World War II As It Happened
A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation
Thursday, February 5, 1942
Day 889

February 5, 1942: Front page of the News and Chronicle, London, England.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of The Daily Mail, Hull, England.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, Leeds, England.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of the Western Mail and South Wales News, Cardiff, Wales.
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Note the report in column 4: "Lloyd's Medal for Welsh Heroes"


February 5, 1942: Front page of the Evening Telegraph and Post, Dundee, Scotland.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of The Examiner, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of The Sydney Sun, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of The Telegraph, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of The Lethbridge Herald, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of The Winnipeg Tribune, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of the Biddeford Daily Journal, Biddeford, Maine.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of The Evening Gazette, Xenia, Ohio.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of The Port Arthur News, Port Arthur, Texas.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of the Tucson Daily Citizen, Tucson, Arizona.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of the San Mateo Times, San Mateo, California.
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February 5, 1942: Front page of the Teltower Kreisblatt, Kreis Teltow, Brandenburg, Germany.
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1. Lebhafte Kampftätigkeit an der Ostfront.
(Lively combat activity on the Eastern Front.)


February 5, 1942: Front page of the Völkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the NSDAP.
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1. Britannia beherrsche die Wogen heute unzeitgemäß - Das Kriegsglück der britischen Flotte schwindet.
(Britannia rule the waves untimely today - The wartime fortunes of the British fleet are dwindling.)



   
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