Historic Newspapers: World War II Key Names
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Item #716159THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 14, 1941
* Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels
* Speech with "10 Commandments" against Jews
* Important step in the Jewish Holocaust disaster
* Includes "Star of David" yellow badge rules
The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "GOEBBELS SPURS ABUSE FOR JEWS" with... Read full description -
Item #715958CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 11, 1939
* re. Adolph Hitler's Reichstag speech
* Asks the World for peace ? (ruse)
The front page has a nice banner headline: "CALLS HITLER PEACE 'A RUSE'" with subheads. (see images) Lengthy text continues on page 2.
Complete with 38 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A... Read full description -
Item #715837THE BOSTON POST, Sept. 27, 1945
* Hirohito - Emperor of Japan
* Historic visit to Douglas MacArthur
* World War II ending events
The top of the front page has a nice headline: "HIROHITO IN 'SOCIAL' CALL ON MACARTHUR" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 18 pages, nice condition.
Note: On September 27, 1945,... Read full description -
Item #715720LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., May 9, 1945
* Hermann Goering
* Albert Kesselring
* Field Marshal Keitel
The front page has a one column heading: "Capture Nazi War Leaders" with subhead: "Goering, Kesselring are Taken By Seventh Army Group" Also a one column photo of Goering with brief text.
And another one... Read full description -
Item #715689CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 7, 1939
* Adolph Hitler's Reichstag speech
* Asks the World for peace ? (ruse)
The front page has a nice banner headline: "WE'LL ACCEPT TRUCE--NAZIS" with subheads. (see images) Lengthy text continues on page 2 with related map. Photo on the back page.
Complete with 28 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #715493PITTSBURGH SUN-TELEGRAPH--EXTRA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 14, 1945 The bold, banner headline reports: "President Truman Announces: WAR OVER McArthur to Rule Japan" with a large, celebratory photo on the front page.
Being an "Extra" edition this may be complete in ten pages, otherwise it is the complete first section of two. A piece cut from the back leaf does... Read full description -
Item #715387MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, April 26, 1945
* President Harry Truman
* World Security Parley
* European war nears the end
The front page has a nice banner headline: "'NEW WORLD' IS TRUMAN S. F. PLEA" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 16 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes... Read full description -
Item #715200THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 24, 1944
* President Roosevelt establishes War Refugee Board
* Day 2 report of his Executive Order
Page 15 has a 1 column heading: "PRESIDENT'S MOVE PRAISED BY ZIONIST", with subhead: "Dr. Israel Goldstein Says War Refugee Board Will Aid in Saving Jews in Europe".
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Item #715183THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 30, 1945
* Benito Mussolini assassinated (1st report)
* National Fascist Party - Duce of Fascism
* World War II Italy
The front page has a three column heading: "MUSSOLINI KILLED" with subhead and photo showing Mussolini laying dead on the ground. (see images) More on page 6.
Complete with all 32 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #715178MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, April 27, 1945
* Ohrdruf (Buchenwald) Nazi death concentration camp
* Horrors being revealed for 1st time
* Demonstration of a whipping table shown photo
* World War II - WWII Germany
The front page has a three column photo with small heading: "Torture Demonstration" and brief text. (see images) The... Read full description -
Item #714998THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 27, 1939
* World War II about to start
* Adolph Hitler defying World
* Poland attacked in 4 days
The front page has a nice banner headline: "QUEST FOR PEACE CONTINUES" with subheads and related photo. (see images) More inside. Germany would attack Poland 4 days later,... Read full description -
Item #714945ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, January 6, 1941
* Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms defined
* State of the Union Address
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "ROOSEVELT URGES CONGRESS TO PROVIDE ARMS FOR ALL NATIONS FIGHTING TYRANNY" with subheads. (see images) Text of Roosevelt's message starts on the front... Read full description -
Item #714728THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 21, 1945
* General George S. Patton day of death
* FRONT LEAF ONLY (pages 1 & 2)
The front page has a one column heading: "Patton Contracts Infection" (see image) Patton would die on this day.
FRONT LEAF ONLY (pages 1 & 2), small binding holes along the left margin, good condition. -
Item #714719THE 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... Read full description -
Item #714692SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Extra, September 12, 1941
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt - FDR
* United States Navy to protect our waters
* "Shoot on sight" order made
The front page has a great banner headline in large, bold lettering: "U. S. SHOOTING WAR ORDERED BY F.D.R.!" with subhead. (see images) Terrific for... Read full description -
Item #714531HERALD EXPRESS, Los Angeles, 5th WAR EXTRA, June 10, 1940
* Italy enters World War II - WWII (1st report)
* Benito Mussolini's announcement
The front page has a nice banner headline above the masthead in large lettering: "DUCE DECLARES WAR" with lead-in: "Italians Invade South Europe". (see images) Nice for display.
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Item #714508THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 10, 1945
* First & Third United States Army
* Operation Lumberjack - Rhine River
* Battle of Remagen - Ludendorff Bridge
The front page has a banner headline: "AMERICANS GAIN MILE ON EAST SIDE OF RHINE" with subheads. (see images)
Much more on World War II events. Complete 1st section only with all 42... Read full description -
Item #714114THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 26, 1939
* World War II about to start
* Adolph Hitler defying World
* Poland attacked in 4 days
The front page features a banner headline: "EUROPE SEEKS TO AVOID WAR" with various subheads. (see images) Germany would attack Poland 5 days later, starting World War II.... Read full description -
Item #713877THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 22, 1944
* Admiral Osami Nagano
* Imperial Japanese Navy
* Field Marshall Hajime Sugiyama
* Hideki Tojo removes both officers
* World War II - WWII
The top of the front page has six column headlines that include: "JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVY CHIEFS OUSTED" with subhead. (see images) Coverage continues on... Read full description -
Item #713843CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 19, 1940
* This was their finest hour
* Winston Churchill speech
* World War II - WWII
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "CHURCHILL DARES GERMAN ARMY TO INVADE ENGLAND'" with subhead. (see) This was Churchill's famous speech to the House of Commons in which he... Read full description -
Item #713829CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 6, 1938
* Austrian Jew Sigmund Freud escapes Nazism
* Escaping Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany
* Founder of psychoanalysis - neurologist
* Flies from Vienna to Paris to London
The top of page 10 has a two column heading: "Freud Consoled by U. S. Envoy on Flight to Exile in London" (see images)
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Item #713824THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 14, 1945
* Siege - Battle of Budapest ends w/ capture - Hungary
* Post-Battle of the Bulge - General George S. Patton
The front page has a nice banner headlines: "BUDAPEST IS TAKEN AT COST OF 159,000 TO FOE"& "BRITISH CLEAR REICHSWALD, PATTON PUSHES ON" with subheads and related... Read full description -
Item #713432CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, November 16, 1938
* Kristallnacht - crystal night - vandalism
* Persecution of Jews - Jewish property
* Roman Catholic Church & priests censored
A follow up to "Kristallnacht" or Night of Broken Glass, a coordinated attack upon Nazi Jews which resulted in 91 deaths and over 30,000 being sent to... Read full description -
Item #713175THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 28, 1945
* Battle of the Bulge ends
* Third United States Army
* General George S. Patton
The front page has a nice banner headline: "3D ARMY DRIVES 4 MILES TO GERMAN BORDER" with subhead: "Americans Take 11 Towns To Flatten Belgian Bulge" Related map is on page 7. (see images)
Complete 1st section... Read full description -
Item #712710CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 24, 1945
* General George S. Patton death - funeral
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "WARRIOR HYMN HE LOVED SUNG AT PATTON RITES" with subhead. Related photo and heading on the back page. (see images)
I suspect this to be a very rare item because there was really no reason to save it at... Read full description -
Item #712607THE STAR, Island of Guernsey (in the English Channel), Nov. 28, 1941
* German occupation publication
* Attack on Pearl Harbor close
A very curious issue, as Guernsey, an English-speaking island, was occupied by the Germans during WWII so all the news was pro-Nazi.
Among the front page reports are: "Another British Naval... Read full description -
Item #712296NACHRICHTEN FUR DIE TRUPPE, Europe, June 7, 1944
* Rare allied issue dropped from aircraft
* D-Day invasion of France in German language
A most fascinating single sheet newspaper, which translates to "News For The Troops", published by the Psychological Warfare Division of the Allied forces and dropped by... Read full description -
Item #712206THE 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... Read full description -
Item #712200THE 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 soldiers from many nations representing the Allied forces. The inside has a double-page color print of... Read full description -
Item #711920CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, March 23, 1938
* Post Anschluss - annexation
* Nazi occupation of Austria
* Adolph Hitler in control
* Heinrich Himmler arrest foes
* Sigmund Freud arrested
The front page a five column heading: "Nazi Police Jail 1,742 Foes in Vienna" with subheads and small photo of Himmler. (see images) Coverage... Read full description -
Item #711739ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE SECTION only of the New York Times, April 24, 1938
* German parliamentary election and referendum
* Adolph Hitler in Vienna - military occupation
* Annexation of Austria - Anschluss - photos
The front page of this section has a few photos re. the Annexation of Austria with text. (see images)
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Item #711576NEW YORK POST, Sat., February 24, 1945
* Battle of Iwo Jima
* Mount Suribachi summit reached
* Devil Dogs with flamethrowers photo
* United States Flag planted (not mentioned)
* Battle of the Bulge - Dwight D. Eisenhower
The front page has a headline: "3 1/2 MI. BEYOND ROER" with coverage on page 3.
Page 2 has a heading:... Read full description -
Item #710347THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 18, 1945
* Potsdam Conference (Germany)
* World war II era original
* Harry Truman - Joseph Stalin
The front page has a five column headline: "TRUMAN IS SELECTED TO PRESIDE AS BIG THREE CONFERENCE OPENS; FLEET STILL HAMMERS AT HONSHU" with subheads and related photo. Much more inside.
forty-two... Read full description -
Item #710337CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 27, 1945
* 1st & 7th United States Army
* Generals Patch and George S. Patton
* Rhine river - Rhineland crossing
* Limburg & Frankfurt, Germany
The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "7 ARMIES OVER RHINE; Patch Crosses River; 1st Races On 35 Miles" with subheads. (see... Read full description -
Item #710276SAN 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 banner headline: "FDR, CHURCHILL MEET, OUTLINE JOINT WAR AIMS" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the famous meeting at sea... Read full description -
Item #710273ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, August 29, 1939
* World War II about to start in 3 days
* Adolph Hitler defying the World
* Poland invasion is imminent ?
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "CHAMBERLAIN PUTS WAR OR PEACE UP TO HITLER, FLEET HELD IN READINESS" with many subheads and related photo. (see images)... Read full description -
Item #710094TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Mass., August 24, 1942
* Evans Carlson's Makin Island raid
* World War II - U.S. Marines
* President Roosevelt's eldest son, James
The front page has a banner headline: "U. S. FLIERS KNOCK OUT JAP ATTACK ON AUSTRALIA" with subhead and two related photo. (see images) Coverage continues on page 3... Read full description -
Item #710015THE 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... Read full description -
Item #709769THE 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 II - Pacific War
The front page has a one column heading: "JAPANESE ADMIRAL KILLED IN COMBAT" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 40... Read full description -
Item #709392CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 15, 1938
* Adolph Hitler & Neville Chamberlain
* Conference at Berchtesgaden - Germany
* re. the annexation of Czechoslovakia
The front page has a nice banner headline: "FATE OF CZECHS UP TO HITLER; British Prime Minister Flies to Confer with Fuehrer" with various subheads. (see) Nice for... Read full description -
Item #709343THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 11, 1943
* Withholding tax bill signed into law
* President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
* World War II era
The top of the front page has a one column headings: "PAY-AS-YOU-GO TAX IS SIGNED INTO LAW; IN EFFECT ON JULY 1" "Wage and Salary Earners Will Find 20% Withheld to Put Then on Current... Read full description -
Item #709049ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, July 1, 1940
* German occupation of the Channel Islands (1st report)
* Islands of Guernsey & Jersey - English Channel
The top front page has a six column headline: "NAZIS OCCUPY TWO BRITISH ISLANDS" with subheads. (see images) Two blurry photos of Hitler in conquered Paris, France.
Complete with 20+... Read full description -
Item #708838THE OWENSBORO MESSENGER, Kentucky, Aug. 15, 1945 The banner headline announces: "JAPAN SURRENDERS ! WA ENDS ! " with various related subheads. Front page photos of Gen. Douglas MacAthur, President Truman, and Emperor Hirohito.
The complete 8 page issue, several folds, very good condition. -
Item #708296THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 27, 1940
* Battle of Britain
* London, England bombings
* World War II - WWII
The the top of the front page has a nice banner headline: "HITLER SWEARS TO CRUSH BRITAIN WITH GIANT NIGHT-RAIDING FORCES" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with 44 pages, a few archival mends along... Read full description -
Item #707385BERLINER ILLUSTRIRTE ZEITUNG, Germany, June 20, 1940 This was the Life magazine of Germany, filled with various photos.
The full front page is a photo of British & French troops evcuating Dunkirk, France. More on this inside.
Pages 2, 3, 4 & 5 show photos of "Hitler On The Front"
Tabloid size, complete in 16 pages, nice... Read full description -
Item #707122THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 10, 1939
* Adolph Hitler assassination attempt
* Bürgerbräukeller beer hall in Munich
* The hunt for suspects in Nazi Germany
The front page has a five column headline: "MAJOR NAZI OFFENSIVE FORECAST" with subheads that include: "Germany Is Tense" "Shocked by Munich Blast,... Read full description -
Item #706235COURIER EXPRESS, (no city), Nov. 4, 1940
* Very rare movie prop issue* Wendell Willkie predicted to defeat Franklin D. Roosevelt* 1940 Presidential election
We've all seen newspapers used as props in movies, typically with a headline relating to the plot of the movie. Obviously created exclusively for the production of the movie, they are... Read full description -
Item #706098LOS 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... Read full description -
Item #706022BERLINER ILLUSTRIRTE ZEITUNG, Germany, May 7, 1942 This was the Life magazine of Germany, filled with various photos.
The full front page shows Heinrich Himmler, SS leader at the Eastern Front in Russia. Photos inside include one of Adolf Hitler with various officers.
Tabloid size, complete in 16 pages, nice condition.
AI notes: A 1942 issue of... Read full description -
Item #705937THE SAN FRANCISCO NEWS--WAR EXTRA, Aug. 19, 1944
* Liberation of Paris France (during)
* General George S. Patton
* Nice headline for display
* INCOMPLETE ISSUE ***
In bold, red ink is the banner headline: "AMERICANS IN PARIS" plus subhead: "Bombers, Tanks, Rip Fleeing Nazis" and more related subheads.
Note: present are... Read full description
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