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| HMS Exeter sinking south of Borneo, Dutch East Indies, 1 Mar 1942, photo 1 of 2 | HMS Exeter sinking south of Borneo, Dutch East Indies, 1 Mar 1942, photo 2 of 2 |
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| HMS Exeter under attack during the Second Battle of the Java Sea, 1 Mar 1942, photo 1 of 2 | Japanese Fubuki-class destroyer Inazuma launching a Type 93 torpedo in the Second Battle of the Java Sea, 1 Mar 1942. |
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| MacArthur and Sutherland in the headquarters tunnel on Corregidor, Philippines, 1 Mar 1942 | Map noting Japanese landings on Java, 1 Mar 1942 |
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| Men of the Japanese 2nd Division celebrating successful landing, Merak, Java, 1 Mar 1942 | Soviet 85 mm M1939 (52-K) anti-aircraft guns at the Field of Mars, Leningrad, Russia, 1 Mar 1942 |
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| Soviet troops patrolling Pulkovo Heights, Leningrad, Russia, 1 Mar 1942 |
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