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June 29, 1941: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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June 29, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England. |
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June 29, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland. |
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Note the report at bottom right: "Prison Ship Men Had Given Up Hope" |
(The German freighter Alstertor, was a Hilfskreuzer [auxiliary cruiser] supply ship. It had prisoners from two ships, Rabaul and Trafalgar, both sunk by the German Hilfskreuzer Atlantis. When the ship was located and challenged by HM ships, like most German ships caught by the British, it was scuttled.)
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June 29, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Australian Steamer Sunk By Nazi Raider" |
(The Rabaul was sunk by the German Hilfskreuzer [auxiliary cruiser] Atlantis.) |
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June 29, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. |
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June 29, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina. |
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June 29, 1941: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan. |
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June 29, 1941: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana. |
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June 29, 1941: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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June 29, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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June 29, 1941: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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June 29, 1941: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California. |
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June 29, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Klare deutsche Überlegenheit. |
(Clear German superiority.) |
2. Furchtbare Verluste der Sowjet-Luftwaffe. |
(Terrible Soviet Air Force losses.) |
3. Wieder über 93.000 BRT. vernichtet. |
(Again more than 93,000 GRT sunk.) |
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Page published June 29, 2022 |