File:German battleship Schleswig-Holstein in Gdansk in September 1939.jpg

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Description The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein in Danzig (Gdańsk) harbour in September 1939, after the outbreak of World War II. She had fired the conflict's first shot earlier that month. The German motor minesweeper R-20 is in the left foreground, backing out away from shore.
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Source Photograph 306-NT-1324-A-5 from the New York Times Paris Bureau collection in the U.S. National Archives from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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