World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Monday, August 18, 1941
Day 718

August 18, 1941: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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Note the report in column 2: "Leg for Bader By Parachute"
(Sounds like fake news, but this was true. The Germans did contact the Red Cross and made arrangements for Wing Commander Douglas Bader to have a new leg dropped by air. He had lost one of his prosthetic legs when he bailed out over France.)


August 18, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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August 18, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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August 18, 1941: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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August 18, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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August 18, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Note the report in column 1: "Swiss Report - Hitler's Nerve Goes"
(A "Swiss" report that originated from Radio Moscow. In other words, another Russian propaganda lie.)
Also note the report in column 1: "Ruthless Purge of Nazis In Progress"
(Reports reaching London from "reliable sources," that is all you need to know that the report is false.)
Also note the report at bottom left: "Moscow Story Of - Wounded Buried Alive"
(Since the source of the report is Moscow, you know that it is a complete lie. But I have to admit, the lies are getting more and more interesting. At lease the Russians came up with something original this time. Sadly the problem is that when the Russians do finally tell the truth about something, nobody will believe them. A lesson the Biden administration should try to learn today.)


August 18, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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August 18, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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August 18, 1941: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Note the report at bottom left: "Twin Epidemic Spreads Rapidly Over Week-End"
(The number of polio cases increased by 51 and sleeping sickness cases increased by 25.)


August 18, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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August 18, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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August 18, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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August 18, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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August 18, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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August 18, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California.
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August 18, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Nikolajew am Schwarzen Meer genommen.
(Nikolayev taken on the Black Sea.)


August 18, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Nikolajew in deutscher Hand.
(Nikolayev in German hands.)
2. Die Kriegsauswiter an der Arbeit.
(The war escapees at work.)



   
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