World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday, February 21, 1942
Day 905

February 21, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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Note the report in column 6: "V.C. Twice Bayoneted, Went On Saving Men"
(Lt. Col. Edward Cumming, M.C. awarded the Victoria Cross.)
Also note the report in columns 4-5: "Pocket U-Boats Off U.S. Coast: Someone Is Supplying Them:
(There were no "pocket U-boats" and the U-boats in the Atlantic were supplied by other U-boats or supply ships.)
Over the wireless:


February 21, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report at top left: "Four Jap Warships Seriously Damaged By Allied Navies"
(This was true, four Japanese ships were damaged in the Battle of the Badoeng Strait. The ABDA [American-British-Dutch-Australian Command] force fared much worse. The Dutch destroyer Piet Hein was sunk and the Dutch cruiser Tromp was damaged. USS Stewart DD-224 was seriously damaged, and as far as service in the U.S. Navy was concerned, it was out of the war. Stewart made port in Surabaya, Java where it was put into a floating drydock for repairs. The ship was blown up by the crew, bombed by the Japanese and finally scuttled. The Japanese raised the ship in Feb. of 1943, repaired the ship and renamed it Patrol Boat #102. It survived the war being captured by the Allies at Mokpo, Korea.)


February 21, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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February 21, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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February 21, 1942: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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February 21, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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Note the report in column 5: "Death Sentence for Gambling Suggested"


February 21, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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February 21, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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February 21, 1942: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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February 21, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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February 21, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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February 21, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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February 21, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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February 21, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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February 21, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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February 21, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Der tolle Bluff der Kabinettsneubildung in England - Bolschewist Cripps eingetreten.
(The mad bluff of the cabinet reshuffle in England - Enter the Bolshevik Cripps.)


February 21, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Churchill sucht sich durch Linksruck zu retten - Sowjet-England auf dem Marsch.
(Churchill tries to save himself by shifting to the left - Soviet-England on the march.)
2. Der Bolschewist Cripps im Kriegskabinett.
(The Bolshevik Cripps in the War Cabinet.)



   
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