Historic Newspapers: World War II Key Names

POTTSVILLE EVENING REPUBLICAN, Penna., Dec. 11, 1941

* United States declare war
* Germany & Italy - Axis
* Post Pearl Harbor attack

The front page has a full banner heading: "WAR IS ON WITH… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 4, 1938

* Dictators Adolph Hitler & Benito Mussolini
* Pre World War II meeting in Rome, Italy

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "MUSSOLINI GREETS HITLER IN A… more

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1945

* Hideki Tojo suicide attempt
* Imperial Japanese Army general

The front page has a full-banner headline: "Yanks Abolish Jap Black… more

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, February 12, 1943 

* Winston Churchill "War Situation" speech
* House of Commons of the United Kingdom
* Dwight Eisenhower becomes supreme commander

The front page… more

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass. March 18, 1940

* 1940 Brenner Pass meeting
* Austria & Italy border - Alps
* Adolf Hitler & Benito Mussolini
* re. Bolshevik Russia agreement

The front… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 21, 1943

* Marshall Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto killed
* Imperial Japanese Navy - combined fleet commander
* Attack on Pearl Harbor and Battle of Midway leader
* World War… more

THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, Feb. 2, 1939 The banner headline declares: "HITLER PROMISES SUPPORT FOR MUSSOLINI" with subheads including: THE REICHSTAG HEARS DEMAND OF CHANCELLOR FOR LAND,… more

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, May 12, 1945  This famous magazine has one of the finest, most patriotic front covers we have seen on the end of the war in Europe. Very colorful, it shows… more

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Oct. 7, 1941

* Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister of Japan
* General of the Imperial Japanese Army
* Bombing of Pearl Harbor imminent ?

The front page has a nice… more

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" … more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 8, 1945 

* Franklin D. Roosevelt - Churchill - Stalin
* Yalta Conference re. Germany & post war Europe
* Battle of the Bulge - General George S. Patton
* Photos at… more

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… more

THE BOSTON POST, Massachusetts, October 16, 1944

* Erwin Rommel death 
* The Desert Fox 
* World War II field Marshall 

This 14 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page:… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, November 23, 1943.

* General George S. Patton slaps soldier - assault
* World War II - WWII U.S. senate hearing
* Dwight D. Eisenhower keeps Patton's leadership

The front page has… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 5, 1938

* Adolph Hitler's State Visit to Rome, Italy
* The Sudetenland - Case Green (Fall Grün)
* The Axis - Anschluss - Pact of Steel 

The front page has a nice… more

THE STARS AND STRIPES, Italy Edition, April 13, 1945  

* President Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR death

The 3-line banner headline announces: "PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DEAD AT 63" with a… more

WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, July 17, 1945 

* Potsdam Conference (Germany)
* The Big Three meeting
* Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin, & Winston Churchill

This 10 page newspaper has a two column… more

WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, July 16, 1945

* Potsdam Conference (Germany)
* The Big Three meeting
* Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin, & Winston Churchill

This 42 page newspaper has a two column… more

F.D.REPORTER, printed on board the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dec. 1, 1945  

* USS Franklin D. Roosevelt publication

This is the first issue of a shipboard newspaper which, as noted at the top, is:… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 27, 1944.

* re. Adolph Hitler escapes assassination plot
* Post Operation Valkyrie - Loyal aides stay put
* Joseph Goebbels speech reassuring the public

The front… more

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… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Aug. 20, 1943

* First Quebec Conference - Quadrant
* Highly secret military discussion
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - Winston Churchill

The top of the front page has… more

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, May 13, 1941.

* Rudolph Hess Scotland jump mystery (1st report)
* Adolph Hitler's right hand man

This 8 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page:… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 27, 1944 

* Third United States Army
* General George S. Patton 
* World War II - WWII
* Battle of the Bulge prelude

The front page has a banner headline: "3D ARMY GAINS 5 MILES,… more

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, April 28, 1945 

* SS Leader Heinrich Himmler 
* Betrays Fuhrer Adolph Hitler 
* Offers surrender to Western Allies

The front page has a banner headline: "Himmler… more

THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, April 13, 1945  

* Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR
* Warm Springs, Georgia
* World War II - WWII

The front page has a nice banner headline that announces: "ROOSEVELT… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 17, 1938

* Prime minister Winston Churchill
* Radio broadcast to America and London
* "The Defense of Freedom and Peace"

The top of page 5 has a six column headline:… more

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, EXTRA, August 14, 1941.

* Atlantic Charter issued (1st report)
* Winston Churchill - World War II - WWII
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt

The front page has a nice… more

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, July 23, 1944 

* Adolph Hitler escapes assassination plot
* Operation Valkyrie - Loyal aides stay put

The last column of the ftpg. has: "HITLER PLEADS WITH ARMY TO… more

THE GAZETTE AND DAILY, York, Pennsylvania, April 14, 1945  The front page headlines "National Day of Mourning For Roosevelt Proclaimed"  "Truman Sets Today Aside to Honor Roosevelt" and "FDR, In… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 29, 1946

* Tokyo War Crimes military Trial - Tribunal begins
* Prime Minister of Japan, Hideki Tojo & others indicted
* Crimes of aggression against humanity - peace
… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 26, 1944.

* Adolph Hitler giving out power
* Post Operation Valkyrie
* Hitler tries to tighten grip

The top of the front page has a six-column headline: "...NAZI… more

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, July 26, 1944

* Adolph Hitler giving up some of his power
* Post Operation Valkyrie

This 20 page newspaper has a six column headline on the front page:… more

THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, August 9, 1943

* Adolph Hitler Abolished ?
* Hermann Goering & William Keitel

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Shelving Of Hitler Would Mean… more

EVENING PRESS, Island of Guernsey (in the English Channel), Jan. 2, 1942 

* Rare German occupation publication
* Adolph Hitler's new year proclamation

A very curious issue, as Guernsey, an… more

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Oct. 16, 1946 

* Aftermath of the Nuremberg trials - Germany 
* German Nazis - war criminals hanged
* Hermann Goering suicide by poison
* Jewish… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 4, 1943 

* Tehran Conference in Iran 
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - Winston Churchill - Joseph Stalin 

The front page has a nice headline: "'REDS REVEAL 'BIG 3'… more

NEW YORK JOURNAL AMERICAN, Oct. 27, 1945  A patriotic red, white & blue issue with the banner headline: "TRUMAN BASES PEACE ON POWER" with subhead: "Tells Policy at Commissioning of Huge Carrier… more

DAILY EXPRESS, London, October 4, 1945

* Clifton James delivers as "Monty's" body-double
* Great D-Day bluff

The front page has "Monty Has A Double - His D-Day bluff deceived the Germans",… more

MAGAZINE SECTION of the New York Times, Jan. 29, 1939

* Adolph Hitler rules Germany
* Hitler Youth photo

The front page has a pro-Hitler illustration with banner heading: "Doubts Rise, But… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 8, 1941

* Sara Delano Roosevelt death
* President Franklin D. mother
* FDR

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Mother of President Dies At Her… more

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, June 10, 1945 

* Adolph Hitler & Eva Braun married
* Is he still alive in Europe ?
* Post-World War II - WWII

An interesting one column heading on the front page:… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 21, 1945

* General George S. Patton day of death
* Post World War II reports

Page 9 has a one column heading: "Patton Has Setback; Alarm Is Discounted" (see)… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 23, 1945

* General George S. Patton death
* Post World War II reports

The front page has a two column heading: "Patton Receives GI's Last Salute; Burial Tomorrow… more

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 7, 1945 

* The mystery of Adolph Hitler's death 
* Charred remains in Berlin bunker 

The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "BODY OF HITLER IDENTIFIED, SAYS… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec.11, 1945

* General George S. Patton near death
* Automobile accident in WWII Germany
* Third United States Army commander 

Near the bottom of the front page is a two… more

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., July 14, 1944

* Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt Jr. death
* Utah Beach World War II Normandy
* World War II - WWII - Post D-Day

The front page has a two column… more

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 31, 1939

* William Patrick Hitler in America
* Adolph's nephew interview

Page 2 has a two column heading: "Kin of Hitler, Here, Are Cool to Fuehrer; Nephew Calls… more

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, EXTRA, July 12, 1943 

* Invasion of Sicily Italy
* Operation Husky 

The nice headline on the front page in bold lettering announces: "HEAVY BATTLE ON NEAR SICILY INVASION PORT"… more

MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY TRIBUNE, December 5, 1943 

* Tehran Conference in Iran 
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - Winston Churchill - Joseph Stalin 

The front page has a nice banner headline: "'BIG 3'… more