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March 25, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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Note the headline report: "Italian Battleship is Torpedoed, and Another Convoy Gets Through to Malta" |
(The Italian battleship Littorio was not torpedoed, but was hit by one small shell from a British warship. In turn, three British warships were slightly damaged by Littorio.) |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Japanese Submarine Rammed Two Lifeboats" |
(The report that a Japanese submarine (I-156) rammed two of the lifeboats may or may not be true. Other reports claim that the submarine had machine-gunned one of the lifeboats before ramming it. I have no authoritative account that indicates that the submarine commander, Lt. Commander Katsuo Ohashi, committed a war crime against the survivors of the Kwangtung. However, it is known that several Japanese submarine commanders did commit such crimes. What is known is that ninety-six members of the crew perished in the sinking. There were thirty-five survivors.) |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Big Italian Liner Sunk" |
(This report was true, the passenger ship Victoria was sunk on Jan. 24, 1942 by RAF aircraft.) |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 7: "Skipper Lost, 37 Saved As Sub Sinks U.S. Ship Off Atlantic Coast" |
(The unnamed ship was the 7,934-ton tanker Esso Nashville, which was attacked by U-124. The ship broke in two and the bows finally sank, but the stern was towed to port and repaired. The master was not killed in fact there were no fatalities.) |
Also note the report in column 4: "Ford Offers Lindbergh Post in Bomber Plant" |
Also note the report in column 6: "75 Serbs Are Executed For Slaying Police Chief" |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the photo at top: "Number Three For Hedy Lamarr" |
(If you don't know Hedy Lamarr, you should do some reading about her. She was not just an actress.) |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Versenkungen entscheiden Krieg gegen England. |
(Sinkings decide war against England.) |
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March 25, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Wieder über 100.000 BRT. an der USA.-Küste und im Mittelmeer - Der Schreckensruf: Deutsche U-Boote! Atlantik-Beute in zwei Monaten 1,25 Millonen BRT. |
(Again over 100,000 GRT sunk on the USA coast and in the Mediterranean - The dire cry: German submarines! Atlantic booty in two months 1.25 million GRT.) |
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Page published March 25, 2023 |