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12/6/1941, Afro Editor Critical of U.S. Expansionism & Suspicious of U.S. Interest in Chinese Salvation

12/6/1941, Tojo Offers First Great Challenge by Any Darker Race Against White Man's Right to Rule World

l12/6/1941, Labor Participation Statistics Show Blacks Work More than Whites (14.9% vs. 4.6% for Age 14)

12/6/1941, Heavyweight Champ Joe Louis Visits Bomber Plant to Mark 100th Black Worker at Lockheed

12/6/1941; U.S. Army Releases Tallest Selectee in Army, Pvt. Roscoe Steverson (Six Feet, Six Inches)

12/6/1941, Delivery of Japan's Reply to F.D.R.'s Questions Concerning Moves in Indo-China Expected Soon

12/6/1941, List of Active Black U.S. Army Units & Base Locations … Map of Moscow Front, 12/3/1941

12/6/1941, Vast Battles Rage in Winter Conditions Before Moscow; Quarter of Hun War Machine Thrown In

12/6/1941, Russian Radio Places Mic in Front Lines of Battle for Moscow; Chatter of MGs Clearly Audible

12/6/1941, Soviets Launch Counterattacks on Moscow Front; Bitter Fighting at Tula … Map, Tula, Google

12/6/1941, Battle for Moscow Reaching Climax; Red Army Stalls Invaders; Fierce Fighting in All Sectors

12/6/1941, Russians Launch Big Offensive with Fresh Armies in Direction of Kharkov … Battle of Kharkov

12/6/1941, Japan Replies to U.S. Note; Jap Warships Spotted in Camranh Bay … Map, Camranh Bay, Google

12/6/1941, Battle of Libya Gains Momentum; British Report Series of Clashes with German Columns

12/6/1941, New Zealand Brigade Holds Up Grim German Onslaught in Libya … 12/6/1941, Battle of Libya

12/6/1941, Weekly War News; Japs Concentrate Troops in Indo-China; Germans 25 Miles From Moscow

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12/6/1941, "Fighting 15th" Artillery Battalion Completes Training at Fort Eustis … Map, Fort Eustis, Google

12/6/1941, German Aircraft Industry Suffers from Lack of Skilled Labor; Eastern Front Depletes Oil Supply

12/6/1941, Nazi Gov. of Norway Announces Three Norwegians Shot for Sending Fog Reports to Enemy

12/6/1941, Photo; C-in-C of Middle East Forces, Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck, Inspects New Zealand Troops

12/6/1941, Polish Gen. Sikorsky & Stalin Sign Declaration of Friendship & Mutual Assistance; Past Forgotten

12/6/1941, German Gen. Rommel Determined to Hold Line from Tobruk to Bir el Gobi … N. Africa, Wikipedia

12/6/1941, French Somaliland Offers British Use of Port at Djibouti if Blockade Lifted …Djbouti, Google

Map, French Somaliland, Wikipedia … 12/6/1941, Desert S. of Tobruk Dotted with Allied Tank-Repair Shops

12/6/1941, Southward Move of Japanese Naval Forces Confirmed (Toward P.I.?) … Map, Pacific, Army History

12/6/1941, Japan's History Exceptionally Peaceful Until this Century … Earthquake Strikes Japan, 9/7/1923

12/6/1941, Scores of Allied Troops in N. Africa (Reported Missing in Action) Make Way Back to British Lines

12/6/1941, Furious Russian Counterattack Halts German Tank Spearhead Advancing on Moscow from Tula

12/6/1941, Vichy Marshal Petain & Reich Marshal Goering Agree to Send Another French Battalion to Russia

12/6/1941, Italian Radio Reports on Flight of Propellerless Jet-Propulsion Monoplane Over Rome Friday

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12/6/1941, Many Troops in Afro Artillery Unit Are More Qualified than White Instructors, Part 1 … Part 2

12/6/1941; Navy Enlistments Needed, but Blacks (Under Jim Crow) Still Serve Only as Cooks; Part 1 … Part 2

Traveling with Jim Crow, 11/20/1930 … … Political Activist Travels to Russia, 11/20/1930, Part 1 … Part 2

12/6/1941, Steel Mills Near Pittsburgh Pa. Employ 20,000 Blacks, Part 1 … Part 2 … Map, Pittsburgh, Google

12/6/1941, Extra Feature Next Week on Ft. Monroe: Segregation? Training? Etc. … Map, Ft. Monroe, Google

12/6/1941, British Steamer Ashley (4,868 Tons) Torpedoed & Sunk Near Azores … Map, Azores Is., Google

12/6/1941, Ambassador Ertegun in Washington Reemphasizes Turkish Neutrality; Turks Need War Supplies

12/6/1941, Axis Forces Capture Uzice & Are Now Attacking Serbian Patriots to S.W. … Map, Uzice, Google

12/6/1941, Russian Flag Flies in Taganrog; Bitter Street Fighting; Germans Retreat … Map, Taganrog, Google

12/6/1941, Catholic Churches in Germany Accuse Nazis of Placing Too Many Restraints on Religious Festivals

12/6/1941, Hitler Appoints Alfred Rosenberg (of German Descent from Estonia) Minister for Occupied Russia

12/6/1941, Germans Abandon Supplies in Rostov; Heavy Snow Falls on Moscow Front … Map, Rostov, Google

12/6/1941, N.Z. Tribunal Seeks to Ensure Conscientious Objectors Do Not Profit … Map, Wellington, Google

12/6/1941, British Adm. Phillips & Battleship Prince of Wales Arrive in Singapore … Map, Singapore, Google

12/6/1941, Vienna Gloomy Under Nazi Rule; "Genealogists" Offer to Trace Existence of Aryan Grandmothers

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12/6/1941, Segregated Teachers' Convention at Atlanta Boycotted by Some Liberal Members, Part 1 … Part 2

12/6/1941, Lecturer in Lahore Suggests Equal Islamic Power in India or Partition … Map, Lahore, Google

12/6/1941, Dacca Official Granted ad Interim Bail After Charges of Abetting Looters … Map, Dacca, Google

Map, N.E. Libya, Wikipedia … 12/6/1941, German Penetration Near Rezegh Blocked by British Counterattack

12/6/1941, Indian Army Division in Libya Captures Two Towns & Drives Off Counterattacking German Tanks

12/6/1941, Indian Convoy in Libya Resupplies N.Z. Unit Under Attack by German Tanks & Lorries of Infantry

12/6/1941, German High Command Communique Reports No Significant Fighting in North Africa on Wed.

12/6/1941, British Planes Raid Axis Aerodrome at Barce; Parked Aircraft Destroyed … Map, Barce, Google

12/6/1941; R.A.F. Successfully Attacks Axis Concentrations in Libyan Battle Area, but Hampered by Weather

12/6/1941; German Assault Breaks Through Tobruk Corridor, but N.Z. Troops Inflict Heavy Losses on Enemy

12/6/1941, Poor Weather on Libyan Battle Front Limits Activity to Patrol Probes & Machine Maintenance

12/6/1941, N.Z. Troops Suffer Severe Losses in Libyan Rezegh & Tobruk Sectors; Brigadier Miles Captured

12/6/1941, N.Z. M.P. Lt. Col. John M. Allen (b. England) Killed in Action According to Middle East Dispatch

12/6/1941, British Cruiser Opens Fire & Blows Up German Surface Raider in South Atlantic, Part 1 … Part 2

12/6/1941; Vichy Agrees to German Bases in French North Africa, but Without Assistance from French Fleet

Map, Med. Basin, Emerson Kent … 12/6/1941, British Bombers Ambush German Transports in Libyan Sector

12/6/1941, Anglo Navies Ready for Action as Jap Fleet Threatens British [N.] Borneo … Map, Borneo, Google

12/6/1941, Aussie Cruiser H.M.A.S. Sydney Sunk in Battle with Enemy Surface Raider; All Hands (645) Lost

H.M.A.S. Sydney Goes Down with Guns Blazing; Broadside Sinks German Raider at Close Range, 12/4/1941

Photo, Raider Kormoran, Wikipedia … Photo, H.M.A.S. Sydney, Wikipedia … Kormoran's History, Wikipedia

12/6/1941, Hitler Confers Iron Cross Award on Kormoran Commander Detmars (Now P.O.W. in Australia)

12/6/1941, Finns Reject British Demand to Quit War as Britain Prepares to Declare War on German Allies

12/6/1941, German Drive on Moscow Slackens; Nazis Retreat in Ukraine … Map, Eastern Front, Wikipedia

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12/6/1941, How Will War End? It Must Be Unconditional Surrender, Part 1 … Part 2 (Map) … Part 3 … Part 4

12/6/1941, Afro Readers Respond to Submitted Question; Will You Join Service if War Is Declared on U.S.?

12/6/1941, Hard Work Is Heritage of 184th Field Artillery Regiment at Ft. Custer … Map, Ft. Custer, Google

12/6/1941, Photo, R.A.F. Bombers Visit Italian Munitions Factory S. of Taranto … Map, Taranto Italy, Google

British Torpedo Planes Raid Italian Battle Fleet at Taranto Harbor; Blazing Fires & Explosions, 11/15/1940

12/6/1941, Hitler Secures Grip on Balkans By Stirring Up Locals Against Jews … Map, Balkans, Wikipedia

1,000 Jews Shot Near Lomza Poland; British & Allies to Keep Careful Records of Atrocities, 10/31/1941

Map, Lomza, Google … Soviets Say Nazis Executed 52,000 Jews in Kiev, 11/19/1941 … Map, Kiev, Google

12/6/1941; Serb Guerillas Raid German Garrisons, Cut Rails, Ambush Axis Troops, Occupy Villages, Etc.

12/6/1941; F.D.R. Extends Lend-Lease to Turkey; U.S. Aid Now Widely Dispersed to G.B., Russia, & China

12/6/1941, Canadian Unit Arrives in Hong Kong … 12/6/1941, Photos, Canadians … Map, Hong Kong, Google

12/6/1941, Singapore in Lockdown; R.A.F. Raids Naples … Map, Singapore, Google … Map, Naples, Google

12/6/1941, Stock Market Stalemate Develops Between Sellers & Buyers as Events Unfold in Russia & Pacific

12/6/1941, Pacific Situation Grave; A.I.F. Cancels Leaves; Japanese Aircraft Carrier & 40 Warships Spotted

12/6/1941, America on Verge of All-Out War; Japs Accused of Subversion in Hawaii … Map, Hawaii, Google

12/6/1941, Late Lend-Lease Shipments to Archangel Russia Blamed on Shortages … Map, Archangel, Google

12/6/1941, Chicago Tribune Exposes F.D.R. Secret War Plan to Send Expeditionary Force to European War

12/6/1941, Germans Frustrate Russian Break-Out Attempt from Leningrad; Finnish Troops Capture Hangoe

Map, Leningrad, Google … Map, Hangoe, Google [Troopship "Stalin" Captured by German Patrol Boats]

12/6/1941, German Three-Prong Moscow Drive Bogs Down Due to Winter Conditions & Red Counterattacks

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12/6/1941, Philadelphia Navy Yard Wants to Hire 4,000 Blacks; 1,768 of 26,400 Current Workers Are Black

12/6/1941, Howard University Honors 127 Students for High Scholastic Averages … Map, Howard U., Google

12/6/1941, Howard U. Dean Dr. Wesley Asserts Lack of Knowledge of History Causes Low Opinion of Blacks

12/6/1941, Ft. Eustis Sends Illiterate Soldiers to School (Most from Deep South) … Map, Ft. Eustis, Google

12/6/1941; Afro Correspondent Finds Fear of Spies, Saboteurs, & Fifth Columnists at Pittsburgh Steel Mill

12/6/1941, Bethlehem Shipyard (Baltimore) to Break Color Barrier … Photo, Bethlehem Shipyard, Wikipedia

12/6/1941, Maritime War Losses to Date: British Ships 1,056; Ship Losses To Enemy 1,721; Swedes at 111

12/6/1941, Does Russian Campaign Make Hitler a Unique Military Genius or Are German Plans Going Awry?

12/6/1941, Hopes Abandoned of Finding Survivors from Cruiser H.M.A.S. Sydney; German POWs Questioned

12/6/1941, Alice Bolger Arrives in Sydney from Village of Eauze in Occupied France … Map, Eauze, Google

12/6/1941, Baseball Star & Draftee Hank Greenberg Discharged from Army After Serving Seven-Month Hitch

12/6/1941, Ace Pitcher Bob Feller Plans to Enlist in Army or Navy Maybe Next Week Ahead of Feb. Draft Call

62,892 Watch All-Star Game; A.L. Tops N.L.; Feller 3.2ip; DiMaggio HR, 7/12/1939 … Play-by-Play, 7/12/1939

12/6/1941, Christmas Furloughs Granted for 50,000 Troops at Camp Blanding … Map, Camp Blanding, Google

12/6/1941, Florida Reminds Citrus Shippers & Canners of Marketing Tax Payable Except for Gov't Purchases

12/6/1941, East Indies Preparing to Defend Its Valuable Raw Materials … Map, Pacific, 1941, Emerson Kent

12/6/1941, British Rescue Ship (Carrying Survivors of U-Boat Sinking in Atlantic) Blown Up By German Plane

12/6/1941; British Food Supply Sufficient to Maintain Health, but Not Enough to Make Eating a Pleasure

12/6/1941, Two Conscientious Objectors Sent from Gettysburg to Work Camps … Map, Adams County, Google

12/6/1941, Many U.S. Army Units & Troops Will Pass Through Gettysburg Soon as Carolina Maneuvers End

12/6/1941, Hitler's Campaign in Russia Gives Britain a Half-Year to Build Up Strength in Near & Middle East

12/6/1941, Photo, Indian Troops Enter Largest Oil Refinery in World at River Pratt Iran … Map, Iran, Google

12/6/1941, (Map) Chinese Troops Numbering 40,000 Engage Japanese Near Nanchang in Sporadic Fighting

12/6/1941; Germany Faces Last Chance for Victory Says Goebbels in Berlin, but Inferno Awaits Us if We Lose

12/6/1941, (India) Blackmailers Given Two Years' "Rigorous" Imprisonment … Map, St. Thomas Mount, Google

12/6/1941, New Soviet Ambassador M. Litvinoff (on Way to U.S.) Arrives at Midway … Map, Midway, Google

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12/6/1941, Harvard Law Grad Gives Up Comphy Life for Cot in Army Barracks … Map, Edgewood Md., Google

12/6/1941, Britain in Better Shape to Start Labor Conscription than N. Zealand … Map, New Zealand, Google

Churchill Proposes Labor Conscription (Due to War Production Crisis) During Speech in Commons, 12/4/1941

12/6/1941, Seaman Butler from Launceston Reported Missing with H.M.A.S. Sydney … Map, Tasmania, Google

German Prisoners Describe Point-Blank Battle Between Nazi Raider & Cruiser H.M.A.S. Sydney, 12/4/1941

12/6/1941, Violent Fighting Rages on Before Frozen Moscow; Russians Attempt Break Out from Leningrad

Map, Eastern Front, Google … 12/6/1941, British Anticipate German Sweep from Russia Across Bible Lands

12/6/1941, Hitler Hurls Troops & Tanks Against Moscow in Deep Snow; Soviets Slash at Flanks, Part 1 … Part 2

12/6/1941, London Blames Nazi Propaganda for Reports of Dominion Troops Doing All of Fighting in N. Africa

Map, Libya, Google … 12/6/1941, F.D.R.'s Request to Establish Daylight Savings Time (to Save Energy) Shelved

12/6/1941, Army Private Assigned to Directing Traffic Left Behind During Unit Move; Photo, King of Thailand

12/6/1941, Fire Fighters & Wives to Tour Grand Coulee Dam Wa. Today & Attend Ball Tonight in Electric City

Grand Coulee Dam Cost £98,500,000; World's Biggest Power Source, 11/28/1941 … Map, Electric City, Google

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Correction from Page 5 above, lines 4 & 5:

12/6/1941, Photo, R.A.F. Bombers Visit Italian Munitions Factory S. of Taranto … Map, Taranto Italy, Google

British Torpedo Planes Raid Italian Battle Fleet at Taranto Harbor; Blazing Fires & Explosions, 11/15/1940

Note: The map link in the original Page 5 posting was incorrect. … Edits are not allowed after 24 hours from posting. (I would have much preferred correcting the originally wrong link.) Sorry about that.

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You really should put all this in a stand alone website, or we could host it at Hyperwar. Great links for research.

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Thanks Opana. My only posts are on the Axis History Forum. HyperWar is a first-class site. You're welcome to collate any links (and titles) to HyperWar. I could help in the proof reading.

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Hello Opana. I'm setting up this index of topics for ease of navigation.

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Thanks!