WW2 Photographs in Color | World War II Database

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Postcard featuring a AT-2 aircraft of Japan Air Transport airliner, circa 1937	US Marine Corps detachment for the American Legation in Beiping, China, 1937

A representative from a Shanghai women's association donating clothing to Chinese troops, Shanghai, China, circa Aug 1937, photo 2 of 2	Japanese General Iwane Matsui marching into Nanjing, China, 17 Dec 1937, photo 2 of 3

Adolf Hitler saluting a crowd, late 1930s	Ar 196 A-5 aircraft at rest on water in a port, date unknown

Hitler Youth recruitment poster, date unknown	Horthy and Hitler observing Kriegsmarine U-Boats, 1938

Ju 87 resting at an airfield, date unknown	Trans Canada Airlines 14H2 passenger aircraft, circa 1938

The Great Berlin Synagogue burning during Kristallnacht, 10 Nov 1938	Battleship USS Nevada at anchor at Lahaina Roads, Territory of Hawaii, pre-war. Note SOC Seagull scout aircraft on Nevada’s catapults.

Douglas TBD Devastator of Torpedo Squadron VT-5 at North Island, San Diego, California, United States, circa 1939.	Large German flag painted on the roof of the German embassy in Chongqing, China to alert against Japanese bombers, circa 1939

Warming up a He 111 bomber's engine, date unknown	Whirlwind in flight, date unknown

Submarine USS Swordfish shortly after launching at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Apr 1939	United States submarine Swordfish on the ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on the day of her launching, 1 Apr 1939

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.