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A smoke cloud hanging over HMS Hood immediately after an explosion, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941

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Caption     A smoke cloud hanging over HMS Hood immediately after an explosion, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Denmark Strait, Atlantic Ocean
Photographer   
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   Bild 146-1998-035-05
 
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More on...   
Battle of Denmark Strait   Main article  Photos  
Hood   Main article  Photos  
Photos on Same Day 24 May 1941
 
Licensing Information
Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

See Bild 146-1998-035-05 on Wikimedia Commons

According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 21 Jul 2010, photographs can be reproduced with if these preconditions are met:
- quote the "Federal Archives" as source,
- add the signature of the pictures and
- of name of the originator, i.e. the photographer.
...
You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives for free on Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bundesarchiv According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 19 Jul 2023, "You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives on Wikimedia Common free of charge".

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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 800 x 555 pixels



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WW2-Era Place Name Denmark Strait, Atlantic Ocean
Lat/Long 63.3333, -31.8333
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