World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday May 26, 1941
Day 634

May 26, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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Note the report in column 4: "Petrol Coupons Warning"
(Motorists must now carry their coupons and produce them to authorities on demand.)


May 26, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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May 26, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "Convoys Would Be Act Of War"
(Großadmiral Erich Raeder sends verbal warning to the U.S. about convoying war materials to the United Kingdom.)


May 26, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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May 26, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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May 26, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the headline report: "H.M.S. Hood Blows Up In Action"


May 26, 1941: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 26, 1941: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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May 26, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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May 26, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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May 26, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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May 26, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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May 26, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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May 26, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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May 26, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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May 26, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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May 26, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Sensation der Welt:Kreta=Landung und Hood.
(World Sensation: Crete=Landing and Hood.)
2. Britische Mittelmeerflotte schwer getroffen.
(British Mediterranean Fleet hit hard.)
 
3. Schwarze Tage für England.
(Black days for England.)


May 26, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Lähmendes Entsetzen in England.
(Paralyzing horror in England.)
2. Das Ende der, Hood - ein Symbol für Großbritanniens Schicksal.
(The end of the Hood - a symbol of Britain's fate.)



   
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