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Two Do 17Z-2 bombers of German wing Kampfgeschwader 3 over Beckton Gas Works, flying southward toward Woolwich Arsenal, London, England, United Kingdom, 7 Sep 1940	Smoke rising from the Surrey Docks, London, England, United Kingdom, 8 Sep 1940, the morning after the opening night of “The Blitz” bombings as seen from London Bridge. Note Tower Bridge silhouetted against the smoke.

Pattern of condensation trails left by British and German aircraft after a dog fight over Britain, 18 Sep 1940	Gun camera footage from a Spitfire Mk I fighter of No. 609 Squadron RAF, showing its tracer ammunition hitting a German He III aircraft over Filton, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, 25 Sep 1940

Formations of German He 111 bombers flying over Britain, seen through the the gun camera of British Pilot Officer J. D. Bisdee's Spitfire fighter of No. 609 Squadron RAF, 26 Sep 1940	The signing of the Tripartite Pact at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, 27 Sep 1940. The signers are, left to right, Galeazzo Ciano of Italy, Joachim von Ribbentrop of Germany, and Saburo Kurusu of Japan.

A flight of German Do 17 Z bombers of Kampfgeschwader 3 over France or Belgium, possibly en route to Britain, Sep-Oct 1940	A flight of German Do 17 Z bombers over France or Belgium, possibly en route to Britain, circa 1940

Abandoned boy holding a stuffed toy animal amid ruins following German aerial bombing of London, England, United Kingdom, 1940	The Record Office in London, England, United Kingdom lit by a large fire, 1940

A London bus after falling into a massive bomb crater in the center of Balham High Road, London, England, United Kingdom, Oct 15 1940.	Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco, Hendaye train station, France, 23 Oct 1940, photo 1 of 2

Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco, Hendaye train station, France, 23 Oct 1940, photo 2 of 2	Italian soldier with mule in Greece, Oct-Nov 1940

The Italian Alpine division advancing in Greece, Nov 1940	Greek soldier posing with a wrecked Italian L3/33 tankette during the Battle of Elaia-Kalamas, northern Greece, early Nov 1940

Conte di Cavour sinking in Taranto harbor, Italy, 12 Nov 1940	Greek Canon de 85 modèle 1927 Schneider field gun in action during Battle of Morava-Ivan, southeastern Albania, 14-23 Nov 1940

Adolf Hitler (foreground), Pál Teleki (foreground), Galeazzo Ciano (behind Hitler), Saburo Kurusu (behind Ciano), and others at the ceremony in which Hungary signed the Tripartite Pact, Vienna, Austria, 20 Nov 1940	Greek troops in Korçë, Albania, Nov 1940