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| Scharnhorst and U-47 at Kiel, Germany, 23 Oct 1939 | Hitler Youth members at the inauguration of Gauleiter Arthur Greiser and Minister Wilhelm Frick, Posen, Germany, Oct 1939 |
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| Hitler Youth members marching during the inauguration of Arthur Greiser and Wilhelm Frick, Posen, Germany, Oct 1939 | German He 111 medium bomber after crash landing near Humbie, Scotland, United Kingdom, 28 Oct 1939. This bomber was on a reconnaissance mission when it was shot down by British fighters. |
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| German American Bund parade on East 86th Street, New York, New York, United States, 30 Oct 1939 | Vyacheslav Molotov addressing the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, Moscow, Russia, 31 Oct 1939; note Joseph Stalin in background |
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| British Matilda I tank under a net for camouflage, France, Nov 1939 | Captain Kurt Hoffman addressing Scharnhorst's officers, winter 1939-1940 |
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| Close-up of Scharnhorst's control tower, viewed from aft of the tower, Kiel or Wilhelmshaven, Germany, winter 1939-1940 | Close-up of Scharnhorst's funnel, winter 1939-1940; note crewmen possibly working on a minesweeping paravane |
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| Damaged bulidings in Warsaw, Poland, Nov 1939, photo 1 of 5 | Damaged bulidings in Warsaw, Poland, Nov 1939, photo 2 of 5 |
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| Damaged bulidings in Warsaw, Poland, Nov 1939, photo 3 of 5 | Damaged bulidings in Warsaw, Poland, Nov 1939, photo 4 of 5 |
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| Damaged bulidings in Warsaw, Poland, Nov 1939, photo 5 of 5; intersection of Marszalkowska Street and Jerusalem Avenues | Drydock I under construction, Deschimag shipyard, Bremen, Germany, Nov 1939 |
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| Finnish troops observing the field on the Russo-Finnish border prior to the outbreak of the Winter War, Nov 1939 | German sailor aboard Scharnhorst, winter 1939-1940 |
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| German U-boat, probably U-47, photographed from battlecruiser Scharnhorst, circa late 1939 | Germans posing with the destroyed Grunwald Monument in Kraków, Poland, Nov 1939 |
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