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April 20, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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Note the report in column 6: "Freighter Sinks Submarine |
(The kindest way to describe this is to call it wishful thinking. Only one Japanese submarine was lost in April of 1942. Ro-30 was sunk by USS Tautog SS-199 on Apr. 26.) |
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| April 20, 1940: CBS News. |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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Note the photo at top: "H.M.S. Duke of York in a Rough Sea" |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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Note the report in column 7: "To Succeed Von Leeb" |
(This time the report was accurate, Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb was relieved of his command by Adolf Hitler, this was due to fundamental disagreement with the Führer on his freedom of command over his forces. The rift was not permanent, as it was with Hitler and some of his other Generals. Von Leeb joined the Führerreserve and remained there until the end of the war. He was tried for war crimes, but little hard evidence was provided against him, he was convicted and sentenced to time served and released. He died in 1956.) |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland. |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the headline: "Laval Greeted By Terrorism" and the report in columns 6-7: "Hostages To Die For Wrecking Of Nazi Troop Train" |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report at top left: "3 U.S. Carriers Launched Attack, Bombers Flew to China, Japs Say" |
Also note the report in column 4: "Quisling Tells Teachers To Yield or Lose Jobs" |
Also note the report in column 1: "Italians Report Loss Of New Submarine" |
(The report was true, albeit, nine months late. The Michele Bianchi, was launched on Dec. 3, 1939, so on July 5, 1941, when it was sunk by the British submarine HMS Tigris, it was a new boat. Michele Bianchi had a short career, sinking two ships totaling 11,320 tons and possibly assisting a German U-boat with sinking a third ship, but this has not, and never will be completely confirmed. When sunk the Michele Bianchi was carrying a crew of fifty-two men, none survived.) |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Reichsmarschall Göring an das deutsche Volk - Anspannung aller Kräfte für den Endsieg heißt unser Schwur. |
(Reichsmarschall Göring to the German people - our oath is to exert all our forces for final victory.) |
2. Zum 20. April 1942 Männer machen Geschichte. |
(For April 20, 1942 Men make history.) |
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April 20, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Das deutsche Volk huldigt dem Führer. |
(The German people pay homage to the Führer.) |
2. Nur die Tat ehrt das Werk des Führers. |
(Only action honors the work of the Führer) |
3. Die Geburtstagsrede Dr. Goebbels'. |
(The birthday speech of Dr. Goebbels'.) |
[An English translation of Goebbels' speech can be read here.] (Off-site link) |
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Page published April 20, 2023 |
