World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Tuesday January 21, 1941
Day 509

January 21, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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Note the report in column 5: "Wave Of Propaganda Against Poles"
(A Nazi campaign designed to create [German] public opinion against the Poles. The most ironic sentence in the report is thus; "Such a people has lost the right to human respect for ever." The quote is attributed to the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. I know not what "Polish atrocities" they are referring to, but if those could cause a loss of "human respect for ever" what would one deserve for the murder of 12 million people?)
Also note the report in column 1: "Your Meat Ration"


January 21, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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January 21, 1941: Front page of the Derby Evening Telegraph, Derby, England
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Note the report in column 3: "Test Time For Influenza"


January 21, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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Note the report in column 3: "Nazis Drive 1,500,000 Poles From Homes"
Also note the report in column 4: "Exterminating the Czechs"
 
Also note the report in columns 5-6: "Greeks Sink Submarine"
(No German U-boats were sunk for any reason between Nov. 29, 1940 and Mar. 6, 1941. It is possible that the Greeks sank the Italian submarine Neghelli in the Aegean on or about Jan. 19 however, the British claimed to have sunk her. To date there is no confirmation of the actual cause of the loss.)


January 21, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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January 21, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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January 21, 1941: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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January 21, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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Note the photo: "Royal Navy's Aircraft Carriers Prove Themselves Match for Enemy Aircraft"
[More about HMS Illustrious here.]
Also note the report in column 2: "Kennedy Claims G.B. Divided Over U.S. Participation:


January 21, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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January 21, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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January 21, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 1: "Scotland Yard Agents Raid Offices of Communist Paper"
(On orders from the Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, M.P., the communist newspapers, The Daily Worker and the Week, have been banned from publication. The decision had actually been made by the War Cabinet on Jan. 13, but had been under consideration for several months. The ban was lifted in Sept. of 1942 a few months after Germany invaded Russia. The attitude of the newspapers changed after the German invasion of Russia. Before the invasion, when it "appeared" that Germany and the communists in the Soviet Union were allies, the communist papers were less than enthusiastic about Great Britain fighting the Germans. However, when Germany attacked the Soviets, the communist rags changed their tune and fully backed the British war effort. Typical communist/left-wing tactics.)
Also note the report in column 3: :Kennedy Opposes Lend-Lease Bill In Present Form"


January 21, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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Note the report in column 6: "Influenza Closes Schools Monday At Waynesville"


January 21, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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January 21, 1941: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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January 21, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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January 21, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Sternwarte Bergedorf fotografierte neuen Kometen.
(Bergedorf observatory photographs new comet.)
2. Das Hitler-Mussolini-Treffen.
(The Hitler Mussolini meeting.)


January 21, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Aussprache zwischen dem Führer un dem Duce.
(Discussions between the Führer and the Duce.)



   
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