EVB2944232: Jewish protest against Palestine White Paper, May 18, 1939. Procession outside the Yeshurun Synagogue on King George Ave., Jerusalem. The policy paper issued by the British government proposed an independent Palestine governed by Palestinian Arabs and Jews in proportion to their numbers in the population / Bridgeman Images
EVB2944455: American Army headquarters in a fortified tunnel on Corregidor, Philippine Islands, c. March/April 1942. The tunnel was the last U.S. Headquarters after final Japanese conquest on May 6, 1942. The soldiers were with the Signal Corps, and would become POWS until the end of World War 2 in 1945, if they were lucky enough to survive Japanese camps / Bridgeman Images
EVB2944464: Battle of Midway, June 4-6, 1942. U.S. Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless dive bomber from the USS Hornet continues the attack on the burning Japanese cruiser Mikuma, June 6, 1942. The World War 2 battle stopped the Japanese Pacific expansion and sank four Japanese aircraft carriers / Bridgeman Images
EVB2944340: Cripps Mission fails, April 1941. Mahatma Gandhi with Sir Stafford Cripps, in New Delhi, India. Gandhi's Congress Party demanded immediate self-government in return for support of British in World War 2. Cripps offered less and within a few months, Gandhi and the Congress Party leadership were jailed / Bridgeman Images
EVB2944395: The wreckage of the destroyers USS Downes (left) and USS Cassin at Pearl Harbor dry dock. Both ship's hulls were damaged beyond repair in the Japanese attack of Dec. 7, 1941 New hulls were built around the ships' salvaged cores and given the wrecked ship's names and hull numbers / Bridgeman Images