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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!

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12/6/1941, Singapore Alerted; Japs Warn Against U.S. Aggression, Part 1 ... Part 2 ... Map, Singapore, Google

Japan's Foreign Minister Gives Speech, Japan Wants to Act as Stabilizing Force for Peace, 11/17/1941, Ibiblio

Japan's Views on Pacific Crisis; Tojo Wants Free Hand in China, Normal Trade, & End of Blockade, 11/18/1941

International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Judgement of 4 November 1948; Crimes of War & Aggression

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''Japs'' is a racist slur

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I have good news for LineDoggie. The history of racism can be traced back through evolution for millions of years to wild pack animals. Uncle Sam is not the common denominator for racism. ... The Japanese, South Koreans, Taiwanese, Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, Europeans, Israelis, Filipinos, and Thais are America's best friends.

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