June 1941

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A German motorised column advancing along a Russian road during the early stages of Barbarossa.

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Some of the U-boat men felt that fraternisation with the French was not good for security.

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A daylight raid on Comines power station in north east France by Blenheim bombers on 28th June scored a direct hit on but killed six workers.

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Crowd views the aftermath of a massacre at Lietukis Garage, where pro-German Lithuanian nationalists killed more than 50 Jewish men. The victims were beaten, hosed, and then murdered with iron bars. Kovno, Lithuania, June 27, 1941.

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The last image in the sequence shows the Soviet officials as prisoners under armed guard.

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The above ground blast from parachute mines caused extensive damage, as here in Southampton.

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A British 25-pounder in action on the perimeter of Tobruk.

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The Soviet KV1 heavy tank was more than a match for any German tank in 1941.

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A Soviet BT7 tank - a 'cavalry' or fast tank - burns as the Germans approach. Soviet resistance was often determined but was very badly co-ordinated at a strategic level.

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Heinz Guderian during the invasion of France, May 1940, in a command vehicle equipped with the 'Enigma' encryption machines.

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German artillery on exercises in eastern Austria, then part of 'Greater Germany', summer 1941.

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British armoured cars advancing into Syria, June 1941.

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Admiral Doenitz, commander of the U-Boat fleet watches the U-94 return from patrol at the French port of St Nazaire, June 1941. He was about to award the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross to her commander Kapitänleutnant Herbert Kuppisch.

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Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber in flight

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The moment before a Blenheim bomber from No 21. Squadron crashes into the sea, having clipped its wing on the mast of the ship it was attacking.

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The German 88mm anti-aircraft gun became notorious when used as an anti tank gun. In prepared positions when it was well dug in it was very difficult to hit.

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A drawing made by Hilda Ord, who was 17 when she was deported with her family. Her father an engineer died that winter. She and her mother were not allowed to leave the 'settlement' until 1956.

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Flight Sergeant Ray Loveitt, second from left, flew the only aircraft to locate the Lutzow and torpedo her. This subsequent publicity shot shows his crew - from left Flight Sergeants C.T. Downing, A.H. Morris and P. Wallace-Pannell.

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People were utterly destitute and dying on the streets of Warsaw.

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A Bren gun carrier passes through Roman ruins during the advance through Syria.

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