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British troops moving supplies and a motorcycle on the beaches of Algiers, Operation Torch, Nov 1942British sailors and British and American soldiers on the beach at Algiers, mid-Nov 1942; note 40-mm Bofors gun and three trucks in backgroundJapanese oil tanker, destroyer, and harbor facilities burning after being attacked by Allied aircraft during Operation Cockpit, Sabang, Sumatra, 19 Apr 1944
British Wildcat fighter of the No 846 Squadron Fleet Air Arm in flight over the coast of Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, 26 Jun 1944Crew of HMS Dianthus loading a Mk VII depth charge into a Mk IV depth charge thrower, 14 Aug 1942Squadron leader Zumbach of No. 303 'Kościuszko' (Polish) Squadron RAF flying in his Spitfire VB aircraft, circa 1942
Spitfire Mk XII fighters of 41 Squadron RAF flying in formation, date unknownSpitfire Mk IXb fighter of 611 Squadron RAF, circa 1942-1943German submarine U-52 surfaced, date unknown
Hs 126 at rest, date unknownAn Allied merchant ship being shelled by a German submarine, date unknownSubmarine Tribune underway, Sep 1942; photo taken from atop the conning tower

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Chiang Kaishek, 31 Jul 1937

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