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January 6, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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Note the report in column 3: "U.S. Bombers Attack Warships - Battleship Hit: Destroyer Sunk" |
(In truth, two ships were hit by U.S. Army Air Forces B-17's, the seaplane tender Chitose and the cruiser Myoko. Neither were sunk.) |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. USA Truppen auf Luzon vor der Vernichtung. |
(U.S. troops on Luzon before annihilation.) |
2. Deutsche U=Boote versenkten 20 000 BRT. |
(German U=Boats sank 20,000 GRT.) |
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January 6, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. London bekennt zynisch: Kanonenfutter ist vorhanden, doch die Waffen fehlen. |
(London cynically admits: there is cannon fodder, but the weapons are lacking.) |
2. Chinesen und Inder sollen auf Malakka bluten. |
(Chinese and Indians shall bleed in Malacca.) |
3. Deutsche U=Boote versenkten 20 000 BRT. |
(German U=Boats sank 20,000 GRT.) |
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Page published January 6, 2023 |