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August 3, 1941: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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August 3, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England. |
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August 3, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland. |
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August 3, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Women Fight For Silk Stockings" |
(Hundreds of women fight over 600 pair of silk stockings in Auckland, New Zealand.) |
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August 3, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. |
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August 3, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Nazis Lose 1,500,000 Men In War" |
(The Russian claims were wildly exaggerated. According to Wikipedia German casualties in Operation Barbarossa between June 22, 1941 until Dec. 5, 1941 were; 186,542 killed, 40,157 missing and 655,179 wounded. Russian casualties for the same period were; 566,852 killed, 235,339 died of non-combat causes, 1,336,147 sick or wounded in combat and non-combat and 2,335,482 missing or captured.) |
Also note the report in columns 4-5: "American Women Start Run On Silk Hose Mart" |
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August 3, 1941: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan. |
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Note the report at bottom right: "Silk Stocking Supply May Yet Be Saved" |
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August 3, 1941: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Silk Makers Get Share Of Rayon Stocks" |
Also note the report in column 7: "Women Swamp Silk Counters In Buying Bee" |
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August 3, 1941: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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August 3, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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August 3, 1941: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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August 3, 1941: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California. |
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August 3, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Stalin proklamiert die Stunde der Gefahr - Systematische Zerschlagung des sowjetischen Verkehrsnetzes. |
(Stalin proclaims the hour of danger - Systematic dismantling of the Soviet transport network.) |
Note the photo at top right: Adolf HItler awards Korvettenkapitän Viktor Schütze, commanding officer of U-103, the Eichenlaub (Oak Leaves) to his Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross.) |
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Page published August 3, 2022 |
