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April 18, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the headline report: "American Bombers' Daylight Attack On Tokyo" |
(The attack, known as the Doolittle Raid, was launched from the carrier USS Hornet CV-8. The reports of serious damage were overblown, but the psychological effect on the Japanese was enormous. The population was now aware that war would come to their islands and they were not immune from attack, as some of the leadership had told them. Col. James H. Doolittle would be awarded the Medal of Honor for this action.) |
Also note the report in column 5: "Surcouf Free French "Sub." Overdue" |
(This is the first report announcing that Surcouf was missing. More about this in The Portsmouth Herald below.) |
| [More about Surcouf here.] |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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Note the report in column 2: "35 Hostages Shot In France" |
Also note the report at bottom left: "Are U-Boats Working from Martinique?" |
(The answer to that was no.) |
Also note the report in column 4: "Convoy Sinkings Denied" |
(While the "official circles" in London state that this could not be true, because there was no "convoy" in the area, they admit that a number of ships are overdue and that the Japanese may have sunk a "a number of ships." That was indeed true, Vice-Admiral Nagumo and his carrier strike force had sunk several merchant ships and a number of warships, including the carrier HMS Hermes and HM cruisers Cornwall and Dorsetshire. Another strike force of Japanese warships were also operating in the Indian ocean with some success.) |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of The Portsmouth Herald, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Free French Sub Surcouf Is Lost" |
(In late March, reports of a "German submarine" being rammed and sunk by an unnamed freighter, were obviously about the Surcouf incident. Surcouf was accidentally rammed and sunk by the freighter Thompson Lykes on Feb. 18, 1942, none of the 130 men on board survived.) |
| [More about Surcouf here.] |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Atlantik, Mittelmeer, Indischer Ozean - Die seestrategische Lage von England gesehen - Der Krieg ist nicht mehr zu gewinnen. |
(Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean - The strategic situation at sea seen from England - The war can no longer be won.) |
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April 18, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Fünfte Kolonne als Vorwand zur Agyptisierung Südamerikas - Roosevelt befiehlt Verhaftungswelle in Ekuador. |
(Fifth column as a pretext for Egyptianizing South America - Roosevelt orders wave of arrests in Ecuador.) |
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Page published April 18, 2023 |
