Nazis Bomb Widely – 2
The International Situation – 3
Nazis Held Ready to Crush Serb Guerrillas and Jews – 3-4
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 5-6
Editorial – Helicopters – 6
News of the Week in Review
The Far Flung Limits of the Battle of the Atlantic (map) – 7
Twenty News Questions – 8
American Opinion and the War (chart) – 9
Present State and Trends of Public Opinion – 10-11
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 11
Whirlaway Defeats King Cole in $69,500 Preakness
30,000 at Pimlico – 13
Chart of the Preakness – 14
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/may41/f11may41.htm
U-110 sinks on way to Iceland
Sunday, May 11, 1941 www.onwar.com
In the North Atlantic... U-110 sinks from the depth charge damage while on the way to Iceland.
I hadn't fully realized that heavy German bombing of Britain continued, despite Hitler's preparations for Barbarossa.
But note how the story is written -- with hundreds of German bombers, it does mention "damage and casualties were great", but gives no real details.
In reality, the numbers killed & wounded would have been hundreds, maybe thousands, but you'd never know that from this New York Times story.
Can anyone imagine a news report today which would so neglect the most important part?
"In an attempt to foil American radio eavesdroppers and mask their vast preparations for war, Japan's naval command introduces an entirely new radio code system.
The Imperial Navy calls it the Yobidashi Fugo HYOO 8 (radio call signs edition 8).
It changes every radio address in the Japanese navy.
Japan was positive it would protect the security of the warships..."
"Today" on May 11, 1941:
"Station CAST [Philippines] breaks into HYOO 8 and identifies the Akagi's new radio call sign as HA MI 9.
Then, using a radio direction finder CAST locates the carrier operating near Sasebo Base at the southwest corner of the island of Kyushu."