World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday May 21, 1941
Day 629

May 21, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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May 21, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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May 21, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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May 21, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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Note the report in column 5: "Iceland Becomes A Republic"


May 21, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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May 21, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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May 21, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 21, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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May 21, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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May 21, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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May 21, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 5: "Germans to Release Zamzam Americans, Consul Reports"


May 21, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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May 21, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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May 21, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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May 21, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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May 21, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Systematische Abschnürung der britischen Oelzufuhr.
(Systematic cutting off of the British oil supply.)



   
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