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Italian cruiser Bolzano, during the Battle of Cape Spartivento, 27 Nov 1940	Portrait of German Luftwaffe Oberstleutnant Werner Mölders, 27 Nov 1940; note Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves medal

Chinese Red Cross report to Chiang Kaishek noting the Japanese use of bubonic plague as a weapon at Changde, China on 4 Nov 1940; report compiled on 28 Nov 1940	Wang Jingwei officially being sworn in as the president of the Japanese puppet regime in Nanjing, China, 29 Nov 1940; he had been the acting leader of the puppet regime since 20 Mar 1940

Wang Jingwei signing an agreement with the Japanese over the recognition of the puppet nation of Manchukuo, Nanjing, China, 30 Nov 1940	Wang Jingwei speaking at a ceremony in which the Japanese puppet states of Manchukuo and Nanjing recognized each other, Nanjing, China, 30 Nov 1940

French bunker, Nov-Dec 1940; note swastika graffiti	G.50 aircraft at a makeshift airfield in Libya, circa 1940-1941

German diplomat Wilhelm Fabricius, Iron Guard leader Horia Sima, General Ion Antonescu, King Mihai I, and others at a celebration for the Romanian entry into the Tripartite Pact, Romania, Nov-Dec 1940	German Do 17 bomber and British Spitfire fighter in the sky over Britain, Dec 1940

German soldiers preparing to go on leave, France, Dec 1940	Greek soldier with Mannlicher-Schönauer rifle, Albania, late 1940

Greek troops with St. Étienne Mle 1907 machine gun and Berthier rifle, Dinardic Alps, Albania, late 1940	Major General Iven Mackay of Australian 6th Division and his senior staff officers, Ikingi Maryut, Egypt, Dec 1940

Portrait of Arturo Riccardi, Dec 1940	Sailors of HMS Rodney holding a religious service in remembrance of those lost aboard armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay, Nov-Dec 1940

A sergeant in the Dorking Home Guard cleaning his Thompson submachine gun in his home, Dorking, southern England, United Kingdom, 1 Dec 1940	Portrait of Lieutenant General Rikichi Ando, 5 Dec 1940

Directive No. 21 'Fall Barbarossa', 18 Dec 1940, page 1 of 9	Directive No. 21 'Fall Barbarossa', 18 Dec 1940, page 2 of 9