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January 31, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Jap Ship Losses Nearly 200" |
(The report is completely false. Naval losses were about 19 ships, no heavies, and about 29 merchant ships. This figure is not completely accurate, but it is close.) |
January 31, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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Note the report in column 7: "Hitler: Anbassador of Death" |
(A Radio Moscow message for the German people on the 10th anniversary of Adolf Hitler becoming Chancellor.) |
January 31, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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January 31, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Große Kampfrede des Führers - Der erste Musketier des Reiches. Hart-entschlofssen-siegssicher. |
(Great Battle Speech of the Führer - The First Musketeer of the Reich.) |
2. Hart-entschlofssen-siegssicher. |
(Hard - determined - sure of victory.)
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January 31, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Was unsere Gegner auch für Pläne haben mögen - Der Führer: Wir sind gegen alles gewappnet! |
(Whatever plans our opponents may have - Der Führer: We are armed against everything!) |
2. Gewaltige Volkskundgebung zum 30. Jänner im Berliner Sportpalast. |
(Huge popular rally on January 30th in the Berlin Sportpalast.) |
Note the photo at top right: Adolf Hitler awards SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Josef "Sepp" Dietrich the Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes. [Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.] Dietrich was the 41st man to receive this award. |
Page published January 31, 2023 |