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April 5, 1942: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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Note the report at top right: "The New Britain, After The War, Will Be Purged Of Misery And Class Privilege - Leisure, Work, And Wages For All" |
(The socialists dream in print.) |
Also note the report in column 1: "More Jap. Naval Losses - One Cruiser Sunk: Another Torpedoed" |
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Post-war Japanese records indicate that the destroyer Yugiri was bombed at Port Blair, Andaman Islands, on Mar. 3, the extent of damage is not noted, but light damage is indicated. A cruiser, Naka, was heavily damaged by a torpedo from USS Seawolf SS-197 off Christmas Island on Apr. 1. The Japanese only lost one auxiliary warship and one submarine in April of 1942. Without doing a detailed analysis, Japanese merchant losses for April 1942 were seven sunk, two possibly sunk for a total of 42,796 GRT. Only one other cruiser and one other destroyer and one other auxiliary ship were damaged by Allied forces during the month, the cruiser by a submarine.) |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England. |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland. |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina. |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan. |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana. |
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Note the photos at top right: "U.S.S. Langley, Destroyer Sunk by Air Attack" |
(The caption says the ships shown are USS Langley AV-3 at top and USS Peary DD-226 at bottom. The bottom photo is actually of USS Pecos AO-6 or a ship of the same class.) |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in columns 5-6: "Local Youth Was On Sunk Destroyer" |
(The ship shown in the report is not USS Peary DD-226, but is Parrott DD-218. The subject of the report, Seaman 1st Class Willie Louis Allen, was injured, but survived the attack and sinking.) |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana. |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah. |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California. |
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April 5, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Der deutsche Soldat hat sich selbst übertroffen - Stalins WInterschlacht blutig gescheitert! 104.000 Gefangene, 2720 Flugzeuge, 2167 Panzer, 2519 Geschütze. |
(The German soldier has surpassed himself - Stalin's winter battle failed bloodily! 104,000 prisoners, 2,720 aircraft, 2,167 tanks, 2,519 guns.) |
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Page published April 5, 2023 |