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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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| 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 2 of 3 | 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 3 of 3 |
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| TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 3 with McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 8, Naval Air Station, North Island, California, United States, 22 Aug 1940, photo 1 of 3 | TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 3 with McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 8, Naval Air Station, North Island, California, United States, 22 Aug 1940, photo 2 of 3 |
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| TBD-1 Devastator aircraft of Torpedo Squadron 3 with McClelland Barclay experimental camouflage design number 8, Naval Air Station, North Island, California, United States, 22 Aug 1940, photo 3 of 3 | Floating Drydock YFD-2 arriving in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 23 Aug 1940. Note that it is still painted with markings from the Naval Station at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
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| British 9.2-inch coastal artillery gun crew in exercise, Culver Point Battery, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, 24 Aug 1940 | Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 01 of 10 |
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| Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 02 of 10; Captain Ernst Lindemann coming aboard | Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 03 of 10; portrait of Captain Ernst Lindemann |
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| Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 04 of 10; Captain Ernst Lindemann reviewing crew | Commissioning ceremony of German battleship Bismarck, 24 Aug 1940, photo 05 of 10 |
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