Photo documenting the mass execution of 56 Polish civilians by German occupation authorities in the Uzbornia Forest near Bochnia on 18 December 1939 during the early occupation of Poland. Read more
German troops assault Warsaw as Heinkel He 111 bombers fly overhead in September 1939, illustrating the destruction of the Polish capital during the opening campaign of World War II. Read more
German troops march through captured Warsaw in September 1939, marking the beginning of World War II in Europe and the start of occupation. Read more
Three German soldiers riding an Austro-Daimler ADMK/WARK half-track artillery tractor during the invasion of Poland in 1939. The photograph captures a quiet moment from the opening weeks of World War II. Read more
German Kriegsmarine sailors and a female naval auxiliary posing in Germany, 1939. Read more
German Wehrmacht officer posing with an Opel Olympia staff car bearing Hamburg registration plates, Germany, summer 1939. Read more
Funeral of a German officer killed during the invasion of Poland, September 1939. Read more