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February 22, 1942: Front page of The People, London, England. |
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Note the report at top left: "Seven Jap Cruisers Out Of Action" |
(This report seems to have been made from whole cloth. In the body of the report it states: "official reports reveal that seven Japanese cruisers, six destroyers and a number of transports have been sunk." I have no information on Japanese cruisers that were damaged, but I do know four destroyers were damaged, none sunk. The number of transports sunk was zero. The only Japanese merchant ship sunk on Feb. 21 was the Shokyu Maru, which was sunk by USS Triton SS-201 off the Japanese coast. The ABDA [American-British-Dutch-Australian Command] force fared much worse. The Dutch destroyer Piet Hein was sunk and the Dutch cruiser Tromp was damaged. USS Stewart DD-224 was seriously damaged, and as far as service in the U.S. Navy was concerned, it was out of the war. Stewart made port in Surabaya, Java where it was put into a floating drydock for repairs. The ship was blown up by the crew, bombed by the Japanese and finally scuttled. The Japanese raised the ship in Feb. of 1943, repaired the ship and renamed it Patrol Boat #102. It survived the war being captured by the Allies at Mokpo, Korea.) |
Also note the report in columns 4-6: "Day Of The Battleship Is Not Over, Says Nazi Admiral" |
(Vizeadmiral Adolf Pfeiffer's assessment was incorrect. The battleship, while still a formidable weapon, was no longer the dominant weapon at sea. That honor was transferred to the aircraft carrier, or more to the point, the aircraft, on Dec. 10, 1941 when HM battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse were caught, in open navigable waters and sunk only by aircraft. While there would be epic naval battles throughout World War II, the great ship against ship battles were mostly between cruisers and destroyers.) |
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February 22, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Post, Glasgow, Scotland. |
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February 22, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Sun and Guardian, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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February 22, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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February 22, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. |
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February 22, 1942: Front page of The Sunday Star-News, Wilmington, North Carolina. |
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February 22, 1942: Front page of the Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan. |
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February 22, 1942: Front page of The Hammond Times, Hammond, Indiana. |
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February 22, 1942: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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February 22, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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February 22, 1942: Front page of The Helena Independent, Helena, Montana. |
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February 22, 1942: Front page of The Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden City, Utah. |
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February 22, 1942: Front page of the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California. |
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February 22, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. An der USA.-Küste über eine halbe Million BRT. versenkt - In neun Monaten gebaut - in einem Monat vernichtet. |
(On the USA coast over half a million GRT. sunk - built in nine months - destroyed in a month.) |
2. Unsere U-Boote jagen Roosevelt in die Enge. |
(Our subs are cornering Roosevelt.) |
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Page published February 22, 2023 |