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June 12, 1940: Front page of the Manchester Evening News, Manchester, England. |
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Note the report in column 6-7: "The Submarine Orzel Is Lost" |
(One of the most famous submarine of World War II, ORP Orzel, sailed from Rosyth, Scotland on May 23rd for a patrol in the North Sea. The boat failed to respond to signals as of June 1st and was declared lost by the Admiralty on June 8th. While there have been several theories as to what happened to Orzel, nothing has been conclusive as the wreck has not been found to this day.) |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England. |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of the Nottingham Evening Post, Nottingham, England. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Famous Polish Submarine" |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of the Press and Journal, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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Note the report in column 4-5: "U.S. Liner Stopped By Submarine" |
(The submarine was U-101. In the war diary of U-101 the commanding officer, Kapitänleutnant Fritz Frauenheim, described the incident mostly as the report states. In the report the question as to how a U.S. ship could be mistaken from others because there was a large U.S. flag painted on the side and in large letters the ship's name and "United States" were also painted on the sides. This was done by neutral countries to keep their ships from being accidentally attacked by belligerents. In this case the commanding officer of U-101 did not see the markings because it was dark. When the sun came up he was able to positively identify the ship as Washington. After which he immediately released the ship. All German submarine commanders were under strict orders not to attack American ships.) |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. |
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Note the report at bottom left: "Great Roundup Of Italians" |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
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Note the report in column 5: "Charlie Chaplin Holds Up Life" |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of Haarlem's Dagblad, Haarlem, Netherlands. |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine. |
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Note the report at bottom right: "Unidentified Planes Bomb Switzerland Killing FIve" |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. |
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Note the report in column 6: "100 Japanese Planes Start Chungking Flaming" |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio. |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas. |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of The Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee. |
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Note the report in column 4: "Jesse James Pretty Old Now Thinks His COunterpart" |
(One of the many folk tales that have been published about the notorious outlaw Jesse James. I have always found it curious that people cannot accept that famous or even infamous people can actually die. How many people still think Elvis is alive? How many believed Hitler survived and lived in South America? There was even a television series within the past few years called Hunting Hitler. It should have been titled Never Finding Hitler because he has been dead for 75 years.) |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California. |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of the Hamburger Neueste Zeitung, Altona, Hamburg, Germany. |
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1. Wachfend chaotische Zustände in Paris. |
(Walking chaotic conditions in Paris.) |
2. Italienische Bomben auf Malta! |
(Italians bomb Malta!) |
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June 12, 1940: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP. |
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1. Frankreichs Widerstand schwindet. |
(France's resistance is waning.) |
2. Mussolini Oberbefehlshaber aller italienischen Streitkräfte. |
(Mussolini is commander-in-chief of all Italian armed forces.) |
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Page published June 12, 2021 |
