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November 24, 1940: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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November 24, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England. |
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November 24, 1940: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "H.M.A.S. Australia captured cruiser, sank destroyer" |
(Report claims sunk destroyer Audacieux (actually L'Audacieux) and captured Gloire. L'Audacieux was badly damaged on Sept. 23, but went aground and was refloated and repaired. Sunk while in drydock at Bizetre, French Tunisia by Allied aircraft on May 7, 1943. Scrapped in 1947. The cruiser Gloire was captured, without a fight, by Australia and HMS Cumberland on Sept. 18, 1940.) |
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November 24, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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November 24, 1940: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. |
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November 24, 1940: Front page of The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia. |
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November 24, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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November 24, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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November 24, 1940: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. |
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November 24, 1940: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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November 24, 1940: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Navy Orders Airship Fleet" |
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November 24, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Ein weitere Schritt zum Sieg der gerechten Sache. |
(Another step towards victory of the just cause." |
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Page published November 24, 2021 |