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| Directive No. 21 'Fall Barbarossa', 18 Dec 1940, page 8 of 9 | Directive No. 21 'Fall Barbarossa', 18 Dec 1940, page 9 of 9; note Hitler's signature |
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| Matilda tank of the UK 7th Royal Tank Regiment in North Africa, 19 Dec 1940 | President Kyösti Kallio of Finland and Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim at Helsinki railway station, Finland, 19 Dec 1940; Risto Ryti, Lieutenant General Erik Heindrichs, and Colonel Aladár Paasonen in background |
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| Broadside view of USS Wasp (Wasp-class) at anchor on 27 Dec 1940, probably in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Note F3F fighters and SB2U Vindicator aircraft on the flight deck. | Carrier Zuiho at Yokosuka, Japan, 28 Dec 1940 |
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| 25-Pounder Mark II gun of Sergeant Pearse of 1st Battery, A Troop, Australian 2/1st Field Artillery Regiment bombarding Bardia, Libya, 29 Dec 1940 | St. Paul's Cathedral during the great raid on London, England, United Kingdom, 29 Dec 1940 |
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| Battleship Iowa under construction, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 30 Dec 1940 | HMS Eagle at Alexandria, Egypt, 31 Dec 1940 |
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| XSB2C prototype aircraft in flight, United States, late 1940 | Camouflaged Sturmpanzer, Panzer V Panther, and two Sturmgeschütz III vehicles, Italy, Apr-May 1944 |
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| Major General Roy Geiger, Colonel Merwin Silverthorn, and Brigadier General Pedro del Valle studying Guam terrain aboard USS Appalachian, mid-1944 | 155 mm Howitzer Carriage M1918 guns being prepared for shipment to Britain, 1941 |
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| 19.4cm Kanone 485 (f) auf Selbstfahrlafette self-propelled gun, 1940s | 21 cm Mrs 18 heavy howitzer, Lapland, Norway, 1941, photo 1 of 2 |
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| 21 cm Mrs 18 heavy howitzer, Lapland, Norway, 1941, photo 2 of 2 | 37 mm Gun M3 being towed by a truck, circa 1941 |
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| 37 mm Gun M3 in service with the Philippine Scouts, Fort William McKinley near Manila, Philippine Islands, circa 1941 | 37 mm Gun M3, circa 1941 |
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