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Crown Prince Paul of Greece with the first Olympic marathon winner Spiridon Louis at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany during the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, 30 Jul 1936	A rally at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games at the Lustgarten, Berlin, Germany, Aug 1936; note the Old Museum in background and Nazi tapestries on each side	Chiang Kaishek at Baoguo Temple on Emei Mountain in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China on the occasion of a graduating class of officer candidates training on site, Aug 1935	German runner with the Olympic flame at the Lustgarten, Berlin, Germany, Aug 1936

German SS men resting on the south lawn of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, Aug 1936	Maurice Gamelin and Edward Rydz-Smigly, Warsaw, Poland, Aug 1936	The 1936 Olympic Bell, Berlin, Germany, Aug 1936, photo 1 of 2	The 1936 Olympic Bell, Berlin, Germany, Aug 1936, photo 2 of 2

Uniformed German guards marching down Unter den Linden during the Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, Aug 1936; note Brandenburg Gate in background	USS Oklahoma crewmen Lloyd Payne (left), Chief Petty Officer Fuchs (center), and Slajus (right) with refugee children, Bilbao, Spain, Aug 1936	Chancellor Hitler, General Witzleben of German III Corps, and SS-Obergruppenführer Dietrich leaving the 300m freestyle swimming event of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, Berlin, Germany, 5 Aug 1936	Valery Chkalov, Joseph Stalin, Aleksandr Belyakov, Kliment Voroshilov, and Lazar Kaganovich, 10 Aug 1936

German Colonel Manhnke shaking hands with Hanna Reitsch, the only female competitor at the glider competition in the Rhön mountains region of Germany, 27 Aug 1936	German military parade, Nürnberg, Germany, Sep 1936	German SdKfz. 13 and SdKfz. 232 armored vehicles during military exercises, fall 1936; note German soldier wearing gas mask	SdKfz. 231 and SdKfz. 232 armored vehicles of German IX Corps on parade, Sep 1936

USS Perch off Groton, Connecticut, United States about the time of her completion, circa fall 1936, photo 1 of 2	USS Perch off Groton, Connecticut, United States about the time of her completion, circa fall 1936, photo 2 of 2	Renault UE vehicle during an exercise, southeastern France, circa 4 Sep 1936	Nazi Party rally at Zeppelinfeld, Nuremberg, Germany, 8 Sep 1936; the structure was designed by Albert Speer