First day of Battle... Nazis vs. Russia...

LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, War Extra, June 23, 1941



* Germany vs. Russia - 1st Day

* Operation Barbarossa

* World War II, WWII



The front page has a nice banner headline: "RUSS ATTACK PRUSSIA!; Germany Claims 40 Red Planes Downed; Starts Drive for Wheatlands of Ukraine" with subhead related photo. (see images) Nice for display.

Complete with 28 pages, nice condition.



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Eisenhower to lead in the D-Day invasion...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Extra, Dec. 24, 1943



* D-Day invasion leader named

* General Dwight D. Eisenhower



The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "EISENHOWER ALLIED LEADER" with subheads and photo. (see images)

Complete with 14 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, generally in good condition.



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July 4, 1933 Declaration of Independence...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 4, 1933



* Original Declaration of Independence facsimile

* July 4, 1776 with full text and founding fathers (signatures) 

 * 250th anniversary this coming Summer (2026}



Page 11 has a full page facsimile of the original Declaration of Independence with heading: "IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776; The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of Amer... See More  

July 4, 1944 Declaration of Independence...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 4, 1944



* Original Declaration of Independence facsimile

* July 4, 1776 with full text and founding fathers (signatures) 

* World War II era - Post D-Day 



Page 14 has a full page facsimile of the original Declaration of Independence with heading: "IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776; The unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen united States of America" with... See More  

1942 Lidice Czechoslovakia massacre...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 11, 1942



* Lidice Czechoslovakia massacre

* World War II Nazis liquidation



The front page has a two column heading: "Nazis Blot Out Czech Village; Kill All Men, Disperse Others" (see images) 

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much on World war II including coverage on the recent victory at the Battle of Midway. Comp... See More  

Manhattan Project goes public for the first time....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 16, 1945



* Manhattan Project is first made public

* Henry DeWolf Smyth report is released

* re. Atomic bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

* J. Robert Oppenheimer - Otto Hahn - Enrico Fermi



The top of page 8 has a seven column heading: "Story of Scientists' 'Battle' for Atom Bomb Secret Revealed in Smyth Report" with smaller subheads and re... See More  

1942 Battle Of Midway victory... WWII...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 12, 1942



* Battle Of Midway - Carriers

* United States Navy vs. Imperial Japanese Navy

* The sea battle that changed the course of WWII



The front page has a banner headline: "ARMY FLIERS BLASTED TWO FLEETS OFF MIDWAY" with subheads. (see images) More reporting inside. Coverage on the recent victory at the Battle of Midway.

Complete with 38 pages, light t... See More  

The atomic bomb is dropped on Japan...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Aug. 7, 1945 



* Atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan

* World War II ending - surrender nears



Of course this publication is mostly financial related, but because of the historical significance of this particular event, the front page has some first hand reporting with a small one column heading: "New Atomic Bomb Dropped on Jap City Is 'Most Terrible Dest... See More  

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

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 7, 1945



* U.S. prisoners freed from Ofuna Camp

* Executions of Doolittle raiders told



The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "8,000 MEN FREED OF 32,500 IN JAPAN" with subhead and 2 related photos showing a few liberated Yankees freed from Ofuna prisoner-of-war camp. This was the POW camp that held Louis Zamperini and Pappy Boyington.

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1945 RMS Queen Elizabeth troops homecoming photo...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1945



* RMS Queen Elizabeth ocean liner photo

* American military troops homecoming

* European Theatre of World War II



The top of the front page has a three column photo showing the RMS Queen Elizabeth which was converted into a troopship during WWII with heading: "The Word's Largest Ship Brings Veterans Home" Also a one column heading: "SUPER... See More  

Battle of Okinawa ending... General Buckner is killed...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE--EXTRA, June 19, 1945  



* Battle of Okinawa, Japan ending

* General Simon B. Buckner death

* Tenth United States Army commander



The bold front page headline announces: "GEN. BUCKNER IS KILLED IN ACTION ON OKINAWA".

General Simon Buckner, Jr. was killed during the closing days of the Battle of Okinawa by enemy artillery fire, making him the highe... See More  

Russia declares war in Japan... Hiroshima...

DAILY NEWS, New York (Final Edition), Aug. 9, 1945 



* Russia declares war on Japan

* Hiroshima, Japan atomic bombing



Very late in the war, in fact less than a week before Japan surrendered, Russia declared war on Japan - noted here in a dramatic 3-line banner headline: "REDS AT WAR WITH JAPAN", with subheadings: "Drive Into Manchukuo, Bomb Key Points, Foe Reports" a... See More  

U.S. "camp" newspaper on the end of World War II in Europe...

FAR EASTERN EXPRESS, Army Daily - EXTRA, "Special Edition", Base X as noted in the dateline. May 8, 1945 (on the back page)  



* Rare United States Armed Forces camp publication 

* Surrender of Germany - V-J day - in Philippines 



The full front page is basically graphics on the surrender of Germany and the end of the war in Europe.

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Jewish massacre in 1941 Kharkiv, Ukraine...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 26, 1943 



* Drobytsky Yar - Kharkiv, Ukraine ravine massacre

* Einsatzgruppen - Nazi Germany death squads

* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public 

* Nazi-occupied Russian Jews exterminations 



The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "GERMAN MASSACRE OF 15,000 DETAILED" with subhead: "Survivor Tells of Christmas Kill... See More  

1945 USS Bunker Hill... Japanese kamikaze attacks....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 28, 1945



* USS Bunker Hill - Essex-class aircraft carrier

* Invasion of Okinawa - Kamikazes attack



The front page has a four column headline: "LOSS OF 392 ON U.S. CARRIER REVEALED" with subheads that include: "Big Flat-Top Saved In Suicide Attacks" and more with related photo. (see) Reporting continues on page 5 with more photos. First report cov... See More  

Jimmy Doolittle becomes WWII General....

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, April 23, 1942



* James 'Jimmy' Doolittle becomes a General

* Post Doolittle raid on Japan

* World War II - WWII



The front page has a one column heading: "Doolittle Promoted To Brigadier General" (see image). Interesting he received this honor just a few days after his famous air raid on Japan but weeks before the public knew he was involved.

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1945 Battle of Iwo Jima w/ photo....

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, February 21, 1945.



* Battle of Iwo Jima w/ photo

* Fighting on Mount Suribachi

* United States Flag planting close



The front page has a somewhat brief report with small heading: "Marines Take Iwo Airfield..." and more. (see image) The iconic flag raising on Mount Suribachi would occur two days later. Given the small report here, it is somewhat surprising... See More  

Milt Campbell, Olympic Silver Medalist, while still in high school....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 28, 1953



* Milt Campbell, future Olympic decathlon gold medal winner 

* Already an Olympic silver medalist

*Competes in regional high school championships



Page 11 has: "CAMPBELL CAPTURES TWO NEWARK EVENTS", followed by a few paragraphs of text which includes in part: "Milt Campbell, Plainfield High School star, won the first of two events in th... See More  

Results of the Nurenberg war crimes trial, in a newspaper from a Nurenburg suburb...

THE JET GAZETTE, Furth, Bavaria, Germany, October 1, 1946 



* Nazis sentenced to death for war crimes

* Hermann Goering & Rudolph Hess



 Published by the Army Air Force Station of Furth, this is the volume 1, number er 14 issue which  began publication after the end of the war in Europe.

The collectible significance of this issue would be difficult to understate. This airp... 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  

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  

Victory in Europe: the war is half over...

THE EVENING BULLETIN, Providence, Rhode Island, May 8, 1945  



* Surrender of Germany - Nazis 

* V-E Day celebrations underway



The banner headlines announce: "ALLIED ACCLAIM V-E DAY" "Terms To Be Signed In Berlin" "Guns Fall Silent At 6 Tonight" with many related subheads and a celebratory photo. 

Complete in 28 pages, good condition.



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From just after Pearl Harbor...

THE SUN, New York, Dec. 10, 1941  



* United States at war in Pacific

* Post Pearl Harbor attack

* America enters World War II



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 ch... See More  

1st use of the German V-1 Flying Bomb...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., June 16, 1944 



* German V-1 Flying Bomb

* Early cruise missile

* Robot planes - no pilot 

* Buzz bomb - doodlebuug

* London terror bombing



The front page has a banner heading: "Nazi Pilotless Planes Explode In Britain" with subheads. (see images)

Other news of the day with much on World War II. Complete with 16 pages, light toning at the m... See More  

The inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris...

NEW YORK POST, Jan. 21, 2021



* A day of "firsts"

* Joe Biden sworn in as oldest president to-date

* Kamala Harris 1st female, 1st black, 1st South-Asian Vice-President

* Doug Emhoff 1st "second Gentleman" and first Jewish-American married to a President or Vice-President



The entire front page and pages 3-13 tell of the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President an... See More