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US Marines with field gun, New Georgia, 1943	US Marines, New Georgia, 1943

US Marines, New Georgia, 1943	US Navy pilots of Fighting Squadron 6 display the Royal Navy Ensign and the crest of HMS Victorious during their service aboard the British carrier when she was on loan to the US Fleet, 1943.

US President Franklin Roosevelt greeting UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden during the Quebec Conference, Canada, Aug 1943; King behind them and Churchill seated near Roosevelt	Waco CG-4A gliders lining up on an airstrip in Sicily, Italy, Aug 1943; note Jeeps in foreground

2nd wave of B-24 Liberators approach the Ploesti oil refineries, Ploesti Romania, Aug 1 1943. 14 B-24s can be seen in this image.	Approximate bomber route for Operation Tidal Wave, the low level bombing raid on the oil fields around Ploesti, Romania, Aug 1 1943.

B-24 Liberator bombers over Ploesti oil fields during Operation Tidal Wave, Romania, 1 Aug 1943.	B-24 Liberator during low level attack of the Ploesti oil refineries, Ploesti Romania, Aug 1 1943.

B-24D Liberator “The Sandman” of the 345th Bomb Squadron over the burning Astra Romania oil refinery in Ploesti, Romania during Operation Tidal Wave, Aug 1 1943.	Map depicting front lines in Eastern Europe and the Battle of Kursk, 4 Jul-1 Aug 1943

Map depicting the Battle of Kursk, 4 Jul-1 Aug 1943	Oil tanks at the Columbia Aquila refinery burning during an American raid, Ploiesti, Romania, 1 Aug 1943

Smoke rises from the Astra Romana refinery in Ploesti Romania following low level bombing attack by B-24 Liberators, Aug 1 1943.	Soviet infantry advancing behind T-34 tanks during the Battle of Orel, Prokhorovka, Russia, 12 Jul 1943

Aviation navigational Approach Map to designed guide strike aircraft to Lakunai Aerodrome at Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Islands. Map dated Aug 7, 1943. Note other airfields marked on the map.	German submarines U-66 (left) and U-117 were caught on the surface in the mid-Atlantic by a coordinated attack by TBF-1 Avengers and F4F Wildcats flying from USS Card, 7 Aug 1943. U-117 was sunk in the attack.

German submarine U-664 lying dead in the water and sinking by the stern as her crew abandoned ship following an air attack from USS Card aircraft in the mid-Atlantic, 9 Aug 1943. Photo 1 of 2.	German submarine U-664 lying dead in the water and sinking by the stern as her crew abandoned ship following an air attack from USS Card aircraft in the mid-Atlantic, 9 Aug 1943. Photo 2 of 2.