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
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