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| German Heinkel He 111 aircraft bombing Warsaw, Poland, Sep 1939 | German troops engaging in street fighting in a Polish town, Sep 1939 |
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| German troops forcing entry into a building, Western Poland, mid-Sep 1939 | Panzer I (foreground) and Panzer II (background) tanks of SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division crossing the Bzura River in Poland, Sep 1939 |
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| Polish family huddling before the Grand Theatre, Warsaw, Poland, Sep 1939 |
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