World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday February 5, 1941
Day 524

February 5, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England.
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February 5, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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February 5, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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Note the photo of the launch of USS Hornet CV-8 at top left.


February 5, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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February 5, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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February 5, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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February 5, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Note the report in column 5: "Frenchman Defies Germans and Borrows Plane to Join R.A.F."


February 5, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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February 5, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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February 5, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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February 5, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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February 5, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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February 5, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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February 5, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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February 5, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Aufklärung des Raubmordes in der Jacobstraße.
(Clarification of the robbery and murder in Jacobstrasse.)
2. Schwere deutsche Bomben auf Malta.
(Heavy German bombing of Malta.)


February 5, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Winston Churchill verspricht: Deutschland wird wieder win Judenparadies!
(Winston Churchill promises: Germany will be a Jewish paradise again!)
2. Londoner Sonderbotschafter überbringt neuen Köder für USA=Juden.
(London Special Ambassador Delivers New Bait For USA=Jews.)



   
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