge und die Sprache der deutschen Waffen - Ein offener Brief des Reichspressechefs Dr. Dietrich.
(British songs of victory and the language of German arms - An open letter from the Reich Press Chief Dr. Dietrich.)
Note the report at the bottom of column 5: "Britisches U-Boot versenkt" (British submarine sunk)
Die römische Morgenpresse vom Mittwoch bericht aus London dass die britische Admiralität den Verluft des u-bootes Minerva bekanntgegenben habe.Diefes U-boot ist im jahre 1934 vom Stapel gelaufen . Es hatte eine Wafferverbrängung von 571 Tonnen.
The Wednesday morning press in Rome reported that the British Admiralty in London had announced the fate of the submarine Minerva. This submarine was launched in 1934. It had a full displacement of 571 tons.
(This report is completely false, right down to the name. There was no British submarine named Minerva. There was a French submarine named Minerve, which was seized by the British on July 3, 1940, but this boat survived the war. It was wrecked on Sept. 19, 1945 while under tow.)



   
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