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EU: De kust bij Trincomalee begin jaren 40 (1942)
1942 Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
The coastline at Trincomalee, a natural harbor on Ceylon's northeast coast, photographed in the early 1940s during the Second World War, when the port's deep, sheltered bay made it valuable to Allied naval forces in the Indian Ocean.
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Trincomalee Watchtower through time — all 20 photos taken here (1940–2023) →
