28,747 items in this album on 1,438 pages.
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| German Luftwaffe Ju 88 bomber at rest at an airfield, Belgium or France, 1940 | German soldiers and a civilian celebrating with champagne, France, Aug-Sep 1940 |
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| HMS Rodney in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, United Kingdom, Aug 1940; note a destroyer in background; photo taken from destroyer HMS Javelin | Hugh Dowding and Douglas Bader, circa 1940 |
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| James Lacey, circa 1940 | Messerschmitt Bf110 fighter of Zerstörergeschwader 76 heavy fighter squadron over the English Channel, Aug 1940. These were the first fighters with the shark’s mouth that inspired the RAF in Africa and the AVG in China. |
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| Rear Admiral Walter Warzecha (right), Hitler Youth leader Artur Axmann (front row, next to Warzecha) aboard Horst Wessel, Germany, Aug 1940 | RMS Queen Mary in the King George VI Graving Dock, Sembawang, Singapore, Aug 1940 |
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| Sailors aboard HMS Rodney dragging a rope attached to the main derrick in order to bring in a picket boat, Aug 1940 | Sailors washing down the decks aboard HMS Rodney, Aug 1940 |
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| Two DH.89A Rapide air ambulance aircraft at RAF Hendon, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom circa Aug 1940 | Two DH.89A Rapide air ambulance aircraft over RAF Hendon, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom circa Aug 1940 |
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| XFL Airabonita aircraft (US Navy Bureau No. 1588) at rest, mid-1940 | Light Tank Mk VIB vehicles of UK 7th Armoured Division in North Africa, 2 Aug 1940 |
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| Adolf Hitler awarding Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach the Nazi Party Gold Medal, Villa Hügel, Essen, Germany, 13 Aug 1940 | Destroyed Adam Mickiewicz Monument at the Main Market Square, Old Town, Kraków, Poland, 17 Aug 1940 |
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| German occupation administration destroying Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Kraków, Poland, 17 Aug 1940 | Wreckage of a downed Do 17 aircraft (Oberleutnant Rudolf Lamberty) north of RAF Biggin Hill, Leaves Green, Kent, England, United Kingdom, 18 Aug 1940 |
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| Working on the rudder of battleship North Carolina, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 19 Aug 1940 | TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 3 with McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 7, Naval Air Station, North Island, California, United States, 22 Aug 1940, photo 1 of 3 |
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