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| Japanese gunboat Tatara (former USS Wake, surrendered to the Japanese on 8 Dec 1941), Shanghai, China, late 1941; she was the only US warship to be surrendered to Japan in WW2 | Japanese troops in Hong Kong, late Dec 1941 |
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| Japanese Type A-class midget submarine I-22tou which was sunk by destroyer Monaghan inside Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States during the Japanese attack, Dec 1941 | New Mexico at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 31 Dec 1941 |
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| Nimitz having just presented Navy Cross award to Ensign Fisler aboard USS Grayling, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 31 Dec 1941; Admiral Kimmel at right | Nimitz shaking hands with officers at the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base, US Territory of Hawaii, 31 Dec 1941 |
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| Sketch of the explosion on Hood by Royal Navy Captain J. C. Leach for the 2nd Board of Enquiry, 1941 | Soviet tank crew raising a flag on a KV-1 heavy tank, Moscow, Russia, 31 Dec 1941 |
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| USS New Mexico, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 31 Dec 1941, photo 1 of 5 | USS New Mexico, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 31 Dec 1941, photo 2 of 5 |
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| USS New Mexico, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 31 Dec 1941, photo 3 of 5 | USS New Mexico, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 31 Dec 1941, photo 4 of 5 |
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| USS New Mexico, Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 31 Dec 1941, photo 5 of 5 | Lieutenant General Bernard Freyberg, commanding officer of British forces on Crete, Greece, gazing over the parapet of his dug out in the direction of the German line, late May 1941 |
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| 'Last Moments of Admiral Yamaguchi' painting by Kita Renzo, 1942; Captain Tomeo Kaku, with mustache, is next to Yamaguchi in the painting | 1 shilling Japanese occupation currency note for use in previously British controlled areas in southern Asia |
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| 10.5cm ammunition on the Tirpitz, circa 1942 | 155mm Gun M1 being hidden beneath a large tree during exercise in Tennessee, United States, circa 1942 |
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| 2.8 cm sPzB 41 gun at a coastal position in southern France, 1942 | 21 cm Mrs 18 heavy howitzer, Soviet Union, date unknown |
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