World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday June 8, 1941
Day 647

June 8, 1941: Front page of The People, London, England.
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June 8, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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June 8, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
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June 8, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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June 8, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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Note the report in column 3: "Nazis Are Reported Massing in Rumania Near Soviet Border"


June 8, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina.
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June 8, 1941: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana.
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June 8, 1941: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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Note the report in column 2: "Buckingham Palace Grounds Bombed, Landmarks Ruined"


June 8, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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June 8, 1941: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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June 8, 1941: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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Note the photo at top center: "Uncle Sam's Navy Grows With Big Splash"


June 8, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Roosevelts und Churchills Daumenschrauben.
(Roosevelt and Churchill's thumbscrews.)
2. Das Kesseltreiben gegen die Kriegsunlust der USA.-Bevölkerung.
(The drive-in against the American population's lack of enthusiasm for war.)



   
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