1942 USS Nautilus (SS-168) sinks Japanese destroyer photo...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 26, 1942



* Unusual USS Nautilus (SS-168) periscope photo

* United States Navy submarine attack - WWII

* Japanese destroyer Yamakaze (1936) sinking



The front page has a five column heading: "U. S. SUBMARINES SINK FIVE JAPANESE SHIPS" with subhead and a somewhat notable photo during World War II showing the sinking of the Japanese destroyer Yamakaze (1936) ... See More  

1945 Battle of the Bulge ending events....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 29, 1945



* General Courtney Hodges

* 1st Infantry Division (United States)

* Battle of the Bulge ending events

* World War II - WWII Europe



The front page has a nice banner headline: "U.S. FIRST ARMY STRIKES SUDDENLY IN BLIZZARD" with subheads and related photo. (see) Lengthy text continues inside with a few photos and map.

Complete with 28 pages, ... See More  

1944 Battle of Monte Cassino ends...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 18, 1944



* Battle of Monte Cassino ends w/ Allied victory

* Battle for Rome, Italy - Italian campaign

* World War II - WWII - Winter Line



The front page has a six column heading: "CASSINO REPORTED EVACUATED" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with 20 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, mainly along the spine, generally in good cond... See More  

Battle of the Bulge....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 5, 1945



* General George S. Patton

* Battle of the Bulge

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a nice banner headline: "1ST ARMY DRIVES 3 MILES IN SLEET INTO BULGE; NECK OF SALIENT NOW 11 MILES AS 3D GAINS TOO; 7TH TO THE SOUTH GIVES UP FOOTHOLD IN REICH" with subheads and related photo. (see images) Loads of text continues inside with more photos... See More  

1942 Battle of Bataan ending w/ fall....

THE BOSTON POST, April 8, 1942



* Battle of Bataan ends (eve)

* Allies surrender to Japanese

* Philippines Campaign

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a nice headline in bold lettering: "YANKEES IN LAST STAND ON BATAAN" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. This Luzon Island province would fall the following day. The Japanese capture would eventually lead to the inf... See More  

1942 Easter Sunday Raid... WWII Ceylon...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, April 6, 1942



* Easter Sunday Raid

* Imperial Japanese Navy

* Indian Ocean - Ceylon

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a nice banner headline: "JAPS CARRY WAR TO INDIA, ATTACK SHIPS, BOMB PORTS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Also reporting on the Battle of Bataan which was coming to a close just before the infamous "death march... See More  

Cherbourg, France captured...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 24, 1944



* Capturing Cherbourg, France

* Post D-Day - Normandy landings

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a banner headline: "ATTACK ON CHERBOURG GAINS; EARLY FALL SEEN" with subheads. (see images)

Complete with all 26 pages, rag edition in great condition.... See More  

1942 Doolittle raid of Japan.... official report...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 21, 1943



* The famous Doolittle raid of Japan official report

* U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers

* USS Hornet aircraft carrier



The front page has a nice banner headline: "FULL STORY OF TOKIO RAID!" Nice for display. First report coverage continues on pages 8 & 9 with nice photos. (see) This was the official report on the Jimmy Doolittle ... See More  

Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 14, 1943



* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time

* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations

* Lomza & Bialystok ghettos



Page 3 has small and somewhat discrete one column headings: "2,500 Poles Executed" "Mass Executions in Lomza and Bialystok Reported" (see image)

See photo for brief coverage on the ongoing atrocities in Nazi-occupi... See More  

Battle of Okinawa ending... Simon B. Buckner killed...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 20, 1945



* Battle of Okinawa, Japan ending

* Dwight E. Eisenhower's welcome home

* Closing events of World War II



The front page has a banner headline: "MARINES SLASH TO OKINAWA TIP, SPLITTING FOE" with subheads.(see)

Also on the front page is: "WELCOME TO EISENHOWER IS CITY'S GREATEST..." with subheads and photo. Always nice to have no... See More  

Winter War in 1939... Soviets invade Finland...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 21, 1939



* Battle of Suomussalmi

* Winter War  - Finland

* Soviet Union - Soviets

* World War II - Finns



The front page has a nice banner headline: "BATTLE IN ARCTIC; 22 BELOW" with subheads. (see) Nice for display.

Complete with 40 pages, rag edition in nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.



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William Halsey Jr. named South Pacific commander...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 25, 1942



* Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr.

* World War II - United States Navy

* Named commander, South Pacific Area

* Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley

* Promoted to four-star admiral

* Pre Naval Battle of Guadacanal



The front page has a banner headline: "HALSEY REPLACES GHORMLEY IN THE SOLOMONS" with subheads. (see images) Coverage continues inside w... See More  

1914 First Battle of the Marne...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 14, 1914



* First Battle of the Marne River - France

* Germany vs. France & United Kingdom

* First World War I - WWI



The front page has a banner heading:  "Germans Meet With B ig Losses in Paris Fighting" with subhead (see images)

Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find ... See More  

1914 First Battle of the Aisne...

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 16, 1914



* First Battle of the Aisne River - France

* German Empire vs. France & United Kingdom

* General Alexander von Kluck captured



The front page has a banner heading:  "Second Great Battle Is Being Fought in France"  with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" ... See More  

Ofuna POW camp liberated... Doolittle executions...

NEW YORK POST, Sept. 1, 1945



* U.S. prisoners freed from Ofuna Camp

* Executions of Doolittle raiders told

* Day of the official surrender on USS Missouri



The front page has a headline that reads: "GIs' STORY OF JAP TORTURES" Page 2 has: "95 Freed GIs Detail Jap Prison Bestiality" (see images) This was the POW camp that held Louis Zamperini and Pappy Boyington.

Six... See More  

1944 Warsaw Uprising... WWII Poland...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 11, 1944 



* Warsaw Uprising 

* Polish resistance Home Army 

* Nazi Germany 



Page 14 has an editorial with one column headings: "Poland Continues to Fight" and "Warsaw in Midst of Third Attempt to Oust Enemy Occupants" See images for text on the Warsaw Uprising. Germany would eventually take control once again. This is not t... See More  

Mussolini is ousted in 1943...

LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, July 26, 1943 



* Italy - Benito Mussolini ousted

* Pietro Badoglio takes over

* World War II - WWII era



The bold headline announces: "IL DUCE FIRED" with: "Badoglio Becomes Premier; Crackup of Axis Presaged" and more with two photos. (see images) More on pages 2 & 3 with a full page pictorial is also nice for display.

Complete 1st section... See More  

Germany's illustrated magazine from the Nazi era...

BERLINER ILLUSETRIRTE ZEITUNG (Berlin Illustrated Newspaper), Germany. May 20, 1936  This was the "Life" magazine of Germany from during the Nazi era. The full front page has two photos showing Nazi soldiers with more military scenes inside.

Complete in 44 pages, 11 by 14 3/4 inches, minimal margin wear, never bound nor trimmed, good condition.

From just after Pearl Harbor...

THE SUN, New York, Dec. 10, 1941  Large front page banner headline from just 3 days after Pearl Harbor: "U.S. FORCES BATTLE INVADERS ON LUZON" with various related reports. Included is a map headed: "Invasion Of Philippines".

Complete in 52 pages, various tears and chipping at the margins, partially loose at the spine.

D-Day has arrived in Europe...

THE DAILY HERALD--EXTRA, Biloxi-Gulfport, Mississippi, June 6, 1944  At the top of page 1 above the masthead is: "ALLIES INVADE THE FRENCH COAST" with subheads including: "American, British, Canadian Forces Land in Large Scale Operation Early This Morning" "Allied Headquarters Do Not Specify Locations But No Doubt Landings Gigantic; Designed to Destroy Nazis". Mu... See More  

Atom bomb is dropped one Hiroshima...

THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL, Rhode Island, Aug. 7, 1945  The banner headlines announces: "ATOMIC BOMB BLASTS JAP BASE" "Single Missile Stronger Than 20,000 Tons of TNT; Steel Tower Turned to Gas in New Mexico Tryout" with various related subheads concerning the A Bomb drop on Hiroshima.

The photo is headed: "Atomic Bomb, World's Deadliest Weapon, Produced Here" s... See More  

Nazis surrendering in 1945 Europe...

SUNDAY NEWS, New York City, May 8, 1945



* Nazis surrendering in Europe

* General George S. Patton's Army



The front page has a nice banner headline: "PATTON'S MEN TAKE PILSEN" with photo of surrendered German forces. (see images)

Tabloid size. Incomplete issue containing 22 of the 32 pages, nice condition and for display as such.



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The "fattest Nazi"...

THE STARS & STRIPES, Germany Edition, May 13, 1945 



* Hermann "Fat Boy" Goering



The front page features a photo headed: "He Used to Throw a Lot of Weight Around" and the caption noting: "Reich Marshal Herman Goering, perhaps the fattest Nazi in captivity." with front page text on him & other end of war items. One report is headed: "Goering Admi... See More  

D-Day "Extra" edition in a military newspaper...

BEACON Extra! Extra! Extra!, Philadelphia Navy Yard, June 6, 1944  



* D-Day invasion of France (1st report)

* World War II German defense



The banner headline reports: "INVASION STARTED" with subheads: "Landing Craft, With Plane and Ship Support, Pour Men And Supplies Into Beaches" "Admiral Draemel Calls for Greatest Effort, Says There Must Be No Rest Until Such... See More  

Horrors of the Bataan death march...

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Jan. 30, 1944  



* Battle of Bataan Death March

* Imperial Japanese Army atrocities

* Made public for the first time

* William E. Dyess eyewitness account

* United States Air Force pilot - officer



The front page has a nice banner headline: "DYESS' OWN STORY ! " with subhead: "TELLS JAP TORTURE ON BATAAN DEATH MARCH" "People Back Ho... See More