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December 11, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Heavier Penalties For Food Hoarders" |
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In other news, HM Trawler Lady Shirley was sunk by U-374, all thirty-three men were lost with the ship. This ship had been in the news for sinking U-111 on Oct. 4th. |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report at top right: "Jap Battleship Ablaze After Three Bomb Hits" |
(The report states that the Japanese battleship Haruna was hit and was burning "fiercely." Other reports claim the ship was sunk. Neither of these reports were true. Strangely enough, the first Japanese battleship reported sunk was among the last Japanese ships sunk in the war. Haruna survived until July of 1945, when after a series of U.S. carrier aircraft attacks, she settled on the bottom in shallow water. The ship was later raised and scrapped.) |
| [More about Haruna here.] |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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Note the reports in columns 1-2: "Japan's Story Of Our Naval Losses and Tokyo Version Of Attack On Ships" |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Sub. Commander Is Awarded V.C." |
(Lt. Commander Malcolm David Wanklyn, commanding officer of HMS Upholder, is awarded the Victoria Cross.) |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Stimson Confirms Sinking Of Jap Battleship" |
(Secretary of War Henry Stimson, tells the press that Haruna was sunk by U.S. bombers off the northern coast of Luzon, Philippines. This was not true, in fact Haruna was in the Gulf of Siam at this time.) |
Note the report in columns 5-6: "Text Of FDR Message" |
| (President Roosevelt's announcement that the U.S. had declared war against Germany and Italy.) |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the headline and report in columns 7-8: "U.S. Sinks Two Jap Warships Off Wake; Attacks Repulsed There And In Luzon" |
(The headline was close to correct. The two ships mentioned were involved in the attack on Wake Island, both were destroyers. Hayate was damaged by USMC shore guns and beached, the ship was a total loss. The other destroyer, Kisaragi was sunk by USMC aircraft. The attack on Wake Island was repulsed, but the Philippines were lost.) |
Also note the report in columns 1-2: "Hitler and Mussolini Force Break With New Anti-Allied Pact" |
Also note the report in columns 1-2: "Germany and Italy Declare War On U.S. and Sign New Axis Alliance" |
Also note the report in column 2: "Warship Sinks Freighter Off Nantucket, 8 Killed" |
(The freighter Oregon was sunk by the battleship USS New Mexico BB-40.) |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of the San Antonio Express, San Antonio, Texas. |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Japan Claims Guam, Wake Capture" |
(Half true, Guam had surrendered on Dec. 10th, but Wake would hold out until Dec. 23rd.) |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Japans erfolgreicher Kampfbeginn. |
(Japan's successful start to the fight.) |
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December 11, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Auch Churchill erhielt Japans erste Antwort. |
(Churchill also received Japan's first reply.) |
2. Englands Fernost-Flotte entscheidend getroffen - Die zwei schnellsten Schlachtschiffe Prince of Wales und Repulse versenkt. |
(England's Far East Fleet decisively hit -
Two fastest battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse sunk.) |
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Page published December 11, 2022 |
