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Aerial view of RAF Hal Far while under Italian attack, Malta, 1941	Aerial view of the village of Giarabub, Libya, 1941

An Allied merchant ship being shelled by a German submarine, date unknown	British pilot Barrie Heath of No. 611 Squadron RAF posing with a piece of downed German aircraft, 1941

French police checking in new Jewish prisoners arriving at the Pithiviers transit camp in France, 1941	Hospital at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, as seen from the base water tower, 1941

Moscow residents digging anti-tank ditches outside the city, Russia, 1941	Palace of Westminster in London, England, United Kingdom silhouetted by fire, date unknown

Two Ju 87B Stuka dive bombers in flight in the Balkans, 1941	US Marines instructing Filipino aviation cadets on the use of a water-cooled .30 caliber Browning machine gun, circa 1941

Waffen-SS troops in Yugoslavia, 1941; note 5 cm PaK 38 gun, Kübelwagen vehicle, MG 34 machine gun	Wreck of a Ju 87B Stuka dive bomber, near Tobruk, Libya, 1941, photo 2 of 2

Wreck of an Italian BR.20M bomber, United Kingdom, circa late 1940 to early 1941	Gladiator biplane aircraft of No. 3 Squadron RAF returning to an airfield near Salum after a patrol over Bardia, Libya, Jan 1941

Major General Michael Gambier-Parry, General Ioannis Metaxas, George II King of Greece, Air Vice Marshal John D'Albiac, and General Alexandros Papagos meeting in Athens, Greece, Jan 1941	Crew of HMS Ladybird operating a 6-inch 50-caliber Mk XIII gun during the bombardment of Bardia, Libya, 2 Jan 1941

Official document signed by Joachim Ribbentrop, Galeazzo Ciano, Hiroshi Oshima, and Bogdan Filov, entering Bulgaria into the Axis alliance, 3 Jan 1941	Fort Capuzzo, Libya just after British capture, 4 Jan 1941; note shrapnel damage to the Roman eagle column on the right

Troops of Australian 2/2nd Infantry Battalion rushing through the streets of Bardia, Libya, 4 Jan 1941	A column of Italian prisoners captured during the assault on Bardia, Libya, 6 Jan 1941