World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday May 28, 1941
Day 636

May 28, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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Note the headline report: "British Torpedo 18,000-ton Enemy Troopship"
(The report is true, mostly. HMS Upholder sank the Italian passenger ship Conte Rosso, with the loss of more than 1,200 troops. Upholder also torpedoed the French freighter [not tanker] Capitaine Damiani, but that ship did not sink.)


May 28, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Note the photo: "Striking Aerial Picture"


May 28, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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May 28, 1941: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany.
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1. Japan zur Frage der USA-Kriegsteilnahme.
(Japan on the question of America's participation in the war.)


May 28, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. England wieder um 90.000 BRT. ärmer!
(England another by 90,000 GRT. poorer!)
2. Bismarck ein Opfer der Uebermacht
(Bismarck a victim of superior power.)



   
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