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EU: De kust bij Trincomalee (Ceylon), begin jaren 40 (1942)
1942 Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Dated to the early 1940s, this photograph again shows the coast near Trincomalee on Ceylon's northeastern shore, a natural harbor that became a key Allied naval base during the Second World War and remained an important port well after.
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