28,746 items in this album on 1,438 pages.
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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 |
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Soon-to-be Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe having dinner with his wife Mitsuko and others, Japan, 28 Aug 1939 | Danzig street, 29 Aug 1939. |
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Polish destroyers Grom and Burza during Operation Peking, viewed from destroyer Błyskawica, circa 29 Aug-1 Sep 1939 | Soon-to-be Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe having just announced his selection of cabinet ministers, Tokyo, Japan, 29 Aug 1939 |
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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 | A flight of three German Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers taking off, Poland, Sep 1939 |
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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. |
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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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German crew of a He 111 bomber resting on an airfield, East Prussia, Germany, Sep 1939 | Lord Lothian listening to short wave radio, Sep 1939 |
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Members of the League of German Girls on farming duty, Sep 1939 | Polish soldiers marching, Poland, circa 1939 |
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Wellington bombers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, shortly before they were given to United Kingdom for the war effort in the west, Aug-Sep 1939 | Adolf Hitler giving a speech to the Reichstag, Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany, 1 Sep 1939. |
28,746 items in this album on 1,438 pages.