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February 3, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Ark Royal Court-Martial Is Being Held in Victory" |
Also note the report in column 6: "U-Boat Sunk" |
(This time the report was true, not sure why the British decided to allow this to be published so soon after the event. The unnamed submarine was U-581, which was sunk Feb. 2.) |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Turkish Ship Sinking" |
(Refah was sunk on June 20 by the Italian submarine Ondina by Tenente di vascello [Lieutenant] Corrado Dal Posso. It was true that the majority of those killed were Turkish military. There were about 20-25 survivors.) |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Zerstörer vor der Küste Kanadas versenkt. |
(Destroyer sunk off Canadian coast.) |
[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, trying to get back to France.] |
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February 3, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Panzerarmee Afrika bis El Abiar und Barce vorgestoßen. |
(Panzer Army Africa advanced to El Abiar and Barce.) |
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Page published February 3, 2023 |