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February 2, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Sailors Drank Blood of Albatross" |
(The unnamed ship in the report is the 5,297-ton Hazelside, which was sunk by U-68 on Oct. 28, 1941. This was the second ship named Hazelside owned by Charlton, McAllum & Co. sunk in World War II. The first was sunk on Sept. 24, 1939 by U-31.) |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in columns 1-2: "Nazis Say They Sank Destroyer Off Canada; Damage Merchantman" |
(This was true, HMS Belmont was sunk by U-82 off Halifax on Jan. 31. There were no survivors from the 138-man crew. That was the last ship sunk by U-82, which was attacked three times and was finally sunk, also with all hands on Feb. 6, while trying to get back to France.) |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Der Führer: Wir werden sie schlagen! |
(The Führer: We will beat them!) |
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February 2, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Ungewöhnlich hohe Verluste der Sowjets. |
(Unusually high Soviet casualties.) |
2. Weitere örtliche Erfolge im Osten - Britische Geleitzüge bombardiert. |
(More local successes in the East - British convoys bombed.) |
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Page published February 2, 2023 |