Early WW2 Photos | World War II Database

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Portrait of Hans Lammers, 1 Dec 1937, photo 1 of 2	Portrait of Hans Lammers, 1 Dec 1937, photo 2 of 2	Two Japanese soldiers carrying an unidentified item labeled 'Japanese Army Kurabayashi Detachment', China, 2 Dec 1937	Japanese troops entering Danyang, Jiangsu Province, China, 3 Dec 1937; Danyang was about 50 kilometers or 30 miles east of the Chinese capital of Nanjing

Japanese pilot Kashimura's A5M fighter shortly after being hit by anti-aircraft fire and losing the tip of the port wing, over Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, 9 Dec 1937, photo 1 of 2	Japanese pilot Kashimura's A5M fighter shortly after being hit by anti-aircraft fire and losing the tip of the port wing, over Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, 9 Dec 1937, photo 2 of 2	Japanese troops with a captured German-built Chinese Army Panzer I tank, possibly near Nanjing, China, 9 Dec 1937	Japanese artillery bombarding the Nanjing city wall, China, circa 12 Dec 1937

Japanese soldier holding the severed head of a Chinese civilian, Nanjing, China, Dec 1937-Jan 1938	Japanese troops attacking the Zhonghua Gate of the Nanjing city wall with a field gun, China, 12 Dec 1937	Japanese Type 94 tankettes at the moment that the Zhonghua Gate of the Nanjing city wall was breached, Nanjing, China, 12 Dec 1937 at 1210 hours	Type 94 Te-Ke tankettes and infantry attacking a gate of the Nanjing city wall, China, circa 12 Dec 1937

Bodies of killed Chinese civilians on a street in Nanjing, China, Dec 1937; note Japnese military censor's disallow stamp	Captured and partially-disabled Chinese Panzer I Ausf A tanks at the port of Nanjing, China, circa 13 Dec 1937	Chinese civilian bounded up at a train marshaling yard, Tianjin, China, Jul-Aug 1937; note Japanese censor's marks disallowing this photograph	Japanese soldiers crossing a canal or moat near the Nanjing city wall, China, Dec 1937

Japanese soldiers crossing the Qinhuai River near the Nanjing city wall, China, 13 Dec 1937	Japanese troops celebrating the capture of Nanjing, China, 13 Dec 1937	Head of a Chinese man who was decapitated by Japanese placed on a barricade near Nanjing, China, 14 Dec 1937	Japanese troops ordering Chinese civilians out of an air raid shelter, Nanjing, China, 14 Dec 1937