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January 21, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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Note the report at top right: "Japanese Cruiser Sunk By American Bombers" |
(The only two Japanese warships sunk to date in January of 1941 were minesweepers.) |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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Note the report in column 8: "U-Boats Snooping Off U.S. Coast" |
(A report written by somebody who either knew nothing about how the Germans operated U-Boats, or just a piece designed to take up column space. Either way, it is complete rubbish.) |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Bock's Bigger Command" |
(The writer makes no reference to the fact that his newspaper, on Jan. 14th, ran a report claiming that von Bock had been arrested.) |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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Note the report in columns 8-9: "Dutch Forces Have Sunk 24 Jap. Ships" |
(The real number was half of that.) |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Ambition Fulfilled - War Tales Thrilled Mosquito Boat Hero" |
Also note the report at bottom right: "Gable Will Leave Films For Air Corps" |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Torpedo Boat Captain Latest U.S. War Hero" |
| (This would not be the last time John D. Bulkeley was in the news.) |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 4: "New Honor Is Awarded Gen. Rommel by Hitler" |
(Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel becomes the sixth to be awarded the Swords to the Ritterkreuz. He was the tenth to receive the Oak Leaves and would become the sixth to receive the Diamonds to the Ritterkreuz. Rommel, under suspicion of having condoned the July 20 bomb plot against Adolf Hitler [Operation Valkyrie] committed suicide under duress on Oct. 14, 1944.) |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the report in columns 5-6: "Navy Hints Subs Paying Big Price" |
(A reporter extrapolating a statement by President Roosevelt crediting blimps for "important successes" against U-boats. There had not been any successes by U.S. Navy blimps to date. It would take until May 6, 1945, only two days before the end of the war with Germany, for a Navy blimp to be involved in the sinking of a U-boat. A U-boat, however, scored a success against a Navy blimp. On the evening of July 18/19, 1943, U-134 shot down K-74. One man died from a shark attack, the other nine were rescued. U-134 was attacked and damaged by aircraft and had to remain surfaced and make for France. Attacked twice more before being sunk with all hands on Aug. 27. This was the only U.S. Navy blimp shot down during World War II.) |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. In der Krim Sowjets weiter zurückgeworfen |
(In the Crimea the Soviets were thrown back further.) |
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January 21, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Früherer USA.-Botschafter in Ankara erklärt: Sowjetangriff auf die Meerengen wahrscheinlich - Auch Roosevelt im Komplott gegen die Türkei. |
(Former US Ambassador in Ankara declares: Soviet attack on the Straits probable - Roosevelt also in the plot against Turkey.) |
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Page published January 21, 2023 |
