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February 23, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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Over the wireless: |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Canned Fruit Zero Hour of Last Sale" |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the report at bottom left: "Third Suffocation Death Brings Warning - No Pillows For Babies" |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report at top left: "Entire Invasion Fleet Smashed Off Bali, Dutch Claim, but Some Japs Land and Capture Airport." |
(It is almost unbelievable that information like this was fed to the press. The Japanese invasion force was not smashed, and the invasion of Bali was a success. In the process, four destroyers had been damaged, none sunk. 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 column 8: "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Is Sunk Off Iceland" |
(The Navy announcing the loss of USCGC Alexander Hamilton WPG-34. The ship was sunk torpedoed by U-132 on Jan. 29, but remained afloat. She was taken in tow and the ship capsized on Jan. 30, but still did not sink. USS Ericsson DD-440 fired three shells at the hull and departed. Ericsson returned the next day to find only an oil slick in the area where they had left the ship. The Navy did not tell the reporters that 26 men had died in the incident.) |
Also note the report in column 2: "Stalin Is Confident, But Warns Of Hard Fight Ahead" |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the report in column 3: "Public Enemy No. 1 Dies In Gun Fight: |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Kolossale Verluste der Sowjets. |
(Colossal Soviet losses.) |
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February 23, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Das Ergebnis von Stalins großer Winterchance - Seit 1. Jänner 52.806 Sowjetgefangene. |
(The result of Stalin's great winter chance - 52,806 Soviet prisoners since January 1st.) |
2. In sieben Wochen 960 Panzer, 1789 Geschütze, 1189 Flugzeuge und 8170 Fahrzeuge ausgeschaltet. |
(In seven weeks 960 tanks, 1,789 guns, 1,189 aircraft and 8,170 vehicles have been destroyed.) |
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Page published February 23, 2023 |
