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Caption | Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 07 of 10 ww2dbase | ||||
Date | 24 Aug 1940 | ||||
Photographer | Peter | ||||
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Source | ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives | ||||
Identification Code | Bild 101II-MN-1364-01 | ||||
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Photos on Same Day | 24 Aug 1940 | ||||
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Licensing | Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).
See Bild 101II-MN-1364-01 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: - 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 Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
Photo Size | 800 x 535 pixels |
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