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| Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 01 of 10 | Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 02 of 10; Captain Ernst Lindemann coming aboard |
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| Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 03 of 10; portrait of Captain Ernst Lindemann | Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 04 of 10; Captain Ernst Lindemann reviewing crew |
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| Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 05 of 10 | Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 06 of 10 |
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| Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 07 of 10 | Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 08 of 10 |
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| Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 09 of 10 | Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 10 of 10; Turm Caesar in background |
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| Allied photograph of Kriegsmarinewerft shipyard and surrounding areas in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 30 Aug 1940; the shipyard was easily identified by the square construction basin at lower left, and the large body of water to the right was to be a new construction shipyard named Nordwerft (North Yard) | A formation of German Do 17 aircraft in flight over an airfield in Belgium or France, Sep-Oct 1940 |
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| Battleship Bismarck in port at Kiel, Germany, fall 1940 | Battleship Bismarck running trials, Sep 1940 |
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| Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten on the bridge of destroyer HMS Kelvin, Sep 1940 | Fritz Todt on the radio in a Panzerkampfwagen III tank while observing the preparation of German forces on the French coast for the invasion of Britain, fall 1940 |
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| M.14 Magister aircraft of No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School preparing for flight at Woodley Aerodrome, Woodley, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, Sep 1940 | Officers and men aboard HMS Rodney observing a naval aviation parade, Sep 1940; note Rodney's primary guns at maximum elevation |
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| Portrait of Second Lieutenant Simo Häyhä, 1940s; note facial deformity caused by combat wound | Queen Elizabeth, King George VI, and Air Chief Marshal Dowding at RAF Bentley Priory, London, England, United Kingdom, Sep 1940 |
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