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June 28, 1941: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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Note the report in column 2: "Prison Ship Caught" |
(HM ships intercept the German freighter Alstertor (misspelled Alsteritor) which had British PoWs from Rabaul [misspelled Abaul] and Trafalgar. Like most German ships caught by the British, it was scuttled.) |
June 28, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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June 28, 1941: Front page of the Evening Express, Liverpool, England. |
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June 28, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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June 28, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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June 28, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the photo of HMS Ark Royal at top left: "Floating Hangar" |
Also note the report in column 4: "Loss of Raider in Indian Ocean" |
(The Germans admit the loss of the Hilfskreuzer [auxiliary cruiser] Pinguin to HMS Cornwall. This time, what the Germans claimed was true.) |
June 28, 1941: Front page of the Daily Telegraph, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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June 28, 1941: Front page of The News, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 8: "Gneisenau Hit By Heavy Bomb" |
(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.) |
June 28, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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June 28, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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June 28, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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June 28, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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June 28, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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June 28, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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June 28, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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June 28, 1941: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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June 28, 1941: Front page of the Briesetal-Bote, Kreis Niederbarnim, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Völkerkreuzzug gegen den Bolschewismus - Staatspräsident Ryti ruft Finnlands Volk zu den Waffen. |
(People's
crusade against Bolshevism -
President Ryti calls Finland's people to arms.) |
2. Alle Völker scharen sich um Deutschland. |
(All nations flock to Germany.) |
June 28, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Massierte Sowjettruppen umfaßt. |
(Massed Soviet troops covered.) |
2. Aufbruch Europas gegen den Bolschewismus. |
(Departure of Europe against Bolshevism.) |
Page published June 28, 2022 |