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View aboard USS North Carolina during trials, 22-31 Aug 1941	A Soviet soldier teaching partisan fighters how to operate a Browning Hi-Power handgun, near Smolensk, Russia, 23 Aug 1941

Carrier Shokaku at Yokosuka, Japan, 23 Aug 1941	Launching of submarine Finback, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 25 Aug 1941

Map of Operation Barbarossa, 22 Jun to 25 Aug 1941	Submarine Finback shortly after launching, off Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 25 Aug 1941

Gato-class submarine Silversides sliding down the ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1941.	The moment of christening for the Gato-class submarine Silversides and moments before her launch at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1941.

The party of dignitaries gathered Mare Island Naval Shipyard for the christening and launching of Gato-class submarine Silversides, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1941.	USS North Carolina firing her forward guns during trials, 26-27 Aug 1941

Cruiser Mk V Covenanter III tank of British 9th Armoured Division undergoing engine maintenance in the field, Guisborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, 29 Aug 1941	German Colonel General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Finnish Major General Hjalmar Siilasvuo at their meeting in Kuusamo, Finland, 29 Aug 1941. Photo 1 of 4.

German Colonel General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Finnish Major General Hjalmar Siilasvuo at their meeting in Kuusamo, Finland, 29 Aug 1941. Photo 2 of 4.	German Colonel General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Finnish Major General Hjalmar Siilasvuo at their meeting in Kuusamo, Finland, 29 Aug 1941. Photo 3 of 4.

German Colonel General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Finnish Major General Hjalmar Siilasvuo at their meeting in Kuusamo, Finland, 29 Aug 1941. Photo 4 of 4.	North Carolina firing her after 16-inch guns during her shakedown cruise, 28-29 Aug 1941

Joseph Stalin upon being informed of the latest German advances near Kiev, Ukraine, late Aug 1941	Royal Corps of Signals motorcycle despatch riders arriving at the mobile headquarters of an armoured division during training, United Kingdom, 30 Aug 1941

Soldiers of the Soviet Voroshilov Regiment in training, Moscow, Russia, 30 Aug 1941	North Carolina during her shakedown cruise, 22-31 Aug 1941