World War II As It Happened A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation Monday January 20, 1941 Day 508

January 20, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

Note the report in column 3: "Raid Dead Fewer In December"

(The number of British civilians killed in air raids in December 1940 is reported to have been 3,793, which is 785 fewer than the month before.)

January 20, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

January 20, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

January 20, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

January 20, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

Note the report in column 1: "Communist Party in Britain May be Dissolved"

January 20, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

January 20, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

January 20, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

January 20, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

Click here for part 8 of "Where Hitler Stands by Wallace R. Deuel.

January 20, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

Note the report at bottom left: "Germans Dissatisfied On Status Of Flag Incident"

[The report is concluded here.]

January 20, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

Note the report at bottom center: "Text of President's Inaugural Address"

[Roosevelt's address is concluded here.]

January 20, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

January 20, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

January 20, 1941: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

January 20, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

January 20, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

1. Der Flaggenzwischenfall von San Franzisko - Die deutschen Farben beschimpft.

(The San Francisco flag incident - The German colors insulted.)

[See "Germans Dissatisfied On Status Of Flag Incident" in the Biddeford Daily Journal above.]

[Also see "U.S. Sailor Rips Down Swastika In Dizzy Fight 9 Stories Up" in The Sunday Star of Jan. 19, 1941.]

January 20, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.

(Click on the image for a readable version.)

1. Deutschlands Kraftquelle ist der Nationalsozialismus.

(Germany's source of strength is National Socialism.)

2. Die Flagge des Reiches in den USA. geschändet.

(The flag of the Reich desecrated in the USA.)

		Page published January 20, 2022