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March 27, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Trawler Sunk" |
(HM Trawler Botanic was sunk by German aircraft on Feb. 18th, fortunately only one man, Seaman James M. Yetman, RNPS, was killed. The same ship had been bombed by the Germans on Sept. 15, 1940, sadly six men were lost in that incident.) |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in columns 6-7: "Cheeky U-Boat Is Sent To Bottom" |
(This time the report was true, sadly the submarine was not German, it was the French submarine Surcouf. The unnamed ship was the Thompson Lykes. The incident took place on Feb. 18th, but the loss of the boat had still not been announced. Note that in this version of the story, the suspected U-boat had fired a torpedo at the freighter and the ship deliberately rammed the submarine. Of course, this was complete tommyrot. I wonder if the "Navy officials" who put this piece of propaganda out into the public domain had any remorse when they learned that it was Surcouf that was sunk?) |
| [More about Surcouf here.] |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in column 7: "Flying Tigers Rake Enemy In Thailand" |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Nazis Doom French Leader For Having Radio Sender" |
(The report is dated Mar. 27, but Jacques Kellner had been executed on Mar. 21st.) |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Area Sailor Is Lost With Ship" |
(The unnamed ship was the 5,373-ton tanker Naeco, which was sunk by U-124.) |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of The Southern Jewish Weekly, Jacksonville, Florida. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Paris Jews To Pay For Damages Caused By British Bombers" |
Also note the report in column 5: "Jewish Mass-Suicides Reported From Prague" |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Aus einem reizenden wurde ein harter Krieg. Churchill verkündet: Unser Kriegslage hat sich gebessert! |
(A lovely war turned into a hard one. Churchill announces: Our war situation has improved!) |
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March 27, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Moskau fordert schnellste Hilfe - 1942 der entscheidende Augenblick für die Sowjets - Maisky verlangt im Auftrag Stalins die zweite Front. |
(Moscow demands the fastest possible help - 1942 the decisive moment for the Soviets - Maisky demands the second front on behalf of Stalin.) |
Note the photo of Adolf Hitler awarding Generaloberst Erwin Rommel the Schwerten [swords] to his Ritterkreuz. Rommel became the sixth to be awarded the swords. |
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Page published March 27, 2023 |