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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | Franz Halder and Walther von Brauchitsch studying a map during the Poland campaign, Sep 1939 |
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| Lord Lothian listening to short wave radio, Sep 1939 | Adolf Hitler giving a speech to the Reichstag, Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany, 1 Sep 1939. |
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| Rudolf Heß and Adolf Hitler at the Reichstag meeting at the Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany, 1 Sep 1939 | Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies announcing the start of the European War, Sep 1939 |
 | ![King George VI of the United Kingdom delivering his radio address announcing Britain’s entry into the war with Germany, Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK, Sept 3, 1939 [staged press photo].](/images/imagemagick/tmb_547e8b4291049.jpg) |
| German Panzer I, Panzer II, and SdKfz. 251 vehicles in Poland, circa 3 Sep 1939; the officer in the SdKfz. 251 halftrack vehicle might be Heinz Guderian | King George VI of the United Kingdom delivering his radio address announcing Britain’s entry into the war with Germany, Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK, Sept 3, 1939 [staged press photo]. |
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| Typed script of the radio address King George VI of the United Kingdom delivered announcing Britain’s entry into the war with Germany, Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK, Sept 3, 1939. Page 1 of 2. | Typed script of the radio address King George VI of the United Kingdom delivered announcing Britain’s entry into the war with Germany, Buckingham Palace, London, England, UK, Sept 3, 1939. Page 2 of 2. |
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| 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 | Maximilian von Weichs inspecting troops during a victory parade, Łódź, Poland, 9 Sep 1939 |
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| Wilhelm Keitel in a staff car, Lodz, Poland, Sep 1939 | German officers Keitel, Reichenau, Daluege, and Bodenschatz in Poland, 13 Sep 1939 |
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| Photographer Julien Bryan comforting ten-year-old Polish girl Kazimiera Mika whose sister had just been killed by strafing German aircraft, near Jana Ostroroga Street, Warsaw, Poland, 13 Sep 1939 | Julien Bryan filming in Warsaw, Poland, Sep 1939 |
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