World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday January 26, 1941
Day 514

January 26, 1941: Front page of The People, London, England.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)
Note the report in column 2: "Prices Controlled Tomorrow"
(Poultry prices taken under control per the Minister of Food, Lord Woolton.)
Also note the report in column 4: "George V Puts Out To Sea"
(Just a friendly reminder to the enemy that Britain's newest battleship, HMS King George V, is about to cross the Atlantic. This gives them time to get their U-Boats in position.)


January 26, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)
 


January 26, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


January 26, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


January 26, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)
 
Note the report in column 6: "Submarine Attack Report On Radio Proves False"


January 26, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


January 26, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


January 26, 1941: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


January 26, 1941: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


January 26, 1941: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)


January 26, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
(Click on the image for a readable version.)
1. Deutsche Bomben auf britischen Geleitzug westliche Kreta.
(German bombs on a British convoy west of Crete.)



   
Page published January 26, 2022