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Former Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma with new Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe at the Prime Minister's Official Residence, Tokyo, Japan, 31 Aug 1939	Portrait of C. Alfred Anderson as seen on his United States Civil Aeronautics Authority identification card No. 7638 issued on 31 Aug 1939	Soviet map of Battle of Khalkhin Gol, 20-31 Aug 1939	A flight of three German Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers taking off, Poland, Sep 1939

Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura meeting journalists immediately following his appointment as the Foreign Minister, Tokyo, Japan, Sep 1939	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.	Foundation ceremony of the Japanese puppet nation of Mengjiang, Kalgan (now Zhangjiakou), Chahar Province, China, Sep 1939; Demchugdongrub's name in Chinese on the upper right portion, thus he might be the speaker in the photograph	Franz Halder and Walther von Brauchitsch studying a map during the Poland campaign, Sep 1939

German crew of a He 111 bomber resting on an airfield, East Prussia, Germany, Sep 1939	Lord Lothian listening to short wave radio, Sep 1939	Map showing colonial holdings in the Pacific Ocean area, Sep 1939	Members of the League of German Girls on farming duty, Sep 1939

Polish soldiers marching, Poland, circa 1939	Wellington bombers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, shortly before they were given to United Kingdom for the war effort in the west, Aug-Sep 1939	Adolf Hitler giving a speech to the Reichstag, Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany, 1 Sep 1939.	German battleship Schleswig-Holstein bombarding Westerplatte, Danzig, 1 Sep 1939. Photo 1 of 2.

German battleship Schleswig-Holstein bombarding Westerplatte, Danzig, 1 Sep 1939. Photo 2 of 2.	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 troops escorting the fighters who had surrendered at the Danzig post office, 1 Sep 1939	German troops removing a gate at a border checkpoint, Zoppot-Gdingen (Sopot-Gdynia) Street in Danzig (Gdańsk), 1 Sep 1939, photo 1 of 2