Black and White Photographs Colorized by WW2DB

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Rear Admiral Chester Nimitz being sworn in as US Navy Chief of the Bureau of Navigation by Rear Admiral Walter Woodson at the Navy Department, Washington DC, United States, Jun 1939	USS Augusta at Shanghai, China, late May or early Jun 1939; note Japanese armored cruiser Izumo in far background

Mugford underway, 30 Jun 1939	As eary as Jul 1939, British firefighters prepared for war near London

Hammann as completed, mid-1939	SOC-1 Seagull in flight, 2 Jul 1939

Sims off the Kennebec River, Maine, United States during her trials, 6 July 1939, photo 1 of 3; note flag of shipbuilder Bath Iron Works	Sims off the Kennebec River, Maine, United States during her trials, 6 July 1939, photo 2 of 3

Sims off the Kennebec River, Maine, United States during her trials, 6 July 1939, photo 3 of 3	USS Honolulu in Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, 14 Jul 1939. The Aloha Tower and an outrigger canoe can be seen at right.

XF4F-3 prototype Wildcat in flight, 21 Jul 1939	Adm Thomas Hart relieved Harry Yarnell aboard Augusta, off Shanghai, China, 25 Jul 1939

Admiral Graf Spee in the English Channel, Aug 1939, photo 1 of 2	Admiral Graf Spee in the English Channel, Aug 1939, photo 2 of 2

Molotov signing the German-Soviet non-aggression pact, Moscow, Russia, 23 Aug 1939; Shaposhnikov, Ribbentrop, and Stalin in back row	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.

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.	German soldiers carrying MG34 machine guns, Poland, Sep 1939

Aerial view of a Polish city through the gunner's station aboard a German He 111 bomber, Sep 1939	German aerial bombs detonating around a road in Poland, Sep 1939