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| Wrecked Soviet aircraft during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia Area, China, Aug 1939 | Letter to president Roosevelt drafted by physicist Leó Szilárd with assistance from Edward Teller and Eugene Wigner and then signed by Albert Einstein urging the development of nuclear energy, 2 Aug 1939, page 1 of 2 |
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| Letter to president Roosevelt drafted by physicist Leó Szilárd with assistance from Edward Teller and Eugene Wigner and then signed by Albert Einstein urging the development of nuclear energy, 2 Aug 1939, page 2 of 2 | Émile Bertin underway, 9 Aug 1939 |
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| Launching of U-54 at Slip III of Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany, 15 August 1939 | Portrait of a Japanese family which had gathered to bid farewell for a family member who was joining the army, Suwa, Nagano, Japan, 17 Aug 1939 |
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| Gauleiter Erich Koch, Govt Secretary Landfried, Govt Secretary Pfundtner, and Danzig Senate President Arthur Greiser inspecting a model of Königsberg while visting that German city, 20 Aug 1939 | Camp for female members of the Nazi Party, Nürnberg, Germany, late Aug 1939, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Camp for female members of the Nazi Party, Nürnberg, Germany, late Aug 1939, photo 2 of 2 | Nazi Party female labor service camp, Nürnberg, Germany, late Aug 1939 |
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| Molotov signing the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, Moscow, Russia, 23 Aug 1939; Shaposhnikov, Ribbentrop, and Stalin in back row | Ribbentrop signing the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, Moscow, Russia, 23 Aug 1939, photo 1 of 3; Shaposhnikov, Molotov, and Stalin in back row |
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| Ribbentrop signing the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, Moscow, Russia, 23 Aug 1939, photo 2 of 3; Molotov and Stalin in back row | Ribbentrop signing the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, Moscow, Russia, 23 Aug 1939, photo 3 of 3; Boris Shaposhnikov and Joseph Stalin in back row |
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| Stalin and Ribbentrop shaking hands after the signing of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, Moscow, Russia, 23 Aug 1939 | Soon-to-be Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe having dinner with his wife Mitsuko and others, Japan, 28 Aug 1939 |
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| Polish destroyers Grom and Burza during Operation Peking, viewed from destroyer Błyskawica, circa 29 Aug-1 Sep 1939 | Soon-to-be Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe having just announced his selection of cabinet ministers, Tokyo, Japan, 29 Aug 1939 |
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| Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe with his cabinet ministers at the Prime Minister's Official Residence, Tokyo, Japan, 30 Aug 1939 | Admiral Yamamoto at Tokyo Station, Tokyo, Japan en route to take command of the Combined Fleet, 31 Aug 1939 |
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