Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Smoke rising from the Surrey Docks, London, England, United Kingdom, 8 Sep 1940, the morning after the opening night of “The Blitz” bombings as seen from London Bridge. Note Tower Bridge silhouetted against the smoke.	Japanese Ki-21 bomber dropping bombs on Chongqing, China, China, 14 Sep 1940; note Yangtze River

French civilians watching regimental colors being transferred onto ships bound for French Algeria, La Canebière, Marseille, 15 Sep 1940	Battleship Iowa under construction, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 30 Sep 1940, photo 1 of 2

Battleship Iowa under construction, New York Navy Yard, New York, United States, 30 Sep 1940, photo 2 of 2	Abandoned boy holding a stuffed toy animal amid ruins following German aerial bombing of London, England, United Kingdom, 1940

Secondary training aircraft at Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi, Texas, 1940. Foreground: Vultee SNV-1 Valiant; Background: Beech SNB-1 Kansan and two North American Texans, one Navy SNJ and one Army AT-6	The Record Office in London, England, United Kingdom lit by a large fire, 1940

US Navy recruiting poster by Matt Murphey, Oct 1940; note destroyer Drayton featured in the poster	USS Arizona, USS New Mexico, and USS West Virginia during fleet operations, Oct 1940

Aerial view of the White House, Washington DC, United States, 23 Oct 1940.	Texas on Navy Day, 27 Oct 1940

USS Wasp (Wasp-class) in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 27 Oct 1940	Wasp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, 27 Oct 1940

Bantam BRC 60 prototype being tested in the mud at Fort Holabird, Maryland, United States, late 1940.	PB2Y Coronado aircraft of US Navy VP-13 squadron in flight, Nov 1940

Installation of a gun of No. 2 turret of battleship North Carolina, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 9 Nov 1940, photo 1 of 2	Installation of a gun of No. 2 turret of battleship North Carolina, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 9 Nov 1940, photo 2 of 2

Installation of a gun of No. 3 turret of battleship North Carolina, New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 18 Nov 1940	Broadside view of USS Wasp (Wasp-class) at anchor on 27 Dec 1940, probably in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Note F3F fighters and SB2U Vindicator aircraft on the flight deck.