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| Aircraft designiner Anderson showing Generaloberst Ernt Udet the two-part entrance door of a Bü 181 V1 Bestmann aircraft, 1939; note C. C. Bücker at far left | Fumimaro Konoe, Apr 1939 |
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| Rear Admiral Royal Eason Ingersoll, Captain Aubrey Fitch, and other Naval officers in parade dress at Pensacola, Florida, United States, Apr 1939. | US Navy Captain Richmond Turner and Japanese Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita at Arita's official residence, Tokyo, Japan, Apr 1939 |
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| Edward Rydz-Smigly, Janusz Gluchowski, and Mieczysław Ryś-Trojanowski inspecting Polish troops, 19 Apr 1939; note Browning wz. 1928 automatic rifle in foreground | Nikolai Reek meeting Adolf Hitler in Germany, 20 Apr 1939 |
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| German Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, German Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, Lithuanian General Stasys Rastykis, Hans von Tschammer und Osten, and others at Hotel Kaiserhof in celebration of Adolf Hitler's birthday, Berlin, Germany, 21 Apr 1939 | Adolf Hitler inspecting the Westwall fortifications on western Germany, May 1939; also present were Erhard Milch, Heinrich Himmler, and Wilhelm Keitel |
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| King George VI of the United Kingdom and Queen Elizabeth being greeted by Mayor and Mrs James Lyle Telford upon their arrival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 1939 | Zhang Linfu recuperating from combat wounds during Battle of Nanchang, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, mid-1939 |
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| King Carol II of Romania and his son Prince Mihai inspecting, Romania, 10 May 1939 | King George VI of the United Kingdom at the Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 19 May 1939 |
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| Rear Admiral Russell Willson relieving Rear Admiral Chester Nimitz as Commander US Navy Battleship Division One aboard USS Arizona, San Pedro, California, United States, 26 May 1939 | SA-Obergruppenführer Dietrich von Jagow congratulating Hans Lammers for Lammers' birthday, 26 May 1939 |
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| Adolf Hitler shaking Hans Lammers' hand on Lammers' 60th birthday, 27 May 1939 | Ernst Udet (in cockpit) receiving instructions on the Bü 181 aircraft from designer Anders Johan Andersson, circa 1939 |
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| Officers of destroyer Mugford Ens. Robert Main, Lt. Ephraim McLean, Lt. Robert Speck, Lt. Cmdr. Arleigh Burke, Ens. Arthur Johnson, Lt. Gelzer Sims, and Lt. (jg) Robert Holmes, Jun 1939 | Rear Admiral Chester Nimitz being sworn in as US Navy Chief of the Bureau of Navigation by Rear Admiral Walter Woodson at the Navy Department, Washington DC, United States, Jun 1939 |
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| High school teacher Koichiro Toyama toasted by former students including War Minister Seishiro Itagaki (first from left) and Naval Minister Mitsumasa Yonai (first on right), Tokyo, Japan, 3 Jun 1939 | German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Estonian Foreign Minister Karl Selter, Berlin, Germany, 7 Jun 1939 |
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