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From the January 16th, 1937 Daily Mail:

THREE GERMAN OFFICERS SHOT AS ANTI-NAZI REVOLT IN BRATISLAVA CONTINUES

Kremlin States Soviet Air Force Rendering Aid To Insurgents

From the afternoon edition of the January 17th, 1937 New York Times:

CZECH GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE URGES GUERRILLAS TO CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST NAZI OCCUPATION TROOPS

Benes Says German Presence “A Grievous Blight” on Czechoslovakia

From a CBS Radio news broadcast aired January 19th, 1937:

As President Roosevelt prepares to be inaugurated for his second term tomorrow, one of the first critical foreign policy decisions facing him is the question of whether to bring the United States into the increasingly bitter armed conflicts now being fought in Europe. With British and French forces locked in a stalemate with the Wehrmacht along the German border and the Soviets intervening in Czechoslovakia and Poland, the danger of both wars escalating grows with every passing minute...

From the morning edition of the January 20th, 1937 Washington Post:

FDR TO TOUCH ON WAR IN EUROPE IN 2ND INAUGURAL ADDRESS

Japan-U.S. Relations Also To Be Mentioned

From the January 21st, 1937 Times Of London:

FIELD MARSHAL TUKACHEVSKY KILLED IN ACTION ON CZECH FRONT

Stalin Calls Marshal “Hero Of Our Motherland”, Orders That Red Army Czech Front Commander Be Posthumously Awarded Order Of Lenin

From a Gaumont British Films newsreel released January 24th, 1937:

Thousands gather in Moscow’s streets to pay their final respects to Field Marshal Tukachevsky as the fallen Soviet military hero is borne towards the Kremlin, where his ashes will be interred within the walls of the ancient fortress alongside those of many other Soviet military or political leaders. At the head of the funeral procession General Georgi Zhukov, rumoured to be the most likely successor to Tukachevsky as commander-in-chief of Red Army combat forces in Czechoslovakia, pauses to salute Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin...

From the January 26th, 1937 Daily Mail:

ZHUKOV TO TAKE COMMAND OF SOVIET CZECH FRONT

Stalin Protégé Vows To Crush German Forces

From a CBS Radio news broadcast dated January 28th, 1937:

A massive air battle, perhaps the most intense the war in Europe has so far produced, is raging above the occupied Czech capital Prague...

From the morning edition of the January 29th, 1937 New York Times:

SOVIETS BOAST OF “HISTORIC” VICTORY IN PRAGUE AIR BATTLE

Moscow Claims 122 German Planes Shot Down; Berlin Disputes Kremlin’s Account Of Engagement

From the 2007 Channel 9(Australia) documentary Battles That Shaped The Modern World: The Soviet Campaign In Czechoslovakia:

Although Soviet claims about the number of kills of German aircraft during what is now known in Russian history books as “the Day of Glory” would later turn out to be a bit exaggerated, there is no denying that the Red Air Force in fact achieved a significant victory. Not only did Soviet pilots wipe out a massive number of German fighters, they also shot down three of the Luftwaffe’s most experienced squadron commanders....

From the afternoon edition of the February 1st, 1937 Boston Globe:

FRENCH ARMY COMMENCES DRIVE ON KIEL

Push By Three Divisions Toward German Port Marks First Major Allied Tank Offensive In Europe Since December

From the morning edition of the February 2nd, 1937 Los Angeles Times:

HORROR AT GUERNICA

Murderous Falangist Air Raid Levels Basque Town; Hundreds Of Civilians Reported Dead Or Missing

From the February 3rd, 1937 Daily Mail:

WORLD GOVERNMENTS DENOUNCE FRANCO’S GUERNICA SAVAGERY

Prime Minister To Address Nation This Afternoon Regarding Air Raid

From The Soviet Campaign In Czechoslovakia:

When news of the Guernica air raid reached the field headquarters of the Red Army expeditionary force in Czechoslovakia, it produced an atavistic fury within the ranks of the ordinary soldiers fighting on the front lines. German soldiers who had the misfortune to be taken prisoner in the days and weeks following the air raid found themselves being subjected to cruelties that would have appalled the Borgias; the lucky ones amongst the prisoners were merely stood up against the nearest wall and shot....

From the evening edition of the February 4th, 1937 Detroit Free Press:

GERMANS COMMENCE COUNTERATTACK AGAINST FRENCH FORCES AT KIEL

No Confirmation Yet On Rumors Berlin Bombed

From a CBS Radio news bulletin broadcast the morning of February 5th, 1937:

Flash--Swiss newspapermen have confirmed an attack by Allied bombers on Berlin. According to a dispatch filed with the Associated Press bureau in Geneva early this morning, French bombers struck the German capital last night around 6:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, targeting the city’s main electrical plant and gas works...

From the afternoon edition of the New York Post that same day:

HITLER VOWS REVENGE FOR AIR RAID ON BERLIN

Says “Bomb Will Be Met By Bomb” In 90-Minute Tirade Before Reichstag

From the February 6th, 1937 Daily Mail:

PARIS STRUCK BY NAZI BOMBERS

French Air Ministry Says Eight German Planes Shot Down; Parisian Casualties From Air Raid Close To 1500

From an NBC Radio news bulletin broadcast February 8th, 1937:

German tanks are reportedly attempting to breach the Allied left flank near Kiel...

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