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| A group of British soldiers in a trench with fixed bayonets, Crete, Greece, late May 1941 | Palls of smoke rising above the countryside, Crete, Greece, late May 1941 | A smoke cloud hanging over HMS Hood immediately after an explosion, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941 | Battleship Bismarck withdrawing from the Battle of Denmark Strait after sinking HMS Hood, 24 May 1941 |
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| Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 1 of 5; photographed from Prinz Eugen | Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 2 of 5; photographed from Prinz Eugen | Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 3 of 5; photographed from Prinz Eugen | Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 4 of 5; photographed from Prinz Eugen |
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| Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 4 of 8; photographed from Prinz Eugen, note shells from Prince of Wales splashing short and Bismarck listing b | Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 5 of 5; photographed from Prinz Eugen | Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 6 of 8 | Bismarck firing on Hood and Prince of Wales, Battle of Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941, photo 7 of 8 |
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| Hood exploding at Denmark Strait, seen from Prinz Eugen, 24 May 1941 | Painting by Claus Bergen depicting the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and battleship Bismarck firing on British warships Hood and Prince of Wales | Painting by J. C. Schmitz-Westerholt depicting Hood's loss on 24 May 1941; Prince of Wales is in the foreground | Shells from Hood fell near cruiser Prinz Eugen, 24 May 1941 |
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| Smoke from Prince of Wales and Hood, seen from Prinz Eugen, 24 May 1941, photo 1 of 2 | Smoke from Prince of Wales and Hood, seen from Prinz Eugen, 24 May 1941, photo 2 of 2 | Aerial photograph of Wake taken from a PBY Catalina on 25 May 1941, looking west along the northern side, with Peale Island in the center and Wilkes Island in the left distance | Two A6M2 Type 0 Model 11 Zero fighters in flight from Yichang, Hubei Province to attack Nanzheng, Shaanxi Province in China, 26 May 1941; the aircraft in the foreground was flown by Kunimori Nakakariya |
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