World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday April 29, 1941
Day 607

April 29, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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April 29, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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April 29, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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April 29, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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April 29, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 6: "Lindbergh Answered"


April 29, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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April 29, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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April 29, 1941: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Note the report in column 4: "Von Luckner Said To Be In Pacific"
(This is the second time in 1941 that Count Felix von Luckner, the infamous commanding officer of SMS Seeadler in the Great war, is reported to be at sea in the Second World War. In this version, he is credited with having twelve raiders under his command. The truth is that von Luckner was living in Sweden, having fallen out with the Nazi government.)


April 29, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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April 29, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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April 29, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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April 29, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "Early Wonders if Lindbergh Will Return Nazi Decoration"
Charles Lindbergh (left) being presented with a decorative sword by Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring.


April 29, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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April 29, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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April 29, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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April 29, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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April 29, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Rätselraten um das fliehende Britenkorps.
(Guesswork surrounds the fleeing British Corps.)


April 29, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Roosevelt hilf, wir sind am Ende!
(Help Roosevelt, we're finished!)
2. Churchills Flucht vor das Mikrophon - ein Rechtfertigungsversuch nach dem zweiten Dünkirch-Sieg.
(Churchill's escape from the microphone - an attempt at justification after the second Dunkirk victory.)



   
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