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June 27, 1941: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of the Birmingham Gazette, Birmingham, England. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Cream of Turks Navy in Lost Ship" |
(The report gives the ship's name as Rifha. The actual name of the ship was Refah. It was built in England in 1901 and was 3,805 tons. Refah was sunk on June 20 by the Italian submarine Ondina. It was true that the majority of those killed were Turkish military. There were about 20-25 survivors.) |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Nazis Admit Ocean Raider Lost" |
(The Germans admit the loss of the Hilfskreuzer [auxiliary cruiser] Pinguin to HMS Cornwall. They also state that the cruiser Admiral Scheer is in Germany. This time, everything the Germans claimed was true.) |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Tobacco Situation Improving - But Selfish Smokers Still Cause Shortages" |
Also note the report in column 5: "Less Chocolate for Forces - Air Crews Will Be Hit Hard" |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the headline report: "Bomb Hit Wrecks Nazi Battleship" |
(The report states that Gneisenau was hit in an R.A.F. raid. The report is true, but it is not from a recent attack. This occurred on Apr. 10, 1941 and it seriously damaged the ship and killed 88 men. The damage did not put Gneisenau out of the war.) |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of The Southern Jewish Weekly, Jacksonville, Florida. |
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Note the report at top right: "5,000,000 Jews In Path of Nazis Invading Russia" |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of the Briesetal-Bote, Kreis Niederbarnim, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Europa gegen Sowjettrussland. |
(Europe vs Soviet Russia.) |
2. Die Heldentat eines Gefreiten. |
(A private's exploit.) |
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June 27, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Die Entscheidung der ersten Kämpfe im Osten gefallen. |
(The first battles in the East were decided.) |
2. Sowjetüberfall auf Finnland. |
(Soviet invasion of Finland.) |
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Page published June 27, 2022 |