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Rear Admiral Russell Willson relieving Rear Admiral Chester Nimitz as Commander US Navy Battleship Division One aboard USS Arizona, San Pedro, California, United States, 26 May 1939	SA-Obergruppenführer Dietrich von Jagow congratulating Hans Lammers for Lammers' birthday, 26 May 1939	Adolf Hitler shaking Hans Lammers' hand on Lammers' 60th birthday, 27 May 1939	The chief shipbuilders of carrier Shokaku posing with the hull of the ship two days prior to launching, Yokosuka, Japan, 30 May 1939

Admiral Graf Spee in European waters in mid-1939	DH.95 Flamingo aircraft G-AFUE during route proving flights with Jersey Airways, over Portelet Bay, Jersey, Jun 1939; note Portelet Tower in center of photograph; seen in 10 Aug 1939 issue of Flight magazine	Ernst Udet (in cockpit) receiving instructions on the Bü 181 aircraft from designer Anders Johan Andersson, circa 1939	French cruiser La Motte-Picquet (only stern visible), USS Chaumont, and Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni at Shanghai, China, late May or early Jun 1939

French cruiser La Motte-Picquet at Shanghai, China, late May or early Jun 1939; note HMS Birmingham ahead of La Motte-Picquet, USS Chaumont aft of La Motte-Picquet	HMS Birmingham at Shanghai, China, late May or early Jun 1939	Japanese soldiers in Mongolia Area, China, 1939; note captured Soviet DP machine gun	Japanese troops celebrating with captured Soviet vehicles, Battle of Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia Area, China, 1939

Officers of destroyer Mugford Ens. Robert Main, Lt. Ephraim McLean, Lt. Robert Speck, Lt. Cmdr. Arleigh Burke, Ens. Arthur Johnson, Lt. Gelzer Sims, and Lt. (jg) Robert Holmes, Jun 1939	Rear Admiral Chester Nimitz being sworn in as US Navy Chief of the Bureau of Navigation by Rear Admiral Walter Woodson at the Navy Department, Washington DC, United States, Jun 1939	Scharnhorst (left of photograph) and Gneisenau (right) in port, Germany, circa late spring or early summer 1939	Soviet BT-5 tank crew surrendering to Japanese troops, Mongolia Area, China, 1939

Type 89 medium tank and crew, Mongolia Area, China, 1939	Type 89 tanks advancing across a grassy field, Mongolia Area, China, 1939	USS Augusta at Shanghai, China, late May or early Jun 1939; note Japanese armored cruiser Izumo in far background	Launching of Shokaku from the second construction slip of Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, Japan, 1430 hours on 1 Jun 1939