Soviet border guards inspect captured Finnish arms
Soviet border guards inspect captured Finnish small arms. The Finnish machine gun Maxim M/32-33 (or M/21) and the Finnish Mosin rifle of the 1939 model are visible. Location: Finland Date:…
Official visit of German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop to Poland
Official visit of German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop to Poland. Joachim von Ribbentrop is accompanied by Polish Foreign Minister Jozef Beck at the railway station in Warsaw. Location: Warsaw,…
The Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber flies over the aircraft carrier Ark Royal
The torpedo bomber “Swordfish I” from the 820th squadron Of the Royal Navy flies over the aircraft carrier “Ark Royal”. 1939. The torpedo bomber “Fairey Swordfish” from the air group…
The Nazi officer talks with an elderly Jew in the ghetto of the town of Kutno
Color photo of the Second World War: Nazi officer talks with an elderly Jew in the ghetto of the town of Kutno. Jews had to wear a yellow star on…
The commander of the 29th light tank brigade S. Krivoshein, his deputy S. Maltsev and the German officers
German officers of the Nazi Wehrmacht in the location of the Soviet military unit of the Red Army Force. In the center, the commander of the 29th light tank brigade,…
Winston Churchill aboard the Exeter cruiser
Speech by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874-1965) on board the heavy cruiser Exeter after returning to Britain (Plymouth) after the Battle of La Plata against the German “pocket” battleship…
Soviet BT-7 tanks on the streets of Lviv In the autumn of 1939
Red Army Armored Force BT-7 light tanks from the Soviet 24th Tank Brigade enter the city of Lviv, Western Ukraine. Location: Lviv, Poland Date: September 18, 1939
A line of Japanese soldiers with captured machine guns
A line of Japanese soldiers marching with captured light machine guns. On the shoulders of Japanese soldiers machine guns captured during the fighting against the Chinese army: the Czech ZB…
Odilo Globocnik collects donations for the Nazi Party in Vienna
The Third Reich Gauleiter Odilo Globocnik collects donations for the Nazi Party in Vienna city, Austria. At this time, Odilo Globocnik was Gauleiter of Vienna, but on January 30, 1939,…
Solemn descent of the German battleship Tirpitz to the water
Solemn descent of the “Tirpitz” battleship of the Nazi Kriegsmarine to the water on April 1, 1939. “Tirpitz” is the second battleship of the “Bismarck” type, which was part of…