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Cruiser Marseillaise aflame at Toulon, France, circa 27 Nov 1942	French cruiser Colbert scuttled at Toulon, France, circa 27 Nov 1942

French cruiser Marseillaise afire and sinking, Toulon, France, 27 Nov 1942	French destroyer Mameluk scuttled at Toulon, France, circa 27 Nov 1942

German Panzer IV tank and crew at Toulon harbor, France, 27 Nov 1942; note French cruiser Colbert burning in background	Scuttled Algérie, Toulon, France, 27 Nov 1942

Aerial view of Toulon, France, 28 Nov 1942; note smoke rising from burning ships	French cruiser Marseillaise afire and sinking, Toulon, France, late Nov 1942

French ships Strasbourg, Colbert, Algérie, and Marseillaise burning in Toulon harbor, France, 28 Nov 1942; photo taken by a RAF aircraft	United States Navy Track Chart Battle of Tassafaronga, 30 Nov 1942. Chart created in 1946.

Beaufighter aircraft of No. 30 Squadron RAAF in flight over the Owen Stanley range, New Guinea, late 1942; the pilot was R. J. Brazenor with observer F. B. Anderson	British troops parading in Djibouti, French Somaliland, Dec 1942

Diagram of torpedo damage to USS Northampton sustained in the Battle of Tassafaronga that caused the ship to sink.	German troops at Stalingrad, Russia, late 1942

Henderson Field headquarters building, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Dec 1942	Maps of several New Guinea Campaign engagements, mid- to late-1942

Soldiers of US 32nd Division probing a Japanese foxhole near Buna, New Guinea, Dec 1942; note M1 Garand rifles	Soviet Katyusha and T-34 vehicles near Stalingrad, Russia, circa late 1942

Soviet troops fighting in a ruined factory, Stalingrad, Russia, late 1942	United States Army Lt Robert Longini photographing German prisoners of war captured during Operation Torch at Fedala, French Morocco (now Mohammedia, Morocco), Nov 1942.