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March 13, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "Pilot Flew Into Mouth of Brest Guns, Won V.C." |
(Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell, RAFVR, was awarded the Victoria Cross, posthumously, for his actions against the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.) |
Also note the report at top right: "Jap Cruiser Sunk Off Hong Kong" |
(Up to this point in the war, no Japanese cruisers had been sunk. Mikuma was the first Japanese cruiser sunk which happened at the Battle of Midway on June 6, 1942.) |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Nazis Claim - British Cruiser Sunk" |
(The report was true, HMS Naiad was sunk by U-565 on Mar. 11th, eighty-two men were lost with the ship.) |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the report in columns 5-7: "Sugar Ration Registration Postponed Until April: Hoarders Face Penalty" |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of The Southern Jewish Weekly, Jacksonville, Florida. |
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Note the report at top right: "Weizmann Condemns Struma Loss as Outrage" |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Schon 800 000 BRT. vor Amerikas Küste versenkt. |
(Already 800 000 GRT. sunk off America's coast.) |
2. Der Mölders-Brief ist eine Fälschung. |
(The Mölders letter is a forgery.) |
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March 13, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Harte Schläge der Achse auf allen Meeren - 114.000 BRT. und fünf Britenkreuzer! |
(Axis delivers hard blows on all seas - 114,000 GRT. and five British cruisers!) |
2. U-Boot in britischen Hafen eingedrungen. |
(U-boat entered British port.) |
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Page published March 13, 2023 |
