The British war correspondent broadcast in 1939 the report that was described as the "journalistic success of the century"
Today's Google doodle is dedicated to the British journalist, writer and one of the most active war correspondents of the 20th century, Clare Hollingworth, who was born like today 106 years ago, on October 10, 1911.
Hollingworth was the first to report on the outbreak of World War II. Her reportage is characterized as the "journalistic success of the century".
She began her journalistic career in Eastern Europe in 1939, working for the Daily Telegraph and quickly rose to fame thanks to the exclusive news of German troops gathering on the German-Polish border, which was only the prelude to the largest conflict ever. humanity, of World War II.
Hollingworth, using the British consul general's car, managed to enter Germany and locate, despite the cover-up measures taken by the Nazis, the German lined-up armor that was about to invade Poland.
The consul general, who at first found it hard to believe what Hollingworth had told him, hurried to send a secret message to the Foreign Office. At the same time, the journalist was informing the officials of the Daily Telegraph by phone.
The following year, Hollingworth met with the Daily Express in Bucharest to cover the resignation of King Charles.
In 1941 he was sent to Egypt, where he managed to circumvent the ban on women's news broadcasts during the British military operation in North Africa and to be with male war correspondents on the front lines or behind enemy lines. He even went so far as to clash with General Bernard Montgomery, who was adamantly opposed to the presence of women on the front lines.
Among others, he traveled to Greece, Libya, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Palestine, Algeria, China and Vietnam. He also worked for other major newspapers, such as the Observer and the Guardian. In 1990 he published the autobiography of "Front Line".
He died on January 10, 2017 at the age of 105.
(Photo: AP / Kin Cheung)
Source: News247