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Matilda tank en route into Tobruk, Libya, 24 Jan 1941; note British soldiers displaying a captured Italian flag	Launch of submarine Grayback, Groton, Connecticut, United States, 31 Jan 1941	Map of Battle of Coral Sea, part of Captain Mineo Yamaoka's interrogation, 19 Oct 1945	Admiral Husband Kimmel at the headquarters of the US Navy Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Feb-Dec 1941

Bantam BRC 40 4x4 Light Reconnaissance Vehicle, Fort Holabird, Maryland, United States, Feb 1941	Blood chit similar to those carried by pilots of the American Volunteer Group 'Flying Tigers' (or possibly a post-war reproduction) with a 'Flying Tigers' squadron emblem beneath it.	Enlisted barracks in a “tent city” at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Oahu, Hawaii shortly after commissioning, Feb 1941.	Ford Pygmy Jeep prototype being tested at Fort Holabird, Maryland, United States, Feb 1941.

Ford Pygmy Jeep prototype being tested in the mud at Fort Holabird, Maryland, United States, Feb 1941.	Italian cruiser San Giorgio after being scuttled in the harbor at Tobruk, Libya as Australian troops entered the city, 22 Jan 1941. Note torpedo nets. Photo 1 of 2.	Italian cruiser San Giorgio after being scuttled in the harbor at Tobruk, Libya as Australian troops entered the city, 22 Jan 1941. Note torpedo nets. Photo 2 of 2.	Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Oahu, Hawaii shortly after commissioning, Feb 1941 showing the crow’s nest of the mooring mast converted into the airstrip’s control tower.

P2Y-3 aircraft of US Navy squadron VP-43 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, United States, Jan-Jul 1941	Portrait of Rear Admiral John S. “Slew” McCain, Sr., probably shortly after is appointment to flag rank, Feb 1941.	Universal Carrier Mk 1 of Australian 6th Division Cavalry in North Africa, Feb 1941; note Boys anti-tank rifle and a radio set on the Universal Carrier	US President Roosevelt in wheel chair with dog Fala and Ruthie Bie (granddaughter of the Hyde Park caretaker), Hill Top Cottage, Hyde Park, New York, United States, Feb 1941

Luigi Torelli returning to Bordeaux, France upon completion of her third war patrol, 4 Feb 1941	Cruiser Mk IV tank and Light Tank Mk VIB of 3rd County of London Yeomanry of British 1st Armoured Division on exercise at Arundel, Sussex County, England, United Kingdom, 5 Feb 1941	Belgian 2-inch mortar team in training, Wales, United Kingdom, 10 Feb 1941	Canadian troops at their Lewis machine gun position overlooking the main highway at Iceland, 10 Feb 1941