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June 30, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of The Evening Express, Liverpool, England. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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Note the report in column 7: "Hitler Gives U-boat Awards" |
(Adolf Hitler awards three U-boat commanders the Eichenlaub (Oak Leaves) to their Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross.) Kapitänleutnant Herbert Schultze of U-48, Korvettenkapitän Heinrich Liebe of U-38 and Kapitänleutnant Engelbert Endrass of U-46. Endrass was the only one of the three to die in the war. He was lost with U-567 in Dec. of 1941.) |
June 30, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 6: "U.S. Marines Torpedoed" |
(The ship is identified as the Dutch Maarsden, but was in fact, the Maasdam, which was sunk by U-564. There were two casualties, both were American Red Cross nurses, Ruth W. Breckenridge and Maxine C. Loomis. All the survivors were later picked up by Norwegian ships.) |
June 30, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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June 30, 1941: Front page of the Briesetal-Bote, Kreis Niederbarnim, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Sowjet-=Invasion in Letzter Stunde vereitelt. |
(Soviet=Invasion foiled in the last hour.) |
2. Die OKW.=Sondermeldungen vom Sonntag. |
(The OKW.=special reports from Sunday.) |
June 30, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Europa vor der bolschewistischen Invasion gerettet. |
(Europe saved from Bolshevik invasion.) |
2. Die gesamte Kulturwelt dem deutschen Soldaten zu tiefstem Dank verpflichtet. |
(The entire cultural world owes the German soldier its deepest gratitude.) |
3. In 6 Tagen 4107 Flugzeuge und 2233 Panzer zerstört oder erbeutet. |
(4107 Aircraft and 2233 tanks destroyed or captured in 6 days.) |
Page published June 30, 2022 |