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June 4, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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Note the report in column 6: "The Terror Goes On - 6 Czech Women, 19 Men Die" |
(More executions in reprisal for the attack on Reinhard Heydrich.) |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the headline: "One Ship Sinks, Two Escape In Sub Attack Near Sydney" |
(This attack, the attack on the Aleutian Islands and the attack against Diego Suarez were a feint by the Japanese to distract the Americans before the planned attack on Midway Atoll on June 4th. The distraction failed because U.S. codebreakers, under the command of Commander Joe Rochefort, had broken the Japanese code and knew of the planned attack against Midway. The Battle of Midway was one of the most significant turning points of the Pacific war and Rochefort should have been decorated for his accomplishment, but because he got sideways with several higher-ups in the intelligence community in Washington, D.C., the petty nature of such small men denied him what he had earned and even had him removed from his duties at Pearl Harbor, putting the country and the lives of U.S. military personnel at risk.) |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Nazis' Executioner Heydrich Dies of Wounds in Prague" |
Also note the report in column 8: "Cythera, U.S. Patrol Craft, Lost in Atlantic Area" |
(USS Cythera PY-26 was sunk on May 2 by U-402, sixty-none men were lost in the sinking, there were two survivors.) |
Also note the report in column 7: "Eastern Gas Ration May Be 4 Gallons After July 15" |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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Note the headline report: "Attack On Midway Island; 3rd Alaska Raid Reported" |
(The first reports on the Battle of Midway.) |
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June 4, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Am Mittwoch Luftschlacht am Kanal. |
(Air battle over the English Channel Wednesday.)
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June 4, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Auf der Suche nach Produktionsstrategen - Ausschüsse gegen U-Boot-Erfolge - Benzinrationierung in ganz USA. |
(Looking for production strategists - Committees against submarine successes - Gasoline rationing across the US.) |
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Page published June 4, 2023 |
