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Adolf Hitler at Memorial Day celebration with Wilhelm Keitel, Walther von Brauchitsch, Erich Raeder, and Hermann Göring (behind Hitler), Berlin, Germany, 10 Mar 1940	General Victor Denain, General Wladyslaw Sikorski, and General Józef Zajac at the Polish Air Force training center at Bron, France, 27 Mar 1940; note MS 406 fighters

Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonai speaking to children of his home town who had recently lost their fathers in service during the war, Japan, 29 Mar 1940	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.

Wang Jingwei and Chinese and Japanese civilian officials at the ceremony establishing a Japanese government in Nanjing, China, 30 Mar 1940	Wang Jingwei and military officers at the ceremony establishing a Japanese government in Nanjing, China, 30 Mar 1940

Japanese bringing Wang Jingwei's mother to Nanjing, China as a virtual prisoner to better control Wang Jingwei and his puppet government, Apr 1940	Portrait of a Nikolaus Falkenhorst, Apr 1940

J. Edgar Hoover in his office, Washington DC, United States, 5 Apr 1940	German Colonel General Erhard Milch inspecting Luftwaffe pilots, Trondheim, Norway, 23 Apr 1940; note Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers in background

King George VI of the United Kingdom inspecting the crew of Norwegian destroyer Draug, Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, May 1940	Maxime Weygang departing from the Élysée Palace where he had just been appointed the commander-in-chief of the French forces, Paris, France, May 1940

Osami Nagano (front row, center), Nobutake Kondo (front row, third from left) at a luncheon at the Tokyo Naval Club, Tokyo, Japan, 6 May 1940	Belgian King Leopold III and General Henri Denis reviewing a column of T-15 light tanks, Belgium, mid-May 1940

German General Heinz Guderian (in SdKfz. 251/3 halftrack vehicle) speaking with General Adolf Kuntzen of 8th Panzer Division, France, May 1940	German General Heinz Guderian and other officers in Bouillon, Belgium, May 1940

German General Heinz Guderian in a SdKfz. 251/3 halftrack vehicle, France, May 1940, photo 1 of 6; note early 3-rotor Enigma machine	German General Heinz Guderian in a SdKfz. 251/3 halftrack vehicle, France, May 1940, photo 2 of 6; note early 3-rotor Enigma machine

German General Heinz Guderian in a SdKfz. 251/3 halftrack vehicle, France, May 1940, photo 3 of 6; note early 3-rotor Enigma machine	German General Heinz Guderian in a SdKfz. 251/3 halftrack vehicle, France, May 1940, photo 4 of 6