World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday June 22, 1942
Day 1,026

June 22, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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Note the photo at bottom: "Jap Cruiser In Midway Battle"
(After several reports of Japanese cruisers being sunk, this photo shows the first Japanese cruiser sunk in World War II. The cruiser was the Mikuma, which was sunk by aircraft from USS Hornet CV-8 and USS Enterprise CV-6 at the Battle of Midway on June 6, 1942. About 650 men were lost with the ship.)
Beyond the headlines:


June 22, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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Note the headline report: "Pacific Northwest On Alert After Attacks On Oregon, Vancouver Island"
(Lt. Commander Meiji Tagami and his I-25 were responsible for this attack. This was the only time he shelled the U.S., but eleven times between Sept. 9, 1942 and Aug. 24, 1943 he used his aircraft to bomb targets in Oregon, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, the Aleutian Islands and Espirito Santo.)


June 22, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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June 22, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Mit Tobruk fiel letzter Eckpfeiler Nordafrikas.
(With Tobruk the last cornerstone of North Africa fell.)


June 22, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. In pausenloser Verfolgung Bardia genommen - Rommels überraschender Sieg über Tobruk - Über 25.000 Gefangene und unübersehbares Kriegsmaterial.
(Taken in non-stop pursuit of Bardia - Rommel's surprising victory over Tobruk - Over 25,000 prisoners and vast amounts of war material.)



   
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