World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Sunday August 24, 1941
Day 724

August 24, 1941: Front page of The People, London, England.
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August 24, 1941: Front page of the Sunday Pictorial, London, England.
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August 24, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland.
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August 24, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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August 24, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.
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August 24, 1941: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Note the photo at top: "New Sub For Uncle Sam"
(The boat, identified as "Cato" was actually Gato SS-212. The lead boat in the class. USS Gato survived the war having sunk or damaged over 26,000 tons of shipping.)


August 24, 1941: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan.
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August 24, 1941: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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August 24, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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August 24, 1941: Front page of the Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada.
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August 24, 1941: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California.
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August 24, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Wieder eineinviertel Millionen auf dem Marsch nach Berlin.
(Another one and a quarter million on the march to Berlin.)
2. Englische Erkenntnisse über die Lage im Osten - Wir wissen, was wir zu erwarten haben.
(English insights into the situation in the East - We know what to expect.)



   
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