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February 7, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Nazi Death Cure for Typhus" |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Submarine Triumph Lost" |
(The Admiralty announces the loss of HM Submarine Triumph. The boat sailed from Alexandria, Egypt on Dec. 26, 1941 and was never seen again. As of today [2023] the cause of the loss is unknown.) |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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Note the report in columns 6-7: "Sink Cruiser, Troopship, Amboina Lost" |
[The report is concluded here.] |
(This report is about the Battle of the Makassar Strait. Two U.S. cruisers were damaged, but no warships, on either side, were sunk. Up to this point in the war, no Japanese cruisers had been sunk. Mikuma was the first Japanese cruiser sunk which happened at the Battle of Midway on June 6, 1942.) |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Navy Announces Loss Of Sub Through Mishap" |
(The Navy announcing the loss of USS S-26 SS-131.) |
Also note the report in column 1: "George Washington Descendant Is Dead" |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Die Seeschlacht vor der Küste von Java. |
(The naval battle off the coast of Java.) |
2. Gegenangriff vernichtet starke Feindgruppe. |
(Counterattack destroys strong enemy group.) |
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February 7, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Niederländisch-indische Flotte fast vernichtet - Seesieg der Japaner - Zwei Kreuzer versenkt, zwei weitere - darunter ein USA.-Kreuzer - schwer beschädigt. |
(Dutch East Indies fleet nearly destroyed -
Japanese naval victory - Two cruisers sunk, two others - including a USA cruiser - badly damaged.) |
[This report is about the Battle of the Makassar Strait. Two U.S. cruisers were damaged, but no warships, on either side, were sunk.] |
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Page published February 7, 2023 |