Headlines of the Times - History of World War II

2017.081.02

Newspaper

A collection of miniature prints of L.A. Times headlines & front pages from major dates/events of World War II. The set consists of 28 prints and a small cover letter in a commemorative envelope which was mailed to Lt. Charles H. Newton, USNR while he was serving as the C.O. for LST-882.

Contents & Headlines (not in chronological order):
.01 - Envelope
.02 - Cover Letter
.03 - "Peace!" 15 Aug., 1945
.04 - "Russia Attacks Japan --- Second Atomic Bombing!" 9 Aug., 1945
.05 - "Big 3 Carves Germany, Strips it of all Power" 3 Aug., 1945
.06 - "Churchill Party Ousted in Britain" 26 July, 1945
.07 - "B-29 Air Blitz on Japan Opens as Okinawa Falls" 22 June, 1945
.08 - "V-E Day!" 7 May, 1945
.09 - "Nazis Declare War on Russia" 22 June, 1941
.10 - "War! Japs Bomb U.S. Bases" 2 Dec., 1941
.11 - "Tokyo Bombed!" 18 April, 1942
.12 - "Reds Roll On, Peril 300,00 Nazis" 24 Nov., 1942
.13 - "U.S. Captures Algiers" 9 Nov., 1942
.14 - "INVASION!" 6 June, 1944
.15 - "Italy Invaded!" 3 Sept., 1943
.16 - "President Roosevelt Dies" 13 April, 1945
.17 - "Nazis Inside Gates of Paris" 14 June, 1940
.18 - "U.S. Navy Hits Tokyo" 16 Feb., 1945
.19 - "U.S. Troops Enter Manila" 5 Feb., 1945
.20 - "New Blows Pushing Foe Back into Reich" 17 Jan., 1945
.21 - "Invade Luzon!" 10 Jan., 1945
.22 - "Britain, France in War" 3 Sept., 1939
.23 - "Allies Routed in Flanders" 30 May, 1940
.24 - "Rhine Crossed, Yanks Drive on Deeper in Heart of Germany" 9 March, 1945
.25 - "Japs' Blackest Day!" 6 April, 1945
.26 - "Crucial Nazi Drive Scores New Gains" 19 Dec., 1944
.27 - "Allies in Paris" 26 Aug., 1944
.28 - "Carriers Attack Manila" 22 Sept., 1944
.29 - "Yanks Reported in Reich" 2 Sept., 1944
.30 - "Iwo Jima Invaded by Marines; Big Victory at Tokyo Revealed" 19 Feb., 1945