World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday June 14, 1942
Day 1,018

June 14, 1942: Front page of The People, London, England.
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Note the report in columns 7-8: "Guilty Men To Die - Czech Leader Vows Vengeance"
(Czech President in exile Edvard Benes declares that every German responsible for the Heydrich reprisal killings will be executed. History tells us, they were not.)
Also note the report in column 7: "This Man Saw Horrors (Of Lidice)"
Beyond the headlines:


June 14, 1942: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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June 14, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 5: "British Submarine Lost"
(The Admiralty announcing the loss of HM Submarine Olympus. The boat was sunk on May 8 off Malta by a mine laid by the 3.Schnellbootsflottille. Eighty-nine men, including survivors from HM submarines P-36 and P-39, were lost. There were only 8 survivors.)


June 14, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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June 14, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Note the report in columns 3-6: "Japanese Speedily Ejected By U.S. From Aleutian Islands"
(After a denial by the U.S. Navy that the Japanese had landed on any island in the Aleutians, now the story the Navy is telling is that the U.S. has vanquished the Japanese and driven them from the islands of Kiska and Attu. Attu was not liberated until May 30, 1943. The island of Kiska was held by the Japanese until about July 28, 1943, but U.S. and Canadian forces did not land on the island until Aug. 15, 1943. They found the island deserted, but mines, booby traps and a case of mistaken identity took the lives of about 100 soldiers and sailors.)
Also note the photo of HMS Duke of York at top right.


June 14, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 1: "Nazis Offer Full Pardons For Heydrich Death Clue"
(Nobody believed this lie.)


June 14, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Note the report in column 7: "Goebbels Voices Threat To Jews - Hints Extermination Of Race In Germany In Reprisal For Air Raids"
(This is the passage in the article which is being referred to;
"It would do the Jewish press in New York and London too much honor to give any attention to their bloodthirsty commentaries on the air war and the war of nerves. They will have to pay for it with the extermination of their race in Europe, and perhaps far beyond. They are not to be taken seriously, for they represent their own interests, not those of England or America.)


June 14, 1942: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan.
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June 14, 1942: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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June 14, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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June 14, 1942: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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June 14, 1942: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah.
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June 14, 1942: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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June 14, 1942: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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June 14, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Vom Panamakanal bis zum Mittelmeer - 40 Schiffe in 6 Tagen versenkt - Deutsche Antwort auf USA. -Agitationslügen.
(From the Panama Canal to the Mediterranean - 40 ships sunk in 6 days - German response to USA. -Agitation lies.)
[This figure was close to what I have been able to confirm. In the six days between June 8 and 13, German forces, including U-boats, aircraft and Hilfskreuzer, sank 38 Allied vessels.]



   
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