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May 16, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England. |
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Note the report in column 7: "R.A.F. Sink German Minesweepers" |
(The minesweepers were escorting the Hilfskreuzer [auxiliary cruiser] Stier, which was attempting to break out into the Atlantic. Only one was sunk outright, M-26, but M-256 was so badly damaged that it sank while under tow. It was raised and repaired, but scuttled by the crew on May 5, 1944. Raised again, this time given to the Soviets, I lost track of it after that. There may have been a third ship damaged, but none of the other escorts were sunk.) |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Sea Battle Story Axis Claims U.S. Cruiser Sunk" |
(The report of a U.S. cruiser being sunk was not true.) |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales. |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of the Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in columns 2-4: "Flying Tigers and Former War Lord Route Japanese Invaders in Yunnan Province" |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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Note the report in columns 4-5: "Cargo Ship Sunk At Mississippi's Mouth" |
(The unidentified ship was the 10,731-ton U.S. tanker Virginia.) |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona. |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California. |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany. |
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1. Widerstand im Zusammenbrechen. |
(Resistance to collapse.) |
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May 16, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Erfolge der Luftwaffe im Eismeer - USA.-Geschwader vor dem Nordkap zerschlagen - Schwerer Kreuzer und ein Zerstörer versenkt. |
(Successes of the Luftwaffe in the Arctic Sea - U.S. squadron smashed off the North Cape - Heavy cruiser and a destroyer sunk.) |
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Page published May 16, 2023 |
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