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| Sunken battleship Kilkis at the Salamis Naval Base, Greece, late Apr 1941; note bomb-damaged pier; photographed from a German He 60 seaplane after the Germans had secured the naval base | Sunken Kilkis (foreground) and beached Lemnos (background), Salamis, Greece, circa late Apr 1941 |
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| The crew of a British Cruiser Mk IV tank studying a map in the Western Desert, Egypt, 30 Apr 1941 |
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