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German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop signing non-aggression treaties with his Latvian and Estonian counterparts Vilhelms Munters and Karl Selter, Berlin, Germany, 7 Jun 1939	President Franklin Roosevelt (striped tie) with Eleanor Roosevelt (far left) and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (between the Roosevelts) aboard the yacht Potomac, Washington, DC, 9 Jun 1939

First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, King George VI, Mrs. Sara Roosevelt, Queen Elizabeth, and President Franklin Roosevelt during the King’s visit to the Roosevelt home in Hyde Park, New York, United States, Jun 10, 1939.	King George VI of the United Kingdom and President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States during the King’s visit to the Roosevelt home in Hyde Park, New York, United States, Jun 10, 1939, the day before the famous hot dog picnic.

Portrait of Alexander Löhr, mid 1939	Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim and Lennart Oesch during a field exercise in Finnish Karelia, Finland, Aug 1939

Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita, Army Minister Seishiro Itagaki, Finance Minister Ishiwata Sotaro, Navy Minister Mitsumasa Yonai, and Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma each making their entrances at an emergency meeting during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol / Nomonhan Incident, Tokyo, Japan, mid-1939	Georgy Zhukov and Khorloogiin Choibalsan during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia Area, China, 1939, photo 1 of 2

Georgy Zhukov and Khorloogiin Choibalsan during the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, Mongolia Area, China, 1939, photo 2 of 2	Grigori Shtern, Choibalsan, and Georgy Zhukov in Mongolia Area of China, 1939

Letter to president Roosevelt drafted by physicist Leó Szilárd with assistance from Edward Teller and Eugene Wigner and then signed by Albert Einstein urging the development of nuclear energy, 2 Aug 1939, page 1 of 2	Letter to president Roosevelt drafted by physicist Leó Szilárd with assistance from Edward Teller and Eugene Wigner and then signed by Albert Einstein urging the development of nuclear energy, 2 Aug 1939, page 2 of 2

Gauleiter Erich Koch, Govt Secretary Landfried, Govt Secretary Pfundtner, and Danzig Senate President Arthur Greiser inspecting a model of Königsberg while visting that German city, 20 Aug 1939	Molotov signing the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, Moscow, Russia, 23 Aug 1939; Shaposhnikov, Ribbentrop, and Stalin in back row

Ribbentrop signing the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, Moscow, Russia, 23 Aug 1939, photo 1 of 3; Shaposhnikov, Molotov, and Stalin in back row	Ribbentrop signing the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, Moscow, Russia, 23 Aug 1939, photo 2 of 3; Molotov and Stalin in back row

Ribbentrop signing the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, Moscow, Russia, 23 Aug 1939, photo 3 of 3; Boris Shaposhnikov and Joseph Stalin in back row	Stalin and Ribbentrop shaking hands after the signing of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, Moscow, Russia, 23 Aug 1939

Soon-to-be Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe having dinner with his wife Mitsuko and others, Japan, 28 Aug 1939	Soon-to-be Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe having just announced his selection of cabinet ministers, Tokyo, Japan, 29 Aug 1939