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June 27, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Another Czech Village Razed" |
(In retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the people of the village of Lezaky were rounded up. All 33 men and women were shot. 13 children were initially spared, but 11 were ultimately sent to the death camp at Chelmno and gassed in vans. The other two children were selected for Germanization and sent to live with German families. These two were located after the war and and returned to their families. The village was razed and never rebuilt.) |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the photo at top: "Tokio Raiders Decorated At Bolling Field" |
(The Doolittle Raiders being awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for the Tokyo Raid.) |
Also note the report in columns 1-2: "Trio Survives Three Torpedoings Within Month in Caribbean" |
Also see the report in columns 4-5: "Congressional Medal Awarded Navy Man in Honolulu Attack" |
(The Medal of Honor is awarded to Aviation Chief Ordnanceman John W. Finn.) |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Movie Star Now Citizen" |
(Archibald A. "Archie" Leach becomes a United States Citizen. You know him better as Cary Grant.) |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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| 1. Saprunhöhen in schwerem Artilleriefeuer - Fortsetzung der Angriffe vor Sewastopol unter Einsatz der Luftwaffe. |
(Saprun Heights under heavy artillery fire - Continued attacks off Sevastopol using Luftwaffe.) |
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June 27, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Gegen den britischen Verrat an Europa - Portugal abwehrbereit - Auf der Iberischen Halbinsel hat der Bolschewismus nichts mehr zu hoffen. |
(Against the British betrayal of Europe - Portugal ready to defend itself - Bolshevism has nothing more to hope for on the Iberian Peninsula.) |
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Page published June 27, 2023 |