Et Tu, Brute?: The Assassination of Benito Mussolini

From a Fox Movietone newsreel dated December 14th, 1936:

These pictures you are seeing now were filmed under incredibly hazardous conditions by cameramen attached to the Spanish Republican naval task force in the Mediterranean during the task force’s latest engagement with the rebel Falangist navy. They show the final moments of the Republican flagship Barcelona after she was hit and fatally damaged by Falangist torpedoes....

From the afternoon edition of the December 16th, 1936 New York Post:

MASSACRE IN WARSAW

Reports Of Hundreds Of Polish Civilians, POWs Slaughtered

From a CBS Radio news broadcast dated December 18th, 1936:

Leaders of the beleaguered anti-Nazi guerrilla movement in Poland say that in spite of the horrific German massacre of Polish civilians in Warsaw, they will continue their fight to drive Nazi occupation forces out of the Polish capital...

From the morning edition of the December 20th, 1936 Washington Post:

RED ARMY SAYS MAJOR BATTLE WITH GERMAN FORCES UNDERWAY IN EASTERN CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Rumors of Anti-German Uprising In Bratislava

From the December 22nd, 1936 Daily Mail:

MASSIVE AIR BATTLE ABOVE BREST-LITOVSK

Aircraft Losses Estimated At 17 For Germans, 32 For Soviets

From the December 23rd, 1936 Times of London:

ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY TO SPEAK ON PLIGHT OF POLISH AND CZECH

REFUGEES

Christmas Eve Sermon To Be Devoted To Pleas For Aid To Exile Families, Call For Peace In Europe

From the morning edition of the Boston Herald-American that same day:

FDR LEAVES FOR CHRISTMAS VACATION

No Comment From White House On Rumors Military Draft Being Considered To Bolster U.S. Armed Forces

From the December 24th, 1936 Manchester Guardian:

PAPAL CHRISTMAS EVE MASS TO BE HELD AT NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL

Holiday Service Will Be First Such Papal Event Held Outside Rome In Centuries

From the morning edition of the December 25th, 1936 Chicago Sun-Times:

ROOSEVELT TO ATTEND CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICES IN NEW YORK

Expresses Hope New Year Will Bring An End To Fighting In Europe

From Jackhammer:

Sadly, President Roosevelt’s hopes for a swift end to the wars in Europe were doomed to disappointment. The Falangist insurgents in Spain were still intent on overthrowing the Republican government in Madrid, and although a typically bitter European winter was preventing the use of tanks on the German front the Wehrmacht’s infantry troops were still engaged in fierce battles with the British and French armies along the German border...

From the December 26th, 1936 Asahi Shimbun:

HIS MAJESTY’S GOVERNMENT INSULTED BY BLATANT AMERICAN PROVOCATION

So-Called “Embargo” Of Oil Constitutes Act Of Aggression Against Japan

From the December 27th, 1936 Daily Mail:

BRITISH TROOPS FACING HARD WINTER IN GERMANY

Minister Of Defence Calls It “Urgent Priority” To Protect Our Soldiers Against Extremes Of Cold

From the afternoon edition of the December 29th, 1936 New York Times:

R.A.F. BOMBERS GROUNDED FOR FIFTH CONSECUTIVE DAY

Heavy Cloud Cover Also Interfering With German Air Operations

From Jackhammer:

The weather finally broke just after New Year’s Day 1937, and both Allied and German bomber squadrons were quick to jump on the opportunity to resume operations. Dawn had barely broken over the Franco-German border on the morning of January 5th before the Luftwaffe was dispatching Junkers 86 bombers into French airspace...

From the morning edition of the January 6th, 1937 Washington Post:

NAZI AIR ATTACK DEVSTATES STRASBOURG

French Air Force Officials Claim 39 German Planes Shot Down

From the afternoon edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer that same day:

FRENCH BOMBERS RAID KIEL

U-Boat Pens Thought To Have Suffered Major Damage; 21 French Planes Lost

Paris Says Attack Is “Retaliation” For German Bombing Of Strasbourg

From a Columbia Pictures newsreel released January 10th, 1937:

The Red Army continues to wage a ferocious struggle against the Wehrmacht as it strives to push the Nazis out of Czechoslovakia! In these pictures, filmed by a cameraman with the Soviet armed forces documentary corps, we can see artillery crews unleashing a furious bombardment against entrenched German infantry positions....

From the January 13th, 1937 Pravda:

GERMAN FASCISTS SUFFER OVERWHELMING DEFEAT

Two Full Divisions Smashed In Czechoslovakia, Armored Corps Encircled In Poland

From the afternoon edition of the January 14th, 1937 Washington Star:

WHITE HOUSE SKEPTICAL OF SOVIET VICTORY CLAIMS

Independent Sources Dispute Kremlin Assertion Of Nazi Tank Corps Encirclement

From an early evening extra edition of the New York Post printed January 15th, 1937:

NAZIS BEGIN COUNTERATTACK; RED ARMY TAKING HEAVY CASUALTIES

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