World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday, November 3, 1941
Day 795

November 3, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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November 3, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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November 3, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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November 3, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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November 3, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 5: "World's Debt top Jews"
 
Also note the report at top left: "German Losses In Russia Now 4,000,000"
(The daily lies and exaggerations from the Russians. According to Wikipedia, German casuslties during Operation Barbarossa from June 22, 1941 until Dec. 5, 1941 were:

186,542 killed
40,157 missing
655,179 wounded.
Total: 881,878.)


November 3, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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November 3, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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November 3, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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November 3, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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November 3, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report at top left: "Jap Sub Invades U.S. Waters"
(The U.S. Navy claims a Japanese submarine has been operating in the waters off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. I don't know if this was true or not.)


November 3, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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November 3, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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November 3, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the photo at bottom right: "Rumor Normandie In Role Of Plane Carrier"
(One of the most famous of the great passenger liners, the French Line's Normandie, had been moored in New York since the beginning of the war. After the fall of France, the ship was taken over by the U.S. government and later given to the U.S. Navy. There was some talk about converting her into an aircraft carrier, but it was decided to convert the ship into a troopship. However, the conversion was never completed. On Feb. 9, 1942, while Normandie, now named Lafayette, was under conversion, a welder's torch sparked a fire that soon got out of control. Tons and tons of water were poured into the ship, which ultimately heeled over on her side. In 1943 the ship was raised and the Navy decided to convert the ship into an aircraft transport ship. But the condition of the ship and the manpower needed to convert the ship proved her doom. Ultimately, Normandie was sold and scrapped.)


November 3, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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November 3, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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November 3, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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November 3, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Stürmische Verfolgung auf der Krim.
(Fierce persecution in the Crimea.)


November 3, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Vormarsch auf Sewastopol - Hauptstadt der Halbinsel Krim genommen.
(Advance on Sevastopol - Capital of the Crimean peninsula.)
2. Im Oktober: 441:300 BRT. versenkt.
(In October: 441:300 GRT. sunk.)
[British merchant ship losses for October 1941 were 32 ships at 151,177 GRT.}



   
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