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NH 101564 Scharnhorst

Photo #: NH 101564 Scharnhorst
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Title: Scharnhorst
Description: (German Battleship, 1939) A crewman poses on the battleship's deck under ice-coated 11-inch gun barrels during the winter of 1939-40, probably in January 1940 in the Baltic Sea. The original caption translates Menacing Cold. Copied from the contemporary German photo album Meine Kriegserinnerungen auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst, page 6. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 101564
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