World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday June 16, 1942
Day 1,020

June 16, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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Note the report in column 2: "Heydrich: Czechs Get Last Chance"
(The Germans giving the Czechs a last chance to turn over those who killed Reinhard Heydrich without receiving punishment. Nobody believed this lie.)


June 16, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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June 16, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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June 16, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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June 16, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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June 16, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report in columns 3-4: "Massacre Of 60,000 Jews"
(The executions took place in 1941 and in total about 40,000 Jews were murdered by the Einsatzgruppen with the help of Lithuanian forces. Mass executions were halted for most of 1942 and 1943. After that, there were more mass killings, the total number I do not know.)


June 16, 1942: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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June 16, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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June 16, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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June 16, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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June 16, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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June 16, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in column 5: "15 Men Die As U-boats Get Back Into Gulf"
(The unidentified ship was the 8,192-ton tanker Cities Service Toledo, which was sunk by U-158.)


June 16, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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Note the report in column 7: "Six Sinkings Reported In Atlantic Area"
(The report mentions the disappearance of the 2,158-ton Miraflores and also mentions the disappearance of the USS Cyclops AC-4 in the Great War.)


June 16, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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June 16, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Generaloberst Rommels Durchstoß zur Küste.
(Generaloberst Rommel's breakthrough to the coast.)


June 16, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Schwere britische Niederlagen im Mittelmeerraum - Neuer entscheidender Sieg Rommels in Libyen.
(Heavy British defeats in the Mediterranean - Another decisive victory for Rommel in Libya.)



   
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