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NH 101562 Scharnhorst

Photo #: NH 101562 Scharnhorst
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Title: Scharnhorst
Description: (German Battleship, 1939) Two of the ship's crewmen on the ice in Kiel harbor, Germany, during the winter of 1939-40, probably in late January 1940. The ice was particularly heavy in the western Baltic that winter. The original photo caption translates: By foot to land. Copied from the contemporary German photo album Meine Kriegserinnerungen auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst, page 6. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 101562
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