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Gneisenau and Scharnhorst trailing Prinz Eugen during the Channel Dash, Feb 1942, photo 2 of 3	Gneisenau and Scharnhorst trailing Prinz Eugen during the Channel Dash, Feb 1942, photo 3 of 3

Japanese paratroopers, possibly preparing for the invasion of southern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, Feb 1942	US Marines fighting on Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Jan-Feb 1944

A column of smoke from burning oil tanks rising above the deserted streets of Singapore, Feb 1942; note General Post Office in foreground, now Fullerton Hotel Singapore	Old Russian woman pulling a man on a sled, Leningrad, Russia, 7 Feb 1942

Wrecked Hurricane aircraft of Squadron Leader Richard Brookers of No.232 Fighter Squadron RAF, East Coast Park, Singapore, 8 Feb 1942	Japanese Army paratroopers retrieving gear after a successful jump near Palembang, Dutch East Indies, 13 Feb 1942

Japanese paratroopers descending on Pangkalan Benteng airfield or Pladju refineries in southern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, 13 Feb 1942, photo 1 of 2	Japanese paratroopers descending on Pangkalan Benteng airfield or Pladju refineries in southern Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, 13 Feb 1942, photo 2 of 2

Sand Island detention camp under construction, Sand Island, Honolulu, Hawai'i, 13 Feb 1942.	Japanese troops guarding prisoners from the British Suffolk Regiment, Singapore, Feb 1942

Bombs from a Japanese aircraft falling around the Dutch cruiser Java in the Gasper Strait east of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies, 15 Feb 1942	British Army Lieutenant General Arthur Percival and his party carrying the United Kingdom flag and a white flag on their way to surrender Singapore to the Japanese, 15 Feb 1942, photo 1 of 2

British Army Lieutenant General Arthur Percival and his party carrying the United Kingdom flag and a white flag on their way to surrender Singapore to the Japanese, 15 Feb 1942, photo 2 of 2	Celebration of Japanese victory in Singapore, Keijo (Gyeongseong, now Seoul), occupied Korea, Feb 1942

Cruiser Exeter under air attack by B5N aircraft in the Gaspar Strait, 15 Feb 1942; note bombs falling astern of the cruiser	HMS Exeter firing on Japanese aircraft, Gaspar Strait, 15 Feb 1942; photograph taken from HMAS Hobart

HMS Exeter under attack by B5N aircraft during the Gasper Strait sortie, 15 Feb 1942	Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita and British Lieutenant General Arthur Percival discussed surrender terms at the Ford Motors Factory, Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, 15 Feb 1942