World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday, October 8, 1941
Day 769

October 8, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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Note the report in columns 5-6: "Whitehall Collecting Black List Of Nazi Criminals"
(This report is likely referring to a memorandum from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Anthony Eden, M.P. dated Oct. 5, 1941.)


October 8, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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October 8, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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October 8, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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October 8, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 8: "Ghost Voice Again"


October 8, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report at bottom center: "Bishop Of Munster's Protests To Nazis Read In U.S. Senate"


October 8, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report in columns 5-6: "Can't Talk To Jews"


October 8, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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October 8, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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October 8, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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October 8, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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October 8, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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October 8, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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October 8, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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October 8, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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Note the photo: "H.M.S. Warspite Under Repair At Bremerton Navy Yard"


October 8, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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October 8, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Sowjet-Südflügel zusammengebrochen.
(Soviet southern wing collapsed.)


October 8, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Die ersten Erfolge der neuen Offensive.
(The first successes of the new offensive.)
2. Nördliche des Asowschen Meeres.
(North of the Sea of Azov.)
3. Sowjetarmee zerschlagen.
(Soviet Army crushed.)



   
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