World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday May 18, 1942
Day 991

May 18, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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May 18, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the report at top right: "The Prinz Eugen Hit by Torpedoes"
(The attack by aircraft of 42 Squadron and 86 Squadron Coastal Command took place on May 17, but no hits were scored on the cruiser or the escorting destroyers. Prinz Eugen made it to Deutsche Werke in Kiel on the 18th where it took until late October to fit a new stern to the ship. [Prinz Eugen had been torpedoed by HMS Trident on Feb. 23, 1942 which caused the stern to collapse. From Feb. until May was spent removing the damaged stern and rigging a new rudder on the ship.)


May 18, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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May 18, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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May 18, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 2: "Corvette Sunk"
(HMS Hollyhock was sunk on Apr. 9 by the Japanese task force commanded by Vice-Admiral Nagumo. The same aircraft that sank the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes along with HMS Vampire, and several merchant ships.)


May 18, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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May 18, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 18, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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May 18, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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May 18, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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May 18, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the report in column 7: "Psychiatrists Studying 5th Column Propaganda Say Honest Kind Counters"


May 18, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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May 18, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the photo at bottom left: "Blimp - A Convoy's Eyes In Fog Blanket"
(The unidentified ship is the Aquitania.)


May 18, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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May 18, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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May 18, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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May 18, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Das alles geschah auf Roosevelts Befehl.
(This was all done on Roosevelt's orders.)


May 18, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Das wahre Gesicht des Landes der Freiheit - Roosevelt kerkert deutsche Frauen und Kinder ein - Neger als Wächter - Mit Prostituierten in einem Gefängnis.
(The real face of the land of liberty - Roosevelt imprisons German women and children - Negroes as guards - With prostitutes in a prison.)



   
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