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| SOC-1 Seagull in flight, 2 Jul 1939 | Carrier Hiryu shortly after commissioning at Yokosuka, Japan, 5 Jul 1939 | Sims off the Kennebec River, Maine, United States during her trials, 6 July 1939, photo 1 of 3; note flag of shipbuilder Bath Iron Works | Sims off the Kennebec River, Maine, United States during her trials, 6 July 1939, photo 2 of 3 |
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| Sims off the Kennebec River, Maine, United States during her trials, 6 July 1939, photo 3 of 3 | Brass commissioning plate of the USS Spearfish. | Cruiser USS Honolulu on her first Pacific deployment, 14 Jul 1939, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. | Japanese heavy cruiser Takao on a trial run off Tateyama, Chiba, Japan, 14 Jul 1939 |
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| USS Honolulu in Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, 14 Jul 1939. The Aloha Tower and an outrigger canoe can be seen at right. | XF4F-3 prototype Wildcat in flight, 21 Jul 1939 | Adm Thomas Hart relieved Harry Yarnell aboard Augusta, off Shanghai, China, 25 Jul 1939 | Battleship H under construction at the Blohm und Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, 28 Jul 1939 |
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| Admiral Graf Spee in the English Channel, Aug 1939, photo 1 of 2 | Admiral Graf Spee in the English Channel, Aug 1939, photo 2 of 2 | Captured Japanese soldiers during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia Area, China, Aug 1939 | Captured Japanese Type 95 Ha-Go tanks being inspected by Soviet troops, Mongolia Area, China, 1938 |
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| Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim and Lennart Oesch during a field exercise in Finnish Karelia, Finland, Aug 1939 | Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita, Army Minister Seishiro Itagaki, Finance Minister Ishiwata Sotaro, Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonai, and Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma each making their entrances at an emergency meeting during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol / Nomonhan Incident, Tokyo, Japan, mid-1939 | Georgy Zhukov and Khorloogiin Choibalsan during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia Area, China, 1939, photo 1 of 2 | Georgy Zhukov and Khorloogiin Choibalsan during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia Area, China, 1939, photo 2 of 2 |
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