World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Wednesday, February 4, 1942
Day 888

February 4, 1942: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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Note the report in columns 5-6: "V.C. Brigadier Manned Guns in Thick of Tank Battle"
(Brigadier John Charles Campbell, DSO, awarded the Victoria Cross.)


February 4, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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February 4, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. In Januar 400 600 BRT. versenkt.
(In January 400 600 GRT. sunk.)


February 4, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Roosevelts Prahlereien Lügen gestraft - Schwerer Mängel in der USA.-Rüstung festgestellt.
(Roosevelt's boasts belied - Serious deficiencies in the US.-Armor discovered.)
Note the photo at top right of Adolf Hitler awarding Oberst Adolf Galland the Diamonds to his Ritterkreuz.
[Oberst Adolf Galland was being awarded the Diamonds to his Knight's Cross. He was only the second man to receive this award. He was the first to be awarded the swords and the third to be awarded the oak leaves.]



   
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