Mid-WW2 Photos | World War II Database

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Humber armored cars of the Inns of Court Regiment, UK 9th Armoured Division on parade at Guisborough, Yorkshire, England, UK, 19 Aug 1941	USS North Carolina at anchor, New York, New York, United States, 19-20 Aug 1941	Straight down aerial view of the Pearl Harbor submarine base, 22 Aug 1941. The large C-shaped building is Fleet Headquarters where Admiral Kimmel’s office was. Note some of the fuel storage tanks are camouflage painted	View aboard USS North Carolina during trials, 22-31 Aug 1941

A Soviet soldier teaching partisan fighters how to operate a Browning Hi-Power handgun, near Smolensk, Russia, 23 Aug 1941	Carrier Shokaku at Yokosuka, Japan, 23 Aug 1941	Launching of submarine Finback, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 25 Aug 1941	Map of Operation Barbarossa, 22 Jun to 25 Aug 1941

Submarine Finback shortly after launching, off Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 25 Aug 1941	Gato-class submarine Silversides sliding down the ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1941.	The moment of christening for the Gato-class submarine Silversides and moments before her launch at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1941.	The party of dignitaries gathered Mare Island Naval Shipyard for the christening and launching of Gato-class submarine Silversides, Vallejo, California, United States, 26 Aug 1941.

USS North Carolina firing her forward guns during trials, 26-27 Aug 1941	Cruiser Mk V Covenanter III tank of British 9th Armoured Division undergoing engine maintenance in the field, Guisborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, 29 Aug 1941	German Colonel General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Finnish Major General Hjalmar Siilasvuo at their meeting in Kuusamo, Finland, 29 Aug 1941. Photo 1 of 4.	German Colonel General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Finnish Major General Hjalmar Siilasvuo at their meeting in Kuusamo, Finland, 29 Aug 1941. Photo 2 of 4.

German Colonel General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Finnish Major General Hjalmar Siilasvuo at their meeting in Kuusamo, Finland, 29 Aug 1941. Photo 3 of 4.	German Colonel General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst and Finnish Major General Hjalmar Siilasvuo at their meeting in Kuusamo, Finland, 29 Aug 1941. Photo 4 of 4.	North Carolina firing her after 16-inch guns during her shakedown cruise, 28-29 Aug 1941	Joseph Stalin upon being informed of the latest German advances near Kiev, Ukraine, late Aug 1941