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Launching ceremony of Admiral Hipper, Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 6 Feb 1937; note Wilhelm Gustloff in background	President of the House of Peers of the Japanese Diet Fumimaro Konoe at a press conference after receiving orders to form a new government, Tekigaiso residence, Tokyo, Japan, 2 Jun 1937

Carriers Enterprise (left) and Yorktown (right) under construction at Newport News, Virginia, United States, 8 Feb 1937	President of Boy Scouts of America Walter Head, US President Franklin Roosevelt, and Chief Scout Executive James West at the Oval Office, White House, Washington DC, United States, 8 Feb 1937

Song Meiling and Chiang Kaishek at the grand opening of Overseas Chinese Hostel, Nanjing, China, 11 Feb 1937	TKS tankette in the Estonian anniversary parade, Tallinn, Estonia, 24 Feb 1937

Hitler Youth members making their beds, Brieselang, Germany, Mar 1937	Ise, circa Mar 1937

Two B-17A bombers flying past Italian ocean liner Rex, Mar 1937	View of Soryu's wake from the after end of the boat stowage deck, 1937

USS Ranger entering drydock at Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California, United States, 2 Mar 1937. This was the first occasion that a US aircraft carrier entered drydock with aircraft still aboard.	Chiang Kaishek with Japanese ambassador Shigeru Kawagoe, Nanjing, China, 6 Mar 1937

Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe with his cabinet ministers, 7 Mar 1937; note Naval Minister Mitsumasa Yonai in background	Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Chonghui (Wang Chung-hui) with German Ambassador to China Oskar Trautmann, Nanjing, China, 10 Mar 1937

SS-Hauptsturmführers Walther Wüst speaking at a SS gathering, München, Germany, 10 Mar 1937	Raeder, Göring, and Fritsch joined Blomberg in the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the German military, 11 Mar 1937

Survivors of the British Motor Ship Silver Larch posed with Louisville's Commanding Officer, Captain William S. Farber, upon their arrival at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 14 Mar 1937	Spanish Nationalist field gun being towed by a truck, the Battle of Guadalajara, Spain, Mar 1937

Spanish Nationalist field gun crew, the Battle of Guadalajara, Spain, Mar 1937, photo 1 of 2	Spanish Nationalist field gun crew, the Battle of Guadalajara, Spain, Mar 1937, photo 2 of 2