World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday, September 1, 1941
Day 732

September 1, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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Note the report in columns 2-3: "The Red Invader Has Won Another Broadcast Duel.


September 1, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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September 1, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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September 1, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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September 1, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 5: "The Mystery Voice - New Snag For Hitler"
(Adolf Hitler postponing a speech for fear that Ivan the Terrible or The Red Invader or The Ghost Voice, may interrupt him and make him look a fool.)


September 1, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report in column 5: "Invasion May Come In Next Few Weeks"
(Mr. W. J. Brown, secretary of the Civil Air Service Clerical Association, made the prediction during a radio broadcast. Other than his opinion, where he could have come up with this information is unknown.)
 
Also note the report in column 8: "Atrocities In Poland"
(The report claims that the Germans were trying to wipe out Poland's creative minds, which was completely true. The intelligentsia of Poland, Russia and the Baltic States, along with anywhere else the Nazis invaded in eastern Europe, were on the Nazi hit list.)
[It was announced today on the on the eighty-first anniversary of the German invasion of Poland, that Poland is going to seek $1.3 Trillion in reparations from Germany for the invasion and occupation of their country.]
Also note the report in column 8: "Goering's Brother in Switzerland"
(The report from Radio Moscow, claims that Albert Göring, Hermann Göring's younger brother, left Germany with his family. This, like most radio Moscow reports, was a lie. Albert Göring was an anti-Nazi and helped many Jews escape. He spent much of the war in Czechoslovakia, working as export director at the Skoda Works. He died in obscurity in 1966.)
Also note the report in column 1: " Two Million German Casualties"
(Radio Moscow, once again the source of the lie. The propaganda broadcast from Russia to Germany claims in the first six weeks the Germans suffered 1.5 million casualties. It further states that half a million more casualties were inflicted in the last two weeks, making the total figure 2 million. This was to demoralize the German public, but it was not accurate.

According to Wikipedia, the total figures for Operation Barbarossa from June 22, 1941 until Dec. 5, 1941 were:
German casualties;
186,542 killed
40,157 missing
655,179 wounded.
Total: 881,878.


September 1, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report in columns 6-7: "Ivan Is Still Going Strong"
Also note the report in column 6: "German Camp Cruelty"
(Eye-witness description of German treatment of French prisoner's of war.)


September 1, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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September 1, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report in column 6: "School as Usual"
(Radio Moscow claims that the 30 million children will continue with school, despite the war.)


September 1, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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September 1, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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September 1, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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September 1, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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September 1, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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September 1, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Wiborg ein entscheidender Raumgewinn.
(Wiborg a decisive gain in space.)
2. Der jüdische Mordplan.
(The Jewish Murder Plan.)
3. Stärkster Widerhall des Treffens Führer-Duce.
(The Fuhrer-Duce meeting had the strongest response.)


September 1, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Wir sind enttäuscht über die USA-Hilfe.
(We are disappointed in US aid.)
2. Großer Raumgewinn in Richtung Leningrad.
(Great gain of space in the direction of Leningrad.)



   
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