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September 29, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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[Historical note: On Sept. 29, 1941 the Naval Staff of the Kriegsmarine sent a top secret memo which included the following statements. Re: Future of Leningrad Part II: "The Führer has decided to have Leningrad wiped from the face of the earth. The further existence of this large town is of no interest once Soviet Russia is overthrown. Finland has also similarly declared no interest." Part IV: "The intention is to close in on the city and blast it to the ground by bombardments of artillery of all calibres and by continuous air attacks. Requests that the city may be handed over, arising from the situation within, will be turned down, for the problem of the survival of the population and of supplying it with food is one which cannot and should not be solved by us. In this war for existence, we have no interest in keeping even part of this great city's population. If necessary, a forceful evacuation towards the eastern territories of Russia should take place."] |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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Note the report at top right: "Gestapo Chief Sent To Cow Czecho-Slovakia" |
(This report was mostly true. Konstantine von Neurath did not resign, but had his power striped from him by Adolf Hitler. This was because Hitler believed that von Neurath was far too lenient with the Czechs. He officially remained Reichsprotektor in Böhmen und Mähren [Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia] in name only, until he resigned in Aug. of 1943. The report is the announcement that SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, was named deputy protector to von Neurath, in reality however, it was Heydrich who had the power. This promotion would begin a reign of terror and murder against the Czech people and would lead to one of the most famous assassinations of the war.) |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Received V.C. Won By Son" |
(The mother of Corporal John Edmondson, who was awarded the Victoria Cross, receives the award from the Governor-General, Lord Gowrie.) |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "Legless Pilot Escaped From Prison Hospital" |
(Wing-Commander Douglas Bader making an escape attempt.) |
Also note the report in columns 2-3: "Uprisings Against German Brutality" |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the report in columns 1-5: "City Men Lost In Corvette" |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "Czechs See Nazis In Last Warning" |
Also note the photo at bottom center: "Vivid View Of Death Blow In Battle Of The Atlantic" |
(The ship mentioned, the tanker British Security, was sunk in convoy HX-126 on May 20, 1941 by U-556. None of the fifty-three men in the crew survived.) |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note one of the headlines at top left: "Rome Claims 3 Cruisers Sunk" |
(As usual, the propaganda from Rome was overblown. In fact, no cruisers were sunk.) |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Union Leader Declared a Red, Faces Ejection" |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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| 1. Der größte Sieg der Weltgeschichte. |
| (The greatest victory in world history.) |
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September 29, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Ein neuer Erfolg unser U-Boot-Waffe - 82.000 BRT. im Atlantik versenkt. |
(A new success of our submarine gun - 82,000 GRT. sunk in the Atlantic.) |
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Page published September 29, 2022 |
