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February 14, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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Note the report in column 7: "Six Ships In G.B. Convoy Said Sunk" |
(This must have been the attack on HG-53 and SLS-64 on Feb. 9 and 12, 1941. HG-53 was attacked by a combined effort of U-37 and Fw-200's of 2./KG40. The final toll was 8 out of 22 sunk. Seven British and one Norwegian ship. Admiral Hipper attacked SLS-64 sank another 7 ships on the 12th, (Admiral Hipper accounted for 1 ship from HG-53.) German aircraft sank one on the 12th which was not in HG-53, and U-52 sank one on the 10th from OG-52.) |
Also note the report in column 6: "Japs Eye South Pacific; Build Air And Sub Bases As Events Move To Crisis" |
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Also note the report in columns 4-5: "Jap Correspondaents Claim Tokyo Will Move Against Anglo-American Interests When Nazis Invade Britain" |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of the Syracuse Herald-Journal, Syracuse, New York. |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Jews Blamed - Nazi Dies After Attack In Amsterdam" |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Verstärkter Druck auf Irland. |
(Increased pressure on Ireland.) |
2. Englische Schlachtschiffe gegen alte USA-Zerstörer. |
(English battleships against old U.S. destroyers.) |
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February 14, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Wahrscheinlich über 90.000 BRT. |
(Probably over 90,000 GRT.) |
2. Schon wieder ein Geleitzug zerschlagen 13 Schiffe versenkt.. |
(Another convoy smashed 13 ships sunk.) |
3. Suezkanal durch versenkte Schiffe blockiert. |
(Suez canal blocked by sunken ships.) |
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Page published February 14, 2022 |
