7,766 items in this album on 389 pages.
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| Destroyed Lutheran church of Sortavala, Finland, 4 Feb 1940 | Destroyed Russian T-26 light tank, Finland, 13 Feb 1940 |
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| Finnish soldiers on skis with reindeers, near Jäniskoski, northern Finland, 20 Feb 1940 | Finnish Army machine gun crew near Lemetti, Karjala, Finland (now Pitkyarantsky, Russia), 21 Feb 1940; note Maxim M32/33 machine gun |
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| Blenheim light bomber of the RAF being towed away by horses after landing on the frozen Jukajärvi lake, near Juva village, Finland, 25 Feb 1940 | Captured Soviet equipment, Lemetti, Finland, Mar 1940 |
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| Polish Jews being gathered by German police as forced laborers, near St. Anne's Church on Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street, Warsaw, Poland, Mar 1940 | Soviet soldier in prone position with rifle and shield, Viipuri, Finland, 4 Mar 1940 |
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| Ruins of the Havi quarter of Vyborg, Finland, 8 Mar 1940 | Finnish 76-mm field gun camouflaged in snowy terrain, Viipuri, Finland, 9 Mar 1940 |
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| Finnish coastal defense ship Ilmarinen anchored at Turku harbor, Finland, 10 Mar 1940 | Finnish Canet 152mm/45 naval gun in coastal defense role, Hästö-Busö island, Raseborg, Finland, 18 Mar 1940 |
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| Scientists of the S-1 project (Manhattan Committee) sharing a lighter moment as they discuss the feasibility of the 184-inch cyclotron at Berkeley, California, United States, 29 Mar 1940. | Heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper embarking German troops for the invasion of Norway, 6 Apr 1940 |
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| German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper or Blücher in the North Sea en route to Oslo, Norway, 8 Apr 1940; photo taken from light cruiser Emden seen in the foreground | German light cruiser Emden in the North Sea en route to Oslo, Norway, 8 Apr 1940 |
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| Danish machine gun team gathered for a photo hours before engaging with German invaders, Bredevad, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940; two of the men died later that day; note Madsen light machine gun | Danish soldiers on bicycles, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940 |
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| Danish soldiers with a 20mm Madsen light machine gun at a crossroads in Åbenrå, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940 | Disarmed Danish soldiers, Bjergskov, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940 |
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