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Sydney · The wars & local soldiers
19,549 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250
EXPERTS argued that an enemy landing in Malaya would be impassible. Capture of Crete across 100 miles of sea was "impossible" in the face of its defences. Hongkong Island was the impregnable Gibraltar of East Asia, well able to withstand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WASHINGTON, January 7 (A.A.P.).—Superior forces were being assembled against the Axis Powers, said President Roosevelt in his annual Message to Congress yesterday. He gave a warning that America faced "a hard war, a long war, a bloody…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (A.A.P.). —In his Budget Message to Congress to-day, President Roosevelt declared that there need be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,—A leading article in the "Herald" directs attention to inconsistencies in our leaders, particularly to Mr. Curtin's dramatic call to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The persistence, of the Poles who light on long after their country has fallen and the immense value of their almost superhuman labors in the present war…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →After two years continuous research Great Britain is to-day able to introduce [?] into many new [?]of British industry to take the place of metals…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Germans have lost between 6000 and 8000 planes on the Russian front since the outbreak of war, it is authoritatively estimated here…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WASHINGTON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--Presenting his first war Budget to Congress today, President Roosevelt gave evidence of America's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →If Heinrich Bruening, Chancellor of Germany from May, 1919, to May, 1922, had not been Opposed because he was a Catholic, would the present conflict be now raging…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →OTTAWA: After more than a year of war the Opposition in Canada blamed the Mackenzie King Government for going too…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mortdale-Oatley sub-committee of the Hurstville and District Patriotic and War Fund has recommenced activity for the current year…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →KUIBYSHEV, Jan. 6.—Thirty or 40 cropped-haired boys and pig-tailed girls gazed from their kindergarten desks at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →WASHINGTON, Thursday.-- Observers here are speculating on whether, before many months, American soldiers, side by side with British, will storm out of England against Europe, timing their offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yachting, one of America's most picturesque sporting pursuits, had not been seriously affected by the great defence…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →WASHINGTON, Thursday.-- Observers here are speculating on whether, before many months, American soldiers, side by side with British, will storm out of England against Europe, timing their offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WASHINGTON, Thursday.-- Observers here are speculating on whether, before many months, American soldiers, side by side with British, will storm out of England against Europe, timing their offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WASHINGTON, Thursday.-- Observers here are speculating on whether, before many months, American soldiers, side by side with British, will storm out of England against Europe, timing their offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JAPANESE troops continue to advance down the west coast of Malaya, penetrating the Allied lines on the Lower Perak Front at one point. There is considerable enemy air activity in this sector. Fighting is reported near Kuala Selangor, a west coast town 240 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A volunteer training course, to offer people instruction and practical experience in group administration, will commence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →France has had her fling. She has often in the past given the world an example that was far from inspiring. She has almost mortally hurt herself…
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