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| Submarine Gar under construction, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 1 Apr 1940, photo 2 of 2; topside stern view looking forward | Experimental A-17A aircraft at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' Langley facility in Hampton, Virginia, United States, 3 Apr 1940, photo 1 of 3 |
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| Experimental A-17A aircraft at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' Langley facility in Hampton, Virginia, United States, 3 Apr 1940, photo 2 of 3 | Experimental A-17A aircraft at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics' Langley facility in Hampton, Virginia, United States, 3 Apr 1940, photo 3 of 3 |
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| J. Edgar Hoover in his office, Washington DC, United States, 5 Apr 1940 | Heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper embarking German troops for the invasion of Norway, 6 Apr 1940 |
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| Settsu as radio-controlled target vessel, Kure, Japan, 7 Apr 1940 | German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper or Blücher in the North Sea en route to Oslo, Norway, 8 Apr 1940; photo taken from light cruiser Emden seen in the foreground |
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| German light cruiser Emden in the North Sea en route to Oslo, Norway, 8 Apr 1940 | Blücher listing heavily to port, Oslofjord, Norway, 9 April 1940 |
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| Danish machine gun team gathered for a photo hours before engaging with German invaders, Bredevad, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940; two of the men died later that day; note Madsen light machine gun | Danish soldiers on bicycles, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940 |
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| Danish soldiers with a 20mm Madsen light machine gun at a crossroads in Åbenrå, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940 | Disarmed Danish soldiers, Bjergskov, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940 |
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| German battleship Schleswig-Holstein off Korsør, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940, photo 1 of 2 | German battleship Schleswig-Holstein off Korsør, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940, photo 2 of 2 |
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| German Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft over Denmark, 9 Apr 1940 | German military journalist reporting from Copenhagen, Denmark on the day of its capitulation, 9 Apr 1940 |
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| German paratroopers at the Masnedoe Fort, Denmark, 9 April 1940 | Königsberg under British aircraft attack, Bergen, Norway, 9 April 1940 |
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