28,557 items in this album on 1,428 pages.
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| USS New Mexico, circa spring 1940, photo 2 of 2 | 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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| Adolf Hitler at Memorial Day celebration with Wilhelm Keitel, Walther von Brauchitsch, Erich Raeder, and Hermann Göring (behind Hitler), Berlin, Germany, 10 Mar 1940 | Battleship Kirishima at Kure, Japan, 10 Mar 1940 |
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| Finnish coastal defense ship Ilmarinen anchored at Turku harbor, Finland, 10 Mar 1940 | Portrait of Thomas Philips, 13 Mar 1940 |
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| Soviet TB-3 heavy bomber captured by Finnish forces, Kuhmo-Sauna Lake, Kainuu, Finland, 14 Mar 1940 | Soviet TB-3 heavy bomber captured by Finnish forces, Kuhmo-Sauna Lake, Kainuu, Finland, 14 Mar 1940 |
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| Captain Albert C. Read inspected Saratoga's Marine detachment, 15 Mar 1940 | Finnish Canet 152mm/45 naval gun in coastal defense role, Hästö-Busö island, Raseborg, Finland, 18 Mar 1940 |
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| Result of Lieutenant Jimmy Thach's landing accident aboard USS Saratoga, 19 Mar 1940 | Officers and crew of USS Louisville, San Pedro, California, United States, 23 Mar 1940 |
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| Bow of Tambor-class submarine Thresher prior to launch 27 Mar 1940 at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States. | 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 |
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| Stern of Tambor-class submarine Thresher prior to launch 27 Mar 1940 at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States. | Submarine Thresher being launched on 27 Mar 1940 at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, United States. |
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| 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. |
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