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The wars & local soldiers, 1941

18,559 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 250

Japan's Huge War Losses In China CHUNGKING

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 7

The Chinese High Command has released figures of the total Japanese casualties in the war with China. The Japanese recently claimed…

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£2,500,000 on War Prisoners London

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 4

NEARLY £2,500,000 has already been spent by the British Red Cross on food and clothing for prisoners of war…

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War with Britain No Child's Play to Nazis

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday (A.A.P.). -- "War against England is no child's play," the Berlin newspaper Lokal Anzeiger admits. "This greatest Empire in…

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Raising War Funds Is Popular U.S. Pastime New York

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 2

'An amazing picture of America's most popular pastime--raising money for Britain--is given in the current issue of the well-known pictorial magazine, "Life."…

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Disloyal Aliens In War Industry Poles at Work in N.S.W.

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 5

The Polish Consul-General (Mr. de Noskowski) Informed "The Sunday Sun" yesterday that tour…

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GREATEST R.A.F. Raids of War Smash Bremen German Port Doomed To Destruction LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 4

For the third night in succession the Royal Air Force last night launched a devastating series of raids on Bremen, the great German industrial centre on the…

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U.S.A. Staves Off War by Arms for Britain Nation in Big Line-up Washington

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 5

With sturdy seriousness, America turned to the task this New Year of staving war off her own…

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Tradition of Anzac

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 3

"All Australians must be filled with pride at the glorious achievements of our troops at Bardia," the Minister for Information (Senator Foll)…

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On With the War Work

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 7

''THE object of the Sleeping Bag Fund is to make and supply bags made ol blankets, or blanket matterial, to the soldiers in camp in…

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War Savings Campaign. Continued Support Expected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 4

Predicting continued popularity of war savings certificates as a means of supporting the national war effort an organisation official stales that there are…

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"Raider Beards" To Help War Charity

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 5

Bearded survivors, of ships sunk by Nazi raiders have been asked to keep their beards for another 10 days. They have been invited to attend…

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Too Young to Go to War

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 2

A boy of 15 who had overstated his age when enlisting was put [?] from a troopship just before a contingent left Sydney for the Middle…

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Post-war Wool London, December 5

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 9

A tremendous post-war demand for wool is forecast by the "Yorkshire post." One day there will be a big demand from countries now denied wool, says the paper…

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Parley Today On War Work Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 7

A compulsory conference of the parties will be held at Newcastle today in an attempt to settle the strike of 1100…

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Thailand Talks 'Real War' Bangkok

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 3

A "full-dress" war within a week between French Indo-China and Thailand is predicted in some quarters…

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Peer Wants League Renewed After War

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.--The League of Nations should be re-established after the war, said Lord Samuel (Liberal member of the Lords) yesterday at…

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All Must Feel Value In War, Says Evatt

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 5

"Civilian morale must be so influenced that each individual feels his value to the nation in the war," Dr. H. V. Evatt, M.H.R. (Lab., Barton) said…

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The War, Day by Day. Communications From Bardia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 8

The importance of Bardia is as a supply centre and as a base for future operations. It is one of the five good ports of Cyrenaica, the easternmost…

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--Died At 101-- Ignorant Of War LONDON

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 1

Mrs. Mary Ann Giddy, aged 101, died at her home in a south-eastern district, without knowing that Britain and…

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War Waged in Snow. Greek Campaign. Life in Front Line. From Our War Correspondent in Greece. Korca, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 10

I spent New Year's Day in the most advanced Greek sector, near Lake Okhrida, on the northern front, within sight of the Italian lines…

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