World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday, January 31, 1942
Day 884

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.)


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.



   
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