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Men of Sudeten German Freikorps in the city of Cheb, Czechoslovakia, 3 Oct 1938	Hitler touring Graslitz, Sudetenland, Germany (occupied Czechoslovakia), 4 Oct 1938

Japanese Type 94 Te-Ke tankettes and infantry advancing toward Wuhan near Naxi, Yangxin County, Hubei Province, China, 4 Oct 1938	A Sudeten German woman crying in misery as she gave the Nazi Party salute while two others saluted with happiness, Cheb, Czechoslovakia, 5 Oct 1938

German troops in motorcycle and Einheits-Diesel trucks arriving in recently annexed territory of Sudetenland, Germany, 9 Oct 1938	Hitler being welcomed by a crowd in Sudetenland, recently annexed into German borders, Oct 1938

Men of the para-military Sudetendeutsche Freikorps lining up to greet Hitler who was scheduled to arrive shortly, Niemes, Sudetenland, Germany, 10 Oct 1938	Panzer IV Ausf. A tanks parading in Sudetenland, Germany (annexed from Czechoslovakia), Oct 1938

Ernst Udet, Erhard Milch, and Ernst Heinkel, and an unidentified man at a Lilienthal Society event at the Neuen Palais in Potsdam, Germany, 11 Oct 1938	Czechs expelled from Sudetenland at the refugees office in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 13 Oct 1938

Ethnic Polish band in the city of Karviná welcoming the annexation of the region of Zaolzie by Poland, Oct 1938	Advisory board members of National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, United States, 20 Oct 1938

Battleship Kongo off Xiamen, Fujian Province, China, 21 Oct 1938; seen from destroyer USS Pillsbury	Kirishima off Amoy, China, photographed by USS Pillsbury (DD-227), 21 Oct 1938, photo 1 of 3; note battleship Ise in background

Kirishima off Amoy, China, photographed by USS Pillsbury (DD-227), 21 Oct 1938, photo 2 of 3	Kirishima off Amoy, China, photographed by USS Pillsbury (DD-227), 21 Oct 1938, photo 3 of 3

Japanese soldier at Haizhu Bridge, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, 22 Oct 1938	Antonia Kelly and others at the launch party of HMS Kelly, Hawthorn Leslie yard, Hebburn, England, United Kingdom, 25 Oct 1938

Launching of HMS Kelly at the Hawthorn Leslie yard, 25 Oct 1938	Japanese soldier entering Hankou, Hubei Province, China, 26 Oct 1938