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View of German battleship Bismarck's stern in drydock, 1939-1940	View of Howaldtswerke Kiel shipyard, Kiel, Germany, 1939; note slips, floating dry docks, equipping piers, and workshops; Schwentine River at right center

Walrus flying boats aboard HMS Exeter, 1930s	Wang Jingwei and Otozo Yamada in China, circa 1939

Warming up a He 111 bomber's engine, circa late 1930s or early 1940s	Wellesley bomber of No. 14 Squadron RAF preparing for takeoff, Transjordan, late 1930s

Wellesley Mark I K7740 of Torpedo Development Unit, Gosport, Hampshire, late 1930s	Whirlwind in flight, circa late 1930s

Wu Chien-Shiung with friend Margaret Lewis, Berkeley, California, United States, date unknown	Xue Yue studying a map with his staff officers, China, circa 1940s

Young cadets from Taiwan at a Chinese army training camp in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China, 1939	Young Chinese Army soldiers, China, circa 1930s

Young Chinese sentry, circa late 1930s	Z.506 Airone aircraft in flight, circa late 1930s

Z.506 Airone aircraft making a water landing, 1939	Cabinet meeting room, New Reich Chancellery, Berlin, Germany, circa 1939

Émile Bertin at Toulon, France, Jan 1939	Inaugural Party for the newly appointed War Minister Seoshiro Itagaki, Japan, Jan 1939; note Naval Minister Mitsumasa Yonai at left of photo and Vice War Minister Hideki Tojo at right of photo

Josef Dietrich and Hans Collani at the SS-Leibstandarten ball, Germany, Jan 1939	Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Józef Beck during a visit by German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, Warsaw, Poland, Jan 1939