German invasion of Poland, 1 September 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By 20 September only Warsaw held out, but final surrender...
German Wehrmacht motorised column of Panzerkampfwagen II light tanks parade through Wenceslas Square following the invasion and occupation of...
Flags with swastikas in the streets of Gdansk at the German national day, Poland, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVI, No 34, August 20, 1939.
German troops parade through the state stadium in Prague, during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, on the occasion of Adolf Hitler's 50th...
Actors Bert Lahr , Jack Haley , Ray Bolger , Judy Garland and Margaret Hamilton in costume during a scene from the film 'The Wizard of Oz', 1939.
Kapitanleutnant Gunther Prien and his officers gather on the deck of the U-47, a Type VIIB U-boat submarine of the German navy while tied up...
The Nazi German Kriegsmarine warship Lutzow, an Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser being launched down the slipway at the Deutsche Schiff- und...
Mother and father looking at their baby in its gas mask, 13 September 1939. 'The first baby born in London after the declaration of war gets his gas...
German troops parade through the state stadium in Prague, during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, on the occasion of Adolf Hitler's 50th...
The royal family arriving at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, July 1939. From centre, left to right: Princess Margaret , Queen Elizabeth, King...
Margaret Hamilton, as The Wicked Witch of the West, hides behind a tree from Dorothy, played by Judy Garland , and the scarecrow as they make their...
American actor Margaret Hamilton and a winged monkey look into a crystal ball in a still from the film, 'The Wizard of Oz,' directed by Victor...
Vintage souvenir photo postcard depicting aerial view of newly constructed World's Fair grounds, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York City...
Actors Judy Garland as Dorothy and Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West in the musical film 'The Wizard of Oz', 1939.
From left to right, Clara Blandick, Judy Garland, Margaret Hamilton and Charley Grapewin star in the MGM film 'The Wizard of Oz', 1939. In this...
Ohio State, center, John Schick makes a basket during the first NCAA Photos via Getty Imagess via Getty Images Men's Basketball National Championship...
Princess Margaret, left, and Princess Elizabeth, future Queen Elizabeth II, right, at the Royal Agricultural Show in 1939. Princess Margaret,...
Police officers William Austin and Frederick J Read among a crowd of spectators watching the clock of Big Ben, London, as it strikes 11 o'clock on...
Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West gets ready to fly away as one of her flying monkey's reaches for her in a scene from the film 'The...
Derek Sealy, wicketkeeper for the West Indies attempts to stump Wally Hammond, right handed batsman and captain for England as he plays a shot during...
Letter written by Albert Einstein, with the help of Leo Szilard, to President Franklin Roosevelt on August 2 warning Roosevelt of the dangers posed...
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Marian Anderson Standing at Statue of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, April 1939.
American actress Margaret Hamilton stars as the Wicked Witch of the West in the MGM film 'The Wizard of Oz', 1939. Here she commands her flock of...
View of Cibeles fountain, still covered by anti-air raid coverings, Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid, Spain, Spanish Civil war, from L'Illustrazione...
Former Communist militants in the streets of Madrid after the entry of Francoist troops, Spain, Spanish Civil war, from L'Illustrazione Italiana,...
Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East during the Anniversary of Soviet invasion of Poland on 1939 in Warsaw, Poland on 17 September 2016
Adolf Hitler with General Walther von Reichenau at a map briefing during the Invasion of Poland, September 1939. At far right is Reichsführer-SS...
Spectators at the spring race meeting at Newbury Racecourse, Berkshire, 31st March 1939. Left to right: Edward Digby, 11th Baron Digby , Osla Benning...
King George VI addresses the people of Britain and the British Empire live over BBC news radio networks at 6pm on Sunday 3rd September 1939, the day...
Full-length portrait of Margot and Anne Frank on a beach with their grandmother in the background taken from Anne's photo album, Zandvoort.
Anne Frank defends her sand castle from the sea as the tide comes in, Zandvoort, Holland. Placed next to her handwritten caption and taken from her...
Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West on top of a roof with her broom in a scene from the film 'The Wizard Of Oz', 1939.
Derek Sealy from Barbados and the touring the West Indies cricket team plays a shot over the England fielders at mid wicket during the West Indies...
Musician Lois Kendall decorates mechanical man Elektro with leaves as part of a Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company's demonstration at the...
Volunteers peel potatoes in a makeshift kitchen in preparation of the daily meal served to refugees evacuated from London on 9th November 1939 at a...
Men spending their money in Gambling and Juke Joint, Saturday night, outside Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, U.S. Farm Security...
Spanish Republican refugees during the Retirada attempting to cross the Spanish-French border at Le Perthus, France, 8th February 1939. .
American actor John Wayne as the Ringo Kid in a publicity still for the Western film 'Stagecoach', 1939.
American singer and actress Judy Garland polishes her 1939 Packard Six during the filming of the MGM musical 'The Wizard of Oz', 1939.
Father and Infant Daughter, Homesteader, Tygart Valley Homesteads, West Virginia, USA, John Vachon for U.S. Resettlement Administration, June 1939.
Marian Anderson Singing at the Steps of Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, April 1939.
Benito Mussolini in the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations, Rome, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVI, No 44, October 29, 1939.
German soldiers fighting in the streets of Warsaw, Poland, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVI, No 39, September 24, 1939.
Littorio motorised divisions parading in Madrid to celebrate Franco's entry into the capital, Spain, Spanish Civil war, from L'Illustrazione...
Franco legion tanks in a square in Guadalajara, Spain, Spanish Civil war, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVI, No 16, April 16, 1939.
