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Polish destroyers Grom and Burza during Operation Peking, viewed from destroyer Błyskawica, circa 29 Aug-1 Sep 1939	Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe with his cabinet ministers at the Prime Minister's Official Residence, Tokyo, Japan, 30 Aug 1939

Admiral Yamamoto at Tokyo Station, Tokyo, Japan en route to take command of the Combined Fleet, 31 Aug 1939	Former Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma with new Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe at the Prime Minister's Official Residence, Tokyo, Japan, 31 Aug 1939

Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura meeting journalists immediately following his appointment as the Foreign Minister, Tokyo, Japan, Sep 1939	Destroyer USS Ward off Mare Island, California, Sep 1939. Two years later, this ship would go on to fire the United States’ first shot of the Pacific War.

Foundation ceremony of the Japanese puppet nation of Mengjiang, Kalgan (now Zhangjiakou), Chahar Province, China, Sep 1939; Demchugdongrub's name in Chinese on the upper right portion, thus he might be the speaker in the photograph	German battleship Schleswig-Holstein bombarding Westerplatte, Danzig, 1 Sep 1939. Photo 1 of 2.

German battleship Schleswig-Holstein bombarding Westerplatte, Danzig, 1 Sep 1939. Photo 2 of 2.	German troops at the Egiertowo crossroads on the road to Danzig during the initial invasion of Poland, 1 Sep 1939. Note the heavy German reliance on horse-drawn transports.

German troops escorting the fighters who had surrendered at the Danzig post office, 1 Sep 1939	German troops removing a gate at a border checkpoint, Zoppot-Gdingen (Sopot-Gdynia) Street in Danzig (Gdańsk), 1 Sep 1939, photo 1 of 2

German troops removing a gate at a border checkpoint, Zoppot-Gdingen (Sopot-Gdynia) Street in Danzig (Gdańsk), 1 Sep 1939, photo 2 of 2	Rudolf Heß and Adolf Hitler at the Reichstag meeting at the Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany, 1 Sep 1939

Sailors inspecting damage aboard Schleswig-Holstein caused by Polish coastal batteries of Hel Penninsula, Sep 1939	Civilians celebrating the British declaration of war on Germany, Warsaw, Poland, 3 Sep 1939; translation of the banner 'Long Live England'

A lone horse wondering a recent battlefield, Poland, Sep 1939	Aerial view of a Polish city through the gunner's station aboard a German He 111 bomber, Sep 1939

American photographer Julien Bryan (left, with fedora), through his interpreter (center, speaking), being questioned by Polish policeman Frank Kotlewski (right), Warsaw, Poland, 9 Sep 1939; the windshield was said to have been damaged by flying debris during a German air attack	German aerial bombs detonating around a road in Poland, Sep 1939