World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Saturday May 23, 1942
Day 996

May 23, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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May 23, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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May 23, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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Note the report in column 8: "Japan's Loss of Ships Cruiser Sunk"
(While submarines had sunk several Japanese merchant ships, there had been no cruiser, not even a destroyer had been sunk. The first Japanese cruiser sunk was the Mikuma, which was sunk in the Battle of Midway on June 6, 1942.)


May 23, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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May 23, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 5: "Treason In Mannheim"
( 14 sentenced to death for treason.

The following is not directly related to that, but I wonder if anyone will file treason charges against former FBI Director James Comey, former CIA Director John Brennan, former CIA Director James Clapper, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, former FBI agent Peter Strzok, Senator Chuck Schumer, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Congressman Adam Schiff, Congressman Eric Swalwell and any others who were involved in the Coup d'état against President Trump and the American people. As the Durham report clearly lays out, these people and others lied to obtain warrants, lied to begin an investigation against Trump, which they knew there was no basis for, and prosecuted that investigation against President Trump with the goal of removing him from office. If this was not high treason, nothing is. Those people and others, should be arrested immediately, charged with treason and, if found guilty, should be given the ultimate penalty prescribed by law, in this case, the penalty is death.)


May 23, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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May 23, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report in columns 7-8: "U-BOats' Crews Land In U.S.A. To See Movies"
(Maybe the most absurd report about U-boat operations of the war.)


May 23, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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May 23, 1942: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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May 23, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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May 23, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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May 23, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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May 23, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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May 23, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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May 23, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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May 23, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Ein USA.-Schlachtschiff versenkt.
(A U.S. Battleship Sunk.)
[This report was, of course, not true.]


May 23, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Beitrag der Achsenmächte zu Roosevelts Marinetag - USA.-Schlachtschiff und 125.600 BRT. versenkt - Großer Erfolg der italienischen und deutschen U-Boot-Waffe vor Amerika.
(Axis Contribution to Roosevelt's Naval Day - U.S. Battleship and 125,600 GRT. sunk - Great success of Italian and German submarine guns off America.)



   
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