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World War II Survey I The War in Focus Collection - 6 issues, one each from 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1945. This is a great set providing a concentrated view of WW II. All issues have war

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, June 11, 1940

• Italy enters World War II - WWII (1st report)
• Nazis reach Paris France
• Franklin D. Roosevelt FDR

This 22 page newspaper has a banner

HERALD 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

DOG TAGS of the 3141 Sig. Svc. Gp, Saturday, Sept. 8 (1945)

• Rare WWII camp publication

This was one of many "camp" newspapers crudely produced by military units during World War II. The year is not

UTICA DAILY PRESS, New York, July 21, 1917

• 1st national draft lottery - U.S. Army
• World War I - WWI era

From the early weeks of America's entry into World War I, the banner headline announces:

NEW YORK TIMES, April 14, 1944

• Jimmy Stewart as a World War II pilot
• American Hollywood movie actor

Page 3 has a small, rather inconspicuous report of famed actor Jimmy Steward  co-piloting a

Here is a huge and I'm assuming very rare World War II poster that measures 4 feet, 8 inches (56 in.) x 3 feet, 6 inches (42 in.) that shows a statue of a colonial minuteman holding a rifle with his

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 22, 1917

• World War I - WWI
• Prelude to America entering
• Nice headline for display

The front page has a nice banner headline in red lettering: "NEUTRALS OFFER TO

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, April 9, 1917

• United States enters World War I (WWI)
• Austria breaks relations w/ America

The front page has a nice banner headline: "AUSTRIA BREAKS WITH U. S." with

THE WAKE, U.S.S. Wake Island, July 11, 1945

• United States Navy WWII aircraft carrier publication

This was a "camp" newspaper from World War II printed onboard the escort carrier U.S.S. Wake Island.

THE MARTIAN, France, Nov. 10, 1918

• Rare U.S. military camp publication
• World War I - WWI (day of armistice)

This is a little 4 page newspaper "Published by Organizations at Hospital Center, A.P.O.

TUSTIN PRESS ADVOCATE, Tustin, California, Aug. 14, 1945

• World War II officially ends w/ Japan surrender
• Very rare "breaking news" broadside for display

This is a small-size, broadside "Extra" (in

THE DAILY TIMES, Beaver, Pennsylvania, Nov. 11, 1918

• World War I ends
• World War II on the horizon ?

A large banner headline announces: "PEACE CONDITIONS EXTREMELY SEVERE" which would be very

THE SUN, Baltimore, September 3, 1939

• Blitzkrieg - Germany attacks - Germans invasion of Poland
• England enters the beginning of World War II - WWII

The front page features a nice banner headline for

THE WILMINGTON NEWS--EXTRA, North Carolina, August 14, 1945

• World War II ends
• Japanese surrenders
• Terrific headline for display

When it comes to huge, screaming headlines on the end of World War II

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 25, 1942

• William Darby's U.S. Army Rangers
• First ground combat with German forces
• Dieppe Raid - Invasion of France fame
• Allied amphibious attack - tanks
• World War II - WWII

PARADE magazine section of the Detroit Free Press, Nov. 22, 1942

• Pin-up girls - models
• World War II - WWII

The front page shows a World War II pin-up girl. Inside has more of these models from

NEW YORK POST, September 27, 1939.

• Blitzkrieg - Warsaw surrenders
• World War II WWII beginning
• German invasion of Poland

The top of the front page, above the masthead, is a nice banner headline

THE GLOBE, Bethlehem, Penn., November 22, 1917.

• Battle of Cambrai, France
• 1st ever major tank battle
• World War I - WWI

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "BRITISH ANNOUNCE THAT

THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, Philadelphia, April 3, 1943

• Norman Rockwell color illustration
• April Fool: Checkers" WWII era

The front page has a nice color illustration by Norman Rockwell titled: "April

World War II Survey II The War in Context Collection - 5 issues, one each from 1936-1939, 1940-1941, 1942-1943, 1944-1945, and 1946-1950. Issues from before, during, and after the war place the war

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, September 7, 1939

• Blitzkrieg - Warsaw about to fall
• World War II WWII beginning
• Nazis invasion on Poland & more

The front page features a banner headline: "FRENCH GAIN ON WEST

WHO DAT, May 11, 1944  This was a "camp" newspaper, noting at the top: "Official Daily Bulletin USA, Iceland, Scotland, South America, Africa.
Ask the case with most camp newspapers, it was crudely

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 5, 1939

• SS Athenia, 1st British ship sunk by Germany
• World War II at the beginning - WWII
• Britain and France entering the war

The front page has a banner heading:

NEW YORK POST, February 22, 1942

• Internment of Japanese Americans
• FDR's Executive Order 9066
• Alien control order
• World War II - WWII

The front page has a one column heading: "FBI Pounces On Axis Aliens

GRIT, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1939

• Blitzkrieg - Warsaw
• World War II WWII beginning
• Nazis invade Poland
• FRONT LEAF ONLY ***

The front page has a nice banner headline: "Warsaw, Bombed

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, September 11, 1939

• Blitzkrieg - Warsaw
• World War II WWII beginning
• Nazis invasion of Poland

The front page has a banner headline: "Congress May Be Summoned Later This

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., July 27, 1939

• United States and Japan tensions
• Treaty of Commerce and Navigation
• Prelude to World War II - WWII

The front page has a banner headline: "U. S. SCRAPS TREATY

THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, October 17, 1940

• 1st lottery for U.S. WWII draftees
• World War II draft begins (1st report)

The front page has a banner headline: "Mighty Army Is Registered"

KOLNISCHE ZEITUNG, Cologne, Germany, January 7, 1943  The literal translation of the extended title is: "Cologne Newspaper With Economic & Trade Leaf". A Nazi newspaper from the midst of World War

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Kansas, May 9, 1945

• World War II - WWII
• Germany surrenders
• European theatre ends

The front page has a banner headline: "SURREDNER ORDERS RATIFIED" with subheads and related

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, September 9, 1939

• Blitzkrieg - Warsaw
• World War II WWII starts
• Nazis invade Poland

The front page has a nice banner headline: "BOMB SIEGFRIED LINE FORTS; Nazis Strike at Polish

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, August 22, 1939

• World War II close
• Adolf Hitler defying World
• Poland about to be attacked

This 8 page newspaper has a five column headline on

THE NEW YORK TIMES. This issue has plenty of war reports within its many pages, and is guaranteed to have front page war coverage.
With the recent opening of the National World War II Memorial in

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, August 29, 1939

• Adolf Hitler defying World
• Poland about to be attacked

This 8 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "BRITISH STAND

(5) THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT, North Carolina, Nov. 14, 1918 (with Oct. 7, 10, 14, 17)  This 5 issue set covers the lead up to the end of WWI, and concludes with a report on the terms of Armistice

:THE BULLSHEET, Depot 0-656, August 16, (1945)

• Japanese surrender ending World War II

This is a military "camp newspaper", very common during the war with each installation creating their own, small

LESLIE'S WEEKLY, New York, August 26, 1915  The front page of this issue has a WWI-themed, color illustration: "Nosing Shells," by the Italian artist Fortunino Matania.  The inside of the issue

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 28, 1945

• "Navy Day" Central Park, New York City
• Post World War II military celebration
• President Harry S. Truman speeches & more

The front page has a nice banner headline:

THE GREAT WAR COLLECTION (11 issues) - A great opportunity for an instant collection encompassing every major "American" war from The French and Indian War through The Gulf War. You get eleven

THE GREAT WAR COLLECTION (11 issues) - A great opportunity for an instant collection encompassing every major "American" war from The French and Indian War through The Gulf War. You get eleven

THE GREAT WAR COLLECTION (11 issues) - A great opportunity for an instant collection encompassing every major "American" war from The French and Indian War through The Gulf War. You get eleven

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, August 29, 1939

• World War II about to start in 3 days
• Adolf Hitler defying the World
• Poland invasion is imminent ?

The top of the front page has a five column headline: "CHAMBE

THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, June 30, 1919

• World War I officially ends
• Treaty of Versailles signing

The top of the first column has a report of the formal end of World War I with heads:

EVENING PRESS, Island of Guernsey, March 9, 1942

• Pro Nazi Paper
• World War II

This island in the English Channel was occupied by the Germans during World War II so all reporting is pro-Nazi

THE STARS & STRIPES, Paris Edition, Sept. 3, 1945

• Japan officially surrender
• USS Missouri signing
• World War II is over

Although the fighting with Japan ended August 14, the war was not officially over

THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, Nov. 11, 1918

• First Armistice at Compeigne
• Forest of Compiegne, France
• World War I fighting ends

The bold banner headline announces: "THE CRUEL WAR IS ENDED"

DAILY GUINEA PIG, New Guinea, Oct. 25, 1944

• U.S. military camp publication

This was one of several "camp" newspapers produced from the various fields of battle in World War II, this one from New

JERK, Ludwigsburg, Germany, June 26, 1945

• Post V-E Day U.S. military camp publication

This was one of many "camp" newspapers from during World War II, this one printed less than 2 months after the

C.B.I. ROUNDUP, Delhi, India, Feb. 10, 1944

• United States military camp

A World War II "camp" newspaper printed for the men of the U.S. forces in the China-Burma-India theater of war. It began on