World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday March 23, 1941
Day 570

March 23, 1941: Front page of The People, London, England.
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Note the report in column
Also note the report in column


March 23, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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March 23, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
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Note the report in column 5: "Italian Prison Camp Hell"
(Deplorable conditions found when the British liberated an Italian prison camp outside Mogadishu, Italian Somaliland.)


March 23, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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March 23, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 3: "22 British Ships Sunk in 48 Hours, Germans Claim"


March 23, 1941: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan.
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March 23, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina.
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March 23, 1941: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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March 23, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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Note the report in columns 4-6: "Movie Idol Jimmy Stewart Is Buck Private Now"


March 23, 1941: Front page of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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March 23, 1941: Front page of The Montana Standard, Butte, Montana.
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March 23, 1941: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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March 23, 1941: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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March 23, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. In zwei Tagen 224,000 BRT.
(In two days, 224,000 GRT.)
2. Schwere deutsche Seestreitkräfte vernichteten im Nordatlantik 22 Schiffe - U-Boot und Luftwaffe bleiben am Feind.
(Heavy German naval forces destroyed 22 ships in the North Atlantic - U-boat and Luftwaffe remain on the enemy.)



   
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