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| Admiral Graf Spee in the English Channel, Aug 1939, photo 1 of 2 | Admiral Graf Spee in the English Channel, Aug 1939, photo 2 of 2 |
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| German He 115 aircraft dropping a torpedo on an unidentified merchant ship in the English Channel, 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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| Gneisenau and Scharnhorst trailing Prinz Eugen during the Channel Dash, Feb 1942, photo 1 of 3 | Gneisenau and Scharnhorst trailing Prinz Eugen during the Channel Dash, Feb 1942, photo 2 of 3 |
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| Gneisenau and Scharnhorst trailing Prinz Eugen during the Channel Dash, Feb 1942, photo 3 of 3 | A United States Navy LST ferrying a US Army field hospital unit toward Omaha Beach, Normandie, France, 6 Jun 1944. |
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