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July 31, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of the Evening Despatch, Birmingham, England. |
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Note the report in column 7: "Keitel's Son Killed" |
(The official German news agency reported that the son of Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, was killed in Russia. Hans-Georg Keitel was killed in Russia, he died of wounds on July 18, 1941. Berlin also announces the death of the son of Interior Minister Dr. Wilhelm Frick, but gave no details. Both Keitel and Frick were found guilty of war crimes and executed after the war.) |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of The Evening News And Southern Daily Mail, Portsmouth and Southsea, England. |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "60 Shot - Many Arrested In Big Purge By Hitler" |
(Another report that is complete fantasy.) |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the report in columns 3-7: "U.S. Paralysis Expert Comes To Help" |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report at bottom right: "Hitler Bans Practice Of Christian Science" |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 5: "New Ship Lost" |
(After two months, Sweden has declared the passenger/cargo ship Venezuela, lost for unknown reasons.
The ship was torpedoed and sunk in error on Apr. 17, 1941 by U-123. The U-boat commander noted that the crew had abandoned the ship in lifeboats, but none of the forty-none people who had been aboard were ever found.) |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Belligerent - Gayda Hurls Charge Against U.S." |
Also note the report in column 5: "German War Ace Claimed Suicide" |
(This report, like most such reports, was not true, but would be in a few months. Generaloberst Ernst Udet did commit suicide, but not until Nov. 17, 1941.) The report claims he was under arrest, which was not true, but he was having difficulty with Göring and Erhard Milch. At least this report has a disclaimer that it has not been confirmed and in fact that Berlin has denied the report.) |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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July 31, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Aussichtsloser Widerstand, unaufhaltsame Vernichtung. |
(Hopeless resistance, unstoppable annihilation.) |
2. Der britische Prior von Canterburry an die Gottlosen und Mörder. |
(The British Prior of Canterbury to the wicked and murderers.)
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July 31, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. U-Boot zwei Tage und zwei Nächte am Feind - Einzelheiten über den neuen U-Boot-Sieg im Atlantik. |
(Submarine on the enemy for two days and two nights -
Details of the new submarine victory in the Atlantic.) |
2. Luftwaffe in Nordafrika und England erfolgreich - Verzweiflungsaktionen ostwärts von Smolensk. |
(Luftwaffe successful in North Africa and England Desperate actions east of Smolensk.) |
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Page published July 31, 2022 |
