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| Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 5 of 5; photographed from Prinz Eugen | Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 6 of 8 |
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| Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 7 of 8 | Hood exploding at Denmark Strait, seen from Prinz Eugen, 24 May 1941 |
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| Painting by Claus Bergen depicting the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and battleship Bismarck firing on British warships Hood and Prince of Wales | Painting by J. C. Schmitz-Westerholt depicting Hood's loss on 24 May 1941; Prince of Wales is in the foreground |
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| Shells from Hood fell near cruiser Prinz Eugen, 24 May 1941 | Smoke from Prince of Wales and Hood, seen from Prinz Eugen, 24 May 1941, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Smoke from Prince of Wales and Hood, seen from Prinz Eugen, 24 May 1941, photo 2 of 2 | Aerial photograph of Wake taken from a PBY Catalina on 25 May 1941, looking west along the northern side, with Peale Island in the center and Wilkes Island in the left distance |
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| Two A6M2 Type 0 Model 11 Zero fighters in flight from Yichang, Hubei Province to attack Nanzheng, Shaanxi Province in China, 26 May 1941; the aircraft in the foreground was flown by Kunimori Nakakariya | Battleship Bismarck burning in the distance as seen from a British warship, 27 May 1941 |
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| HMS Rodney firing on German battleship Bismarck, 27 May 1941 | Survivors of battleship Bismarck being pulled aboard HMS Dorsetshire, 27 May 1941 |
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| Aerial view of RAF Takali, Malta, 28 May 1941 | A-20A Havoc bomber of US 58th Bomb Squadron flying over Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 29 May 1941 |
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| USS Washington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 29 May 1941 | Washington off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 29 May 1941 |
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| Wounded British troops disembarking at an Egyptian port after being evacuated from Crete, Greece, 31 May 1941 | 155 mm Howitzer Carriage M1917 or M1918 howitzers on display, Fort Custer, Michigan, United States, Jun 1941 |
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