World War II set, an issue from each of the years...

(5) THE DAILY NEWS, New York  An interesting lot of five issues, each from the World War II years of 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1945.

One of the great features of the Daily News is the format, as most of each front page of this tabloid-size newspaper is taken up with a headline and/or photo relating to the war.

Each issue has some inside pages removed but pages relating to the war were kep... See More  

1942 United States Armed Forces in the Pacific...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Sept. 15, 1942



* United States Armed Forces dominance

* Pacific Ocean theater of World War II



The front page has a nice banner headline: "U. S. RATED DOMINANT IN PACIFIC WAR POWER" with subhead. (see) Nice for display.

Complete with 28 pages, light toning at the margins, some spine wear, generally in good condition.... See More  

1942 Doolittle raid of Japan....

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, April 20, 1942



* The famous Doolittle raid of Japan

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

* USS Hornet aircraft carrier



The front page has a nice banner headline: "FIRST WORD OF THE U. S. JAP RAIDERS!" with subheads. (see) This was the famous Doolittle raid on Japan. It was not known at the time that James "Jimmy" Doolittle was involved d... See More  

1945 Attack on Yokosuka, Japan....

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, July 19, 1945



* Attack on Yokosuka - Japan

* United States Navy air raid

* Imperial Japanese Navy



The front page has a great banner headline: "HALSEY HITS JAP NAVY IN HIDEOUT" with subheads and related photo. Nice for display.

Complete with 18 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, a few spots of stray ink writing throughout with one on ... See More  

1945 USS Franklin aircraft carrier disaster...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. May 18, 1945



* USS Franklin (CV-13) disaster

* Japanese dive bomber attack

* United States Navy aircraft carrier



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "PLANE CARRIER IS SAVED BY COURAGE OF CREW IN SPITE OF 1000 CASUALTIES" with subheads and a photo of the carrier just after the attack. This disaster happened a few months earlier but th... See More  

Attack on Kure (March 1945)...

DAILY NEWS, New York City, August 14, 1944



* Palisades Park, N. J. - 5 alarm fire

* Yanks cut Nazi escape route on French Front



The front page has a nice, displayable headline: "ALLIES BLOCK GERMANS' ESCAPE ROAD" with more coverage on pages 3 and 11.  

Front page also has picture of Palisades Park N.J. burning with headline: "FIRE RAGES THROUGH NEW JERSEY RESOR... See More  

Italy declares war on Germany in 1943....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 14, 1943 



* Italy declares war on Germany

* World War II - WWII



The top of the front page has a six column headline: "BADOGLIO, DECLARING WAR, RALLIES ITALY" with subheads that include: "REICH'S ACTS CITED " "Italian Marshal Lists German Attacks as Cause of War" and more. (see)

Complete with all 42 pages,. rag edition, sma... See More  

General George S. Patton in 1945 Germany ....

DAILY NEWS, New York City, March 20, 1945



* Third United States Army

* General George S. Patton

* World War II Germany

* Incomplete issue ***



The top half of the front page has a nice headline: "PATTON 10 MI. FROM MAINZ" with subhead and a photo of the collapsed Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, Germany. Reporting begins on page 3. Also a page 3 report on Operation Valkyrie with rel... See More  

Allies storm Sicily, Italy in 1943...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, July 12, 1943 



* Invasion of Sicily Italy

* Operation Husky begins



The nice headline on the front page announces: "Invaders Overcome First Resistance--Move Ahead Under Powerful Aerial Umbrella" with subheads, related map and small photo of Dwight Eisenhower. (see)

Complete with 30 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes and a lit... See More  

1945 occupation of Japan begins...

DAILY NEWS, New York City, August 29, 1945



* U.S. occupation of Japan begins

* General William Halsey Jr.

* USS Missouri (Big Mo) enters Tokyo Bay



The top half of the front page is taken up with a nice, displayable headline: "HALSEY SAILS FLAGSHIP INTO TOKYO BAY" Coverage on the initial occupation Japan with the United States Navy entering Tokyo Bay on page 3. The official signin... See More  

1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising... WWII....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 22, 1943



* Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends in failure

* German occupied Poland - Nazi atrocities

* Jewish resistance - Jews



Page 4 has one column headlines: "JEWS' LAST STAND FELLED 1,000 NAZIS" "Battle in Warsaw Ghetto Was Aided by Armed Squads of Polish Guerrillas" "More Slaughter Starts" and more. (see) See photos for text on the end... See More  

George S. Patton's siege on Metz, France...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 10, 1944



* Battle of Metz, France - Pincer siege

* General George S. Patton leads

* United States Army Central - Third

* Luftwaffe fight Ace Walter Novotny killed



The top of the front page has a five column headline: "PATTON FORGES PINCERS ON METZ" with subheads and related map. (see) Page 7 has a brief and inconspicuous report headed: "Nazi Air... See More  

1963 Birmingham, Alabama race riots...

THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, May 4, 1963



* Birmingham, Alabama

* Race riots - Negroes

* Martin Luther King Jr.



The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Birmingham Racial Situation Explosive" (see).

Complete with 6 pages, small library stamp within masthead, a few small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.... See More  

Nazis surrendering in 1945 Europe...

SUNDAY NEWS, New York City, May 6, 1945



* Nazis surrendering in Europe

* Hans-Georg von Friedeburg



The front page has a nice banner headline: "3 MORE NAZI ARMIES YIELD" with photo of Admiral von Friedeburg signing surrender papers.

Tabloid size. Incomplete issue containing 16 of the 76 pages, a little light foxing, a few tiny margin tears, nice for display as such.



Note: It... See More  

War with Germany has ended...

DETROIT TIMES, May 7, 1945 



* Germany Surrenders

* V-E day - Nazis quit

* INCOMPLETE ISSUE



The bold banner headline above the masthead announces: "ALL GERMANS SURRENDER!" with lead in: "Nazi Radio Announces" in red lettering.

Incomplete issue containing the front ad back leafs of the first section only (pages 1,2 & 9,10), Light toning and minor wear along the ... See More  

Gen. George S. Patton... Battle of the Bulge prelude...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 29, 1944 



* General George S. Patton 

* U.S. First & Third Army - WWII

* Battle of the Bulge - Belgium



The front page has a nice banner headline: "NAZIS NEAR MEUSE CIRCLED BY YANKS" with subhead and photo of General Patton. (see)

Incomplete issue containing the first 4 pages only, loose at the spine, light toning at the folds, nice for d... See More  

1942 Invasion of France... WWII...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 20, 1942 



* Dieppe Raid - Invasion of France

* Allied amphibious attack - tanks

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a nice banner headline: "U. S. ALLIED TROOPS, TANKS RAID DIEPPE 9 HOURS; MORE THAN 1,000 PLANES AID IN LAND ACTION; 182 NAZI CRAFT, 95 BRITISH HIT; KRASNODAR LOST" with various subheads and related photo. Nice for display. More on... See More  

Luxembourg liberated in WWII...

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, September 11, 1944



* Allies liberate Luxembourg

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a banner headline: "Yanks in Luxembourg; Shell Siegfried Line" with subheads. (see)

Complete with 20 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.

Allied troops cross the Rhine...

LOS ANGELES HERALD EXPRESS--2nd WAR EXTRA, March 24, 1945 



* Third United States Army

* General George S. Patton

* World War II Germany



The bold banner headline announces: "4 ARMIES CROSS RHINE" with subhead: "Yanks, British, Canadians and 40,000 Parachute Troops in Giant Offensive" with much more.

Complete with both sections and 20 pages. Nice condition.... See More  

The war in Europe is over... Photos from Belsen concentration camp...

THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS, May 8, 1945 



* Germany Surrenders

* V-E day - Nazis quit



The banner headline announces: "EUROPE WAR OVER --- But Fighting Continues". Included is a large photo with the caption beginning: "Historic surrender scene..." noting the various officers involved in the ceremonies.

Contrasting this great news, page 11 has 3 horrendous photos of the B... See More  

United States at war againt Axis....

HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN, December 17, 1941 



* United States at war in Pacific

* Post Pearl Harbor attack

* America enters World War II



The front page has a banner headline: "HONGKONG DOWNS 45 PLANES" with subheads. (see) Great to have in this Honolulu publication just 10 days after the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor. Very rare as such.

Fourteen pages, minor wear, generally... See More  

Paranoia concerning Japanese residents following Pearl Harbor...

SUNDAY LEADER--EXTRA, San Ysidro--Tijuana, California, Feb. 22, 1942  In the paranoia following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, this issue sports a headline likely not to be found outside of Southern California: "CHULA VISTA JAPS SEIZED BY AGENTS" with the text beginning: "Thirty-five 'highly nationalistics' were arrested in San Diego county last nite by federal & mili... See More  

Japanese attack California...

LOS ANGELES HERALD EXPRESS, California, Feb. 24, 1942 



* Attack on California coast

* Ellwood oil field shelling

* Japanese submarine I-17

* Best title to be had ? (rare)



The bold headline proclaims: "HUNT JAP U-BOAT IN RAID ON SOUTHLAND" with a smaller banner: "2 U.S. Ships Wrecked; 189 Die". One of the subhead notes: "Sub Shells Oil Field Near Santa Barbara... See More  

The Dunkirk evacuation, 1940...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 31, 1940 



* Battle of Dunkirk (evacuation) - France

* Operation Dynamo "Miracle of Dunkirk"

* Allied soldiers on English Channel beaches



The ftpg. has headlines relating to the stranding of allied forces on the beaches of Dunkirk, the focus of a recent motion picture, with banner headline: "100,000 ALLIES SLAIN--NAZIS; Rain Bombs on Fleeing Br... See More  

Paris surrenders to the Nazis...

HERALD EXPRESS, Los Angeles, 5th WAR EXTRA, June 13, 1940 



* Fall of Paris, France

* World War II Germans



The front page has a nice headline above the masthead: "TROOPS QUIT PARIS; PLAN CITY SURRENDER" with subheads. Great for display.

Incomplete issue containing 8 of the 12 pages of the 1st section only, minor margin and central fold wear, generally very nice.... See More