28,445 items in this album on 1,423 pages.
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| Turkish officers studying a German Tiger I heavy tank in Ukraine, 1943 | Two British Spitfire Mk IX fighters of No. 611 Squadron based at RAF Biggin Hill, London, England, United Kingdom, 1943 |
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| Two crew members loading ammunition for their A-26 bomber's M2 Browning machine guns, date unknown | Two German soldiers before a festive sign in German directing them to 'Edelweiss Cabin', Norway or Finland, 1943 |
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| Two men with the fire department at the US Army Medical Detachment 1340 facility, Fiji, 1942-1944 | Two Panzer IV tank of the German 12th SS Panzer Division 'Hitlerjugend' in Belgium or France, 1943 |
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| Two WAAF cooks at RAF St Eval preparing rations for Whitley aircraft crews of No. 502 Squadron RAF Coastal Command, Padstow, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 1940s; note box of oranges, an imported rarity | Type 1 Chi-He medium tanks being reviewed, circa 1943-1944 |
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| Type 1 Ho-Ni II tank destroyer, circa 1940s | Type 82 Kübelwagen stuck in muddy ruts left by tanks, 1940s |
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| Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha / Type 97 Kai medium tank, circa 1940s | Typical 'Kilroy was here' drawing |
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| Typical torpedo tube mounts for Japanese destroyers. Note that the tubes are encased in a turret to offer them some protection from gunfire or bomb fragments. Note also replacement torpedoes ready to be loaded (right). | U-821 under construction at the Oderwerke shipyard in Stettin, Germany, 1943 |
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| Ukrainian women of Sydir Kovpak's guerilla forces, Ukraine, 1940s; note Mosin-Nagant M1891 sniper rifles | Unidentified Japanese warship, 1941-1943 |
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| Unidentified photograph | United Service Organizations show, Fiji, 1942-1944 |
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| United States Army 155mm Gun M1 crew training in England, United Kingdom, date unknown | United States Navy aviation maintenance area in the South Pacific servicing several PBY Catalinas as well as other seaplanes in the background, 1942-43. |
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