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April 25, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Nazi Gibraltar Move, Lisbon Thinks" |
(Lisbon was wrong. Hitler at one time did have a plan to invade Gibraltar and Portugal as well, but the plans were scrapped in Dec. 11, 1940 and never seriously considered again.) |
Also note the report in column 3: "Miss Harle Reprieved by the Nazis" |
(Miss Winifred Harle and two French women had their death sentences overturned and now face long terms of imprisonment.) |
Also note the report in column 3: "Goebbels Tries Vainly To Split Australia" |
(He ordered the propaganda ministry to exploit every article which might drive a wedge between Britain and Australia. Especially, it seems, concerning the debacle in Greece.) |
[Historical note: On this day Adolf Hitler issued the order for Operation Merkur, the German invasion of Crete.] |
April 25, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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April 25, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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Note the photo at top: "Its Sabotage" |
(The German ship Eisenach, was set ablaze by the crew. The ship was salvaged by the British and returned to service.) |
April 25, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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April 25, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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April 25, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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April 25, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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April 25, 1941: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. |
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April 25, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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Note the report in column 1: "Nazi Opinion Of Lindbergh" |
April 25, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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April 25, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report at bottom left: "Roosevelt Places Lindy in Copperhead Category" |
Also note the report in column 8: "New York Union Head Admits Larceny" |
(James J. Bambrich, president of the Building Service Employees International Union (AFL) pleaded guilty to grand larceny. Another criminal union boss, and he, of course, would not be the last.) |
April 25, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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April 25, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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April 25, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the headline report: "Axis Forces In Greenland, FDR Hints" |
(Apart from a few weather stations which the Germans did set up on Greenland, there was never a Nazi invasion or occupation of Greenland.) |
April 25, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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April 25, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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April 25, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Tourist Peter in Transjordanien. |
(Tourist Peter en route to Jordan.) |
2. Neue britische Truppen durch den Irak. |
(New British troops through Iraq.) |
April 25, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Churchill - der Prophet am Pranger. |
(Churchill - the prophet in the pillory.) |
2. Britische Siegesgesänge und die Sprache der deutschen Waffen - Ein offener Brief des Reichspressechefs Dr. Dietrich. |
(British songs of victory and the language of German arms - An open letter from the Reich Press Chief Dr. Dietrich.) |
Note the report at the bottom of column 5: "Britisches U-Boot versenkt" (British submarine sunk) |
Die römische Morgenpresse vom Mittwoch bericht aus London dass die britische Admiralität den Verluft des u-bootes Minerva bekanntgegenben habe.Diefes U-boot ist im jahre 1934 vom Stapel gelaufen . Es hatte eine Wafferverbrängung von 571 Tonnen. |
The Wednesday morning press in Rome reported that the British Admiralty in London had announced the fate of the submarine Minerva. This submarine was launched in 1934. It had a full displacement of 571 tons. |
(This report is completely false, right down to the name. There was no British submarine named Minerva. There was a French submarine named Minerve, which was seized by the British on July 3, 1940, but this boat survived the war. It was wrecked on Sept. 19, 1945 while under tow.) |
Page published April 25, 2022 |