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| Japanese Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe and his second cabinet at the Prime Minister's Office building, Tokyo, Japan, 22 Jul 1940 | Matilda I tank of British Royal Tank Regiment being transported by rail, United Kingdom, 22 Jul 1940 | Royal Australian Navy Captain John Collins aboard HMAS Sydney, Mediterranean Sea, 22 July 1940 | Romanian Prime Minister Ion Gigurtu and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Salzburg, German-occupied Austria, 27 Jul 1940 |
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| German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop shaking hands with Slovakian President Jozef Tiso, Salzburg, German-occupied Austria, Jul 1940 | Slovakian President Jozef Tiso and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Salzburg, German-occupied Austria, 29 Jul 1940, photo 1 of 2 | Slovakian President Jozef Tiso and German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop in Salzburg, German-occupied Austria, 29 Jul 1940, photo 2 of 2 | Slovakian Prime Minister Vojtech Tuka, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, and Slovakian President Jozef Tiso, Salzburg, German-occupied Austria, 29 Jul 1940 |
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| Bf 109E fighters of German 51st Fighter Wing (Jagdgeschwaders 51) on the ground in France, Aug-Sep 1940 | Bow view of the Bismarck, circa Aug 1940 | British pilot Barrie Heath of No. 611 Squadron RAF posing with his Spitfire fighter, 1940 | Buffalo Mark I fighter preparing for flight, Aug 1940 |
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| Communist Chinese officers Chen Yi and Su Yu during the Huangqiao battle against Nationalist Chinese forces, Jiangsu Province, China, mid-1940 | German battleship Bismarck, circa Aug 1940, photo 1 of 2 | German battleship Bismarck, circa Aug 1940, photo 2 of 2 | German Colonel General Friedrich Dollmann leading an Italian delegation on a tour of the West Wall defenses, Lorraine, France, 1940 |
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| German Luftwaffe Ju 88 bomber at rest at an airfield, Belgium or France, 1940 | German soldiers and a civilian celebrating with champagne, France, Aug-Sep 1940 | HMS Rodney in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, United Kingdom, Aug 1940; note a destroyer in background; photo taken from destroyer HMS Javelin | Hugh Dowding and Douglas Bader, circa 1940 |
25,043 items in this album on 1,253 pages.
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