World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday, November 10, 1941
Day 802

November 10, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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Note the headline report: "Two Enemy Convoys Annihilated"
(The report is describing the action against Convoy Beta, it's mostly true.)


November 10, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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November 10, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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November 10, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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November 10, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 5: "Milk Shortage Threat to Big Towns"


November 10, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report in column 8: "Many Jewish Suicides in Germany"
Also note the report in columns 2-3: "Nazis Shoot 200 At Zagreb"


November 10, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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November 10, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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November 10, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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November 10, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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November 10, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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November 10, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report at top left: "Churchill Pledges Immediate Aid If U.S. Goes to War With Japan"
Also note the report in column 4: "Pacific Ship Feared Lost With Defense Cargo"
(The Norwegian freighter Silvaplana, was captured by the German Hilfskreuzer [auxiliary cruiser] Atlantis on Sept. 10th. The ship was taken as a prize, there were no casualties among the crew. The Germans renamed the ship Irene and used it as a blockade runner until HMS Adventure approached her on Apr. 10, 1943. The ship was promptly scuttled.)


November 10, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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November 10, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 8: "2 U-Boats Reported Destroyed"
(Sen. Wheeler of Montana, on the strength of a letter that had been written by a USS Reuben James sailor to his mother, tells the world that Reuben James sank two U-Boats before it was sunk. This is not true, but the propaganda machine must go on.)


November 10, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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November 10, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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November 10, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Der Führer sprach in München.
(The Führer spoke in Munich.)
[This was Hitler's annual speech at the Bürgerbräuukeller on the anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923.]


November 10, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Die Nation ehrte ihre Helden.
(The nation honored its heroes.)
2. In der Gewißheit des Sieges beging das deutsche Volk den 9.November
(With the certainty of victory, the German people celebrated November 9th.)



   
Page published November 10, 2022