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Launching of the experimental Submarine No. 71, Kure Naval Arsenal, Japan, 29 Aug 1938 | Skoda Works, Plzen, Czechoslovakia, 29 Aug 1938 |
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"We no longer demand anything, we want war."Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister, Aug 1939