World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday, January 2, 1942
Day 855

January 2, 1942: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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January 2, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report in column 3: "No Epidemics, Say Nazis"
(After many reports of a typhus epidemic, the Germans deny that there is an epidemic.)
Also note the report in column


January 2, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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January 2, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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January 2, 1942: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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January 2, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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January 2, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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January 2, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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January 2, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the report in column 4: Darwin Has Air Alert"


January 2, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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January 2, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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January 2, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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January 2, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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January 2, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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January 2, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Durch Kampf zum Sieg!
(Through struggle to victory!)


January 2, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Schneller Vormarsch auf Malaya.
(Rapid advance on Malaya.)
2. Hafenstadt Kuantan erobert.
(Captured the port city of Kuantan.)
3. Schwerste Luftangriffe auf Britenfestung Singapur.
(Heaviest air raids on British fortress Singapore.)
4. Auch Sepp Dietrich ausgezeichnet - Sechs neue Eichenlaubträger.
(Sepp Dietrich also awarded - Six new oak leaf recipients.)



   
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