World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Friday January 10, 1941
Day 498

January 10, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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January 10, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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Note the headline report: "R.A.F. Bombers In Daylight Raid Of Invasion Ports"
(No invasion was imminent or would in fact, ever be launched against England. In fact, on this very day, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel, Chief of Staff of the Wehrmacht, in a memo wrote on this;

"Preparations (for operation Seelöew, the invasion of England) are likewise to be discontinued except for the development of special equipment and for the purposes of deception.")
Also note the report at bottom left: "Cancer Will Be Conquered"


January 10, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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January 10, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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January 10, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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January 10, 1941: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report at top right: "Worst Floods Since 1920 Menace State"


January 10, 1941: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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January 10, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report at bottom center: "Where Hitler Stands - Morbid Minds Shadow Europe"
(This is part 1 of an 11 part series by Wallace R. Deuel.)


January 10, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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January 10, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 4: "Col. Lindbergh Resigns As Carnegie Trustee"


January 10, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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January 10, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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January 10, 1941: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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January 10, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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January 10, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. London Presse geißelt Lebensmittelskandal.
(London press chastises food scandal.
2. RAF-Bomben auf Wohnhäufer.
(RAF bombs housing blocks.)


January 10, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Planmäßige Tagesangriffe gegen britische Rüstungswerke.
(Scheduled daily attacks against British armaments factories.)
2. Kühne Einzelunternehmungen im Tiefflug.
(Bold individual ventures at low altitude.)



   
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