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Greek Army bugler near Këlcyrë, Albania, 6 Jan 1941	Greek tankers at Këlcyrë, Albania, 10 Jan 1941

Greek troops near Këlcyrë, Albania, circa Jan 1941	HMS Illustrious under Stuka dive bomber attack in the Mediterranean Sea near Malta, 10 Jan 1941

Smoke rising from the port of Tobruk, Libya, 22 Jan 1941.	Troops of the 11th Infantry Battalion, Australian 6th Division at Tobruk, Libya, 22 Jan 1941

British 6-inch CWT BL Howitzers attacking Italian positions at Tobruk, Libya, 23 Jan 1941	Matilda tank en route into Tobruk, Libya, 24 Jan 1941; note British soldiers displaying a captured Italian flag

Map of Battle of Coral Sea, part of Captain Mineo Yamaoka's interrogation, 19 Oct 1945	Italian cruiser San Giorgio after being scuttled in the harbor at Tobruk, Libya as Australian troops entered the city, 22 Jan 1941. Note torpedo nets. Photo 1 of 2.

Italian cruiser San Giorgio after being scuttled in the harbor at Tobruk, Libya as Australian troops entered the city, 22 Jan 1941. Note torpedo nets. Photo 2 of 2.	Erwin Rommel arriving at Tripoli, Libya, 12 Feb 1941

Italian General Italo Gariboldi welcoming German Generals Erwin Rommel and Johannes Streich to Tripoli, Libya, 12 Feb 1941	Greek troops in northern Greece or southern Albania, spring 1941

PBY-5 Catalina patrol plane of Patrol Squadron VP-5 at Norfolk, Virginia, United States, Mar 1941. Note the National Insignia on the nose which at this time were only put on the sides of planes in the Neutrality Patrols	Troops of the South African 1st Infantry Division celebrating the capture of Fort Hobok in southwestern Ethiopia, 1941

Greek Army Major Ioannis Paparrodou in Voskopojë (Moscopole), Albania, 25 Mar 1941	Pilot Officer Kennedy of No. 47 Squadron RAF Detachment inspecting his Wellesley bomber after engagement with two CR.42 fighters, Agordat, Eritrea, 25 Mar 1941; his gunner Sergeant German was killed

Vittorio Veneto firing during Battle of Matapan near Gavdos, Greece, 27 Mar 1941	Damaged Vittorio Veneto after Battle of Matapan, late Mar 1941