World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday, March 24, 1942
Day 936

March 24, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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March 24, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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March 24, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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Note the report at top right: "2 U-Boats And 9 Axis Ships Sunk"
(British submarines sank three Italian submarines in March of 1942, there were some merchant ships sunk, but no cluster of nine.)


March 24, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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Note the photo of HMS Eagle at top.
(HMS Eagle was sunk by U-73 on Aug. 11, 1942 with the loss of 160 men.)


March 24, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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March 24, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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March 24, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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March 24, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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March 24, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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March 24, 1942: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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March 24, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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March 24, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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March 24, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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March 24, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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March 24, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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Note the report in column 3: "20,000 Japs Will Be Moved To Indian Land"


March 24, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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Note the report in column 3: "Curfew Confines Japs And Aliens"


March 24, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Größte Katastrophe der englischen Geschichte - Erkenntnisse in England - London ruft nach Taten.
(Greatest catastrophe in English history - Findings in England - London calls for action.)


March 24, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Verschärfung der schleichenden Krise - Cripps beginnt den Angriff gegen Churchill - Stalins Agent sichert sich vor einem Fehschlag in Indien.
(Insidious crisis deepens - Cripps begins attack against Churchill - Stalin's agent saves himself from a failure in India.)



   
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