Cape Times (8 October 1945)

Cape Times (8 October 1945)

Newspaper Clippings

newspaper clipping of article, includes captioned map illustration

8 October 1945

Dorothea Bleek (loose clippings ), clippings (D. Bleek's loose ), World War 2 (in Dorothea Bleek's loose clippings), ships and shipping (in Dorothea Bleek's loose clippings)

"Shipping News." "U-Boat Blitz Off Union. 131 Ships Sunk and Many damaged." Article reports on how, during the three years that German and Japanese submarines operated on the sea routes near the Union, 131 Allied and neutral ships were sunk. Article features a map of southern Africa illustrating submarine activity/ships sunk. The date is handwritten at the top of the clipping. The bottom left and right-hand edges of the clipping are missing including some words from the article.