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| Adolf Hitler giving a speech to the Reichstag, Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany, 1 Sep 1939. | German battleship Schleswig-Holstein bombarding Westerplatte, Danzig, 1 Sep 1939. Photo 1 of 2. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| German troops removing a gate at a border checkpoint, Zoppot-Gdingen (Sopot-Gdynia) Street in Danzig (Gdańsk), 1 Sep 1939, photo 2 of 2 | German troops removing the Polish emblem from the wall of a post office in Danzig, 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 |
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