World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday November 23, 1941
Day 815

November 23, 1941: Front page of The People, London, England.
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Note the report in column 8: "Another Nazi Air Ace Killed"
(One of Germany's most famous pilots, Oberst Werner Mölders, was killed in a plane crash while en route to attend the funeral of Ernst Udet.)


November 23, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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November 23, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
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November 23, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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November 23, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 5: "Death of American Ship in Atlantic"


November 23, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Note the photo at top left: "Battleship Indiana Joins Navy"


November 23, 1941: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan.
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November 23, 1941: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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November 23, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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November 23, 1941: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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November 23, 1941: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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November 23, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Von besonderer Bedeutung für den Kriegsverlauf - Rostow in deutscher Hand.
(Of particular importance for the course of the war - Rostov in German hands.)
2. Hervorragende Waffentaten der Vernände Kleist und Greim.
(Outstanding feats of arms by Kleist and Greim.)
3. Wieder ein Schlüsselpunkt gefallen.
(Another key point has fallen.)
Note the report at top left: "Werner Mölders tödlich abgestürzt"
(Werner Mölders killed in crash.)




   
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