This morning Poynter looked at some of today’s front pages marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Throughout the day lots of newspapers and editors tweeted photos of historic front pages from June 6 and June 7, 1944:
Stars and Stripes
INVASION. The headline splashed across the Rome edition June 6, 1944. More fronts: http://t.co/YwHc3cVYQ9 pic.twitter.com/gYY9Cui3hU
— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) June 6, 2014
The Boston Globe
INVASION OPENS: See the June 6, 1944 Boston Globe front page covering D-Day invasion. http://t.co/66PyVWD7YT pic.twitter.com/6uG1wtOJ7m
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) June 6, 2014
Tampa Bay Times (formerly St. Petersburg Times)
Our front page on D-Day, 70 years ago today. #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/hdQJBQGdkr
— Tampa Bay Times (@TB_Times) June 6, 2014
Los Angeles Times
Our front page from D-Day, June 6, 1944. Full anniversary coverage: http://t.co/awGM3f9Afb pic.twitter.com/xylkkNxlHl
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 6, 2014
The Detroit News
@detroitnews front page from June 6, 1944: D-Day. Thankful for those who served. #Detroit #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/sA0NBCZJII
— Detroit News Opinion (@DetNewsOpinion) June 6, 2014
The (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) Times Herald
This is the front page of The Times Herald on Tuesday, June 6, 1944, that shows coverage of the D-Day invasion. pic.twitter.com/k2r8c4OE71
— The Times Herald (@TimesHeraldPA) June 6, 2014
Baltimore Sun
Sun front page June 6, 1944 #DDay70 @baltimoresun pic.twitter.com/tScggfAPHx
— Dan Rodricks (@DanRodricks) June 6, 2014
The Ann Arbor News
Here's a look back at our #dday front page. pic.twitter.com/83MiNdO5qp
— The Ann Arbor News (@annarbornews) June 6, 2014
The Telegraph
D-Day: Our front page from 7 June 1944 http://t.co/Pk5c4ANQSF pic.twitter.com/osFHKoJSky
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 6, 2014
Financial Times
Can't stop looking at that FT D-Day front page. Was a more British headline ever written? pic.twitter.com/33904yO5NF
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) June 5, 2014
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Another D-Day throwback: Our June 6, 1944 front pages, including two extra editions. #Normandy #WWII #DDay70 pic.twitter.com/gWZNK2coqi
— Pioneer Press (@PioneerPress) June 6, 2014
Related: Old and new images of D-Day on newspaper fronts around the world
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