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| Destroyed Red October factory in Stalingrad, Russia, 21 Jan 1943 | German Army 7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36 mountain gun operating at 3,000-meter altitude in the Caucasus Mountains in southern Russia, 21 Jan 1943 |
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| Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, left, touring Guadalcanal with Adm Nimitz, Adm Halsey, and Army Gen J Lawton Collins, Jan 21, 1943. Apparently no one thought to tell Knox his helmet was on backwards. | Submarine Oberon underway off Spithead, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, 21 Jan 1943 |
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