Historic Newspapers: World War II Battles

BOSTON TRAVELER, Boston, Massachusetts, June 19, 1944

* Cherbourg, France
* WWII

The front page has a nice, bold banner headline: "CHERBOURG UNDER SIEGE" with subhead: "30,000 Germans Now Face death Or Surrender"

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much on World War II. Complete in 24 pages, nice... Read full description  

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION Massachusetts, September 3, 1940 

* Jewish - Jews - Jewry army ? 
* Adolph Hitler - Nazis - Hitlerism 
* World War II 

The front page has two column  headlines: "Would Form Jewish Army To Aid Britain in War" and "Zionists Leaders Hope to Get Most of Proposed 100,000 Soldiers in... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, October 2, 1938 

* German annexation of Sudetenland begins 
* Czechoslovakia 
* Nazis - Adolph Hitler 

This 30+ page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Poland to Get Czech City Today as Germans Take Sudeten Area" with subheads. This is... Read full description  

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1945 

* Ernie Pyle killed 
* American journalist 
* Lejima - Okinawa Island 

The front page has two column headings near the bottom that read: "Ernie Pyle, Famous U. S. War Correspondent, Killed In Action"
"Cut Down by a Jap Bullet While Advancing With Yanks... Read full description  

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1939

* Adolph Hitler assassination attempt (1st report)
* Pre Operation Valkyrie
* Bürgerbräukeller

This 24 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "BERLIN BLAMES BRITAIN FOR ATTEMPT AGAINST LIFE OF REICHSFUEHRER HITLER" with... Read full description  

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1941 

* Rudolph Hess Scotland parachute jump mystery 
* Adolph Hitler's right hand man 
* World War II 

This 20 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "LONDON, WASHINGTON SEE RIFT IN HITLER'S COUNCIL IN HESS FLIGHT; HINT NO. 3 NAZI... Read full description  

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, July 19, 1943

* Bombing of Rome, Italy
* World War II - WWII

The front page has a nice banner headline: "ROME BOMBED FOR FIRST TIME" with subheads that include: "Main Railroad Freight Yards In Eternal City Chief Allied Objective" and more.

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TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, May 5, 1946 

* Assault - thoroughbred horse racing 
* Kentucky Derby win (1st of 3 wins) 
* Eventual triple crown winner 

This 32 page newspaper has a four column headline on page 15A: "Assault Captures Rich Derby--Spy Song 2nd; Hampden 3rd" with subhead and photo. This was the 1st of... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 28, 1940

* Wilhelm Strekel death (1st report)
* Austrian physician and psychologist

This 42 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 19: "WILHELM STREKEL, ONCE FREUD'S AIDE", "Former Chief Assistant to the Psychoanalyst Wrote Works on Mental Maladies" and more with... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 16, 1945 

* USS Saratoga - aircraft carrier - USS Hazelwood
* Japanese kamikazes - Iwo Jima
* Joachim von Ribbontrop captured


This 28 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "RIBBONTROP IS CAPTURED IN HAMBURG" with subheads. (see photos) Also on the front page are one column... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 30, 1939 

* Nile Kinnick "All American" team choice 
* Iowa Hawkeyes - NCAA college football 
* Maxwell award winner 

This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines in the sport's section (page 26): "ALL-AMERICA POST IS WON BY KINNICK" and "Iowa Back Draws 577 Votes... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, June 12, 1945

* Adolph Hitler & Eva Braun's children?
* World War II - WWII

This 16 page  newspaper has a very interesting but small report on the front page with one column heading: "Report Allies Hunt 2 Hitler Offspring". This report claims that Hitler & Braun had two young... Read full description  

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, April 21, 1945 

* Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp 
* Horrors being revealed 
* World War II - Germany 

This 10 page newspaper has one column headings on page 2: "Mass burial Of Fearsome Camp Victims" and "Naked Corpses Hauled in Trucks And Dumped in Pit"

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THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, December 23, 1942 

* Aliquippa, Pennsylvania avalanche disaster 
* World War II defense workers killed 

This 28 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "AVALANCHE KILLS 21 ON BUS" with subheads (see photos). 1st report coverage on the avalanche that buried a bus... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 6, 1944

* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time
* Nazi-occupied Estonia exterminations
* Gruesome details

This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "NAZI DEATH CAMP A SCENE OF HORROR", "Story of Massacre of 3,000 in Estonia Evident in Piles of Burned Bodies",... Read full description  

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Taunton, Massachusetts, November 28, 1939

* James Naismith death (1st report)
* "Father of Basketball" - inventor

This 16 page newspaper has one column headings on page 12: "Naismith Has Fatal Attack", "Invented Game Of Basketball In 1891" with photo of Naismith. This is a first report... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, July 12, 1940

* Battle of Britain begins
* World War II original
* Nazis bomb London and more

This 34 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "MASSED GERMAN PLANES RAID BRITAIN" with subheads that include: "COASTS ATTACKED" "One City Badly Bombed but Nazi Loss Is Put at... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, September 26, 1943  The front page has a six-column, three-line headline which reads "Russians Fight Way Into Kiev Suburbs After Taking Stronghold of Smolensk; Allies Push Ahead in Hills Above Naples" with subhead "Fifth Army Gaining", "Troops Forge Ahead in Heavy Artillery Fire From Both Sides";... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 24, 1941 

* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public
* Nazi-occupied Zagreb executions

This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "50 PUT TO DEATH FOR ZAGREB BLAST", "Convicted of 'Instigating' the Phone Exchange Bombing..." See photos for coverage... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 14, 1941 

* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public 
* Nazi-occupied Poland - Polish Ghettos 

This 100+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headings on page 31: "DEATH RATE SOARS IN POLISH GHETTOS", "Rises as Much as 15 Times the Normal in Some Places,... Read full description  

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, June 4, 1944

* Fall of Rome, Italy  - liberated by the allies (day of)
* D-Day invasion of France 2 days away
* World War II - WWII

This 30+ page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "NAZIS FLEE; LOOT ROME AREA; Yanks Sweep on Eternal City for Knockout Blow" with subheads and... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 26, 1942

* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time
* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations
* Lezaky, Czech Republic razed to the ground

This 38 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 5: "GERMANS WIPE OUT A 2D CZECH TOWN", "All Men and Women Are Killed at Levsaky--Others... Read full description  

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 24, 1942 

* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time 
* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations 

This 80+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headings on page 5: "NAZIS' EXECUTIONS PUT AT 97 IN WEEK", "10 Slain in Paris Over Attack on German Officer Are Most... Read full description