World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday February 15, 1942
Day 899

February 15, 1942: Front page of The People, London, England.
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Over the wireless:


February 15, 1942: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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February 15, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
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February 15, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report at bottom left: "May Have Sunk The Prinz Eugen"
(None of the German ships involved in the Channel Dash were sunk.)


February 15, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 5: "Child Labor to Harvest California Fruits"


February 15, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina.
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February 15, 1942: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan.
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February 15, 1942: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana.
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February 15, 1942: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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February 15, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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February 15, 1942: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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February 15, 1942: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah.
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February 15, 1942: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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February 15, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. So wirkt das Erscheinen unserer Schlachtschiffe - England fühlt sich auf das tiefste gedemütigt - Ungeheurer Eindruck In der ganzen Welt.
(This is how the appearance of our battleships works - England feels deeply humiliated - Tremendous impression in the whole world.)




   
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