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December 15, 1941: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report in column 7: "Rome Admits Cruisers Sunk" |
(The two cruisers, Albercio da Barbiano and Albertro di Giussano were sunk by HM warships assisted by a Dutch warship. But the Italians were not to be outdone, they announced that their subamrines had torpedoed two British cruisers and sank an ex-Dutch destroyer. The Italian claims were false, but there was a Royal Navy cruiser sunk early on the 15h . HMS Galatea was sunk by U-557 off Alexandria, Egypt. 470 men were lost, including the commanding officer, Captain Edward W. B. Sim, RN.) |
December 15, 1941: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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December 15, 1941: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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December 15, 1941: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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December 15, 1941: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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December 15, 1941: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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December 15, 1941: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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December 15, 1941: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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December 15, 1941: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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December 15, 1941: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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December 15, 1941: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the headline report: "U.S.S. Arizona, 5 Other Warships Lost In Pearl Harbor Attack, Knox Reveals" |
(The U.S. government beginning to admit the scope of the loses at Pearl Harbor.) |
December 15, 1941: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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December 15, 1941: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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Note the photo: "Historic Picture Captures Death Drama Of Ark Royal" |
December 15, 1941: Front page of The Nevada State Journal, Reno, Nevada. |
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December 15, 1941: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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December 15, 1941: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Europa antwortet dem Kriegshetzer Roosevelt - Fünf weitere Kriegserklärungen an die USA. - Bulgarien, Kroatien, Sloeakei, Rumänien und Ungarn an der Seite der drei Großmächte. |
(Europe answers the warmonger Roosevelt - Five more declarations of war on the USA. - Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary alongside the three great powers.)
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December 15, 1941: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Britische Panzerdivision in Südmalaya vernichtet. |
(British Armored Division in South Malaya destroyed.) |
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