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| Blücher listing heavily to port, Oslofjord, Norway, 9 April 1940 | Danish machine gun team gathered for a photo hours before engaging with German invaders, Bredevad, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940; two of the men died later that day; note Madsen light machine gun |
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| Danish soldiers on bicycles, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940 | Danish soldiers with a 20mm Madsen light machine gun at a crossroads in Åbenrå, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940 |
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| Disarmed Danish soldiers, Bjergskov, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940 | German battleship Schleswig-Holstein off Korsør, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940, photo 1 of 2 |
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| German battleship Schleswig-Holstein off Korsør, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940, photo 2 of 2 | German Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft over Denmark, 9 Apr 1940 |
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| German military journalist reporting from Copenhagen, Denmark on the day of its capitulation, 9 Apr 1940 | German paratroopers at the Masnedoe Fort, Denmark, 9 April 1940 |
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| Königsberg under British aircraft attack, Bergen, Norway, 9 April 1940 |
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