IMAGO International History, Archive, Second World War, WWII, German invasion of Poland 1939

Apr 23, 2025

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RECORD DATE NOT STATED Four Male German Army Soldiers Lying Low on a Slope Below a Fence While Columns of Smoke Rise from a Line of Trees in the Distance Behind Several Houses, 1939. From Time To Remember - The Reluctant Warriors, 1939 ( Reel 3); documentary about events of 1939 - preparations for war and then hostilities break out. Copyright:xBritishxPathexLtd HeritagexImagesxBritishxPathexLtdx IMAGO, ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:BritishxPathexLtd HeritagexImagesxBritishxPathexLtdx IMAGO
Orig caption First war pictures from German Polish front These are the first war pictures received in London from the German Polish front Photo shows Polish cavalry taking part in the occupation of the Polish Sea at Pomorze just before the outbreak of hostilities Ceremo Copyright: xXxXxXx POLISH CAVALRY
Orig caption Pictures from the Polish front by staff photographer Photo shows Polish troops putting in some last minute practice with their gas masks as they wait to go into action Note Shoe soles Military CD468 sites POLAND sp sw x5600x Copyright: xx POLISH SOLDIERS
INVASION OF POLAND, 1939. People in Washington, D.C., reading newspapers on 1 September 1939, the day of the German invasion of Poland. Photograph, 1939. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637544
WWII: POLISH OCCUPATION. German troops marching into Warsaw, September 25 1939, following its surrender. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0066122
WWII: GERMAN TROOPS, 1939. German troops marching in Jaroslaw, Poland near the River San, September 1939. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017930
WORLD WAR II: POLAND, 1939. A Nazi parade through Warsaw, Poland, after the city had fallen to German forces. Photographed October 1939. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0000091
German occupation of Sochacz, Poland, 1939 (b w photo) XJL211208 German occupation of Sochacz, Poland, 1939 (b w photo); Private Collection. Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 211208
The Nazi-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 Enthusiastic demonstrators marching through the streets of Warsaw when the British declaration of war against Germany was made known. The writing on the banner reads Long Live England . Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsminpressage26042022-573 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
The Nazi-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 Women and children were among the victims when German aircraft bombed working class districts of Warsaw. Photo shows: A woman being helped away after an air raid on a Warsaw suburb. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsminpressage26042022-572 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
The German-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 Lithuanian motorised troops advancing towards the Polish city of Wilno (Vilnius) after it was handed over to Lithuania by occupying Soviet forces. Wilno was a subject of a serious conflict between Poland and Lithuania before the war. Lithuania was subsequently annexed by Soviet Union just 8 months later, in June 1940. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsminpressage26042022-523 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
IMAGO History, Zweiter Weltkrieg: 1939 - 1945 The German-soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939 Death and destruction by the roadside at Kock, where the last battle of the Polish campaign between Polish Independent Operational Group Polesie commanded by General Franciszek Kleeberg and German XIV Motorised Corps led by General Gustav von Wietersheim, took place. Between 29 and 30 September this particular Polish unit was also engaged in victorious battles against Red Army at villages of Milanow and Jab?o?. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsminpressage26042022-521 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
IMAGO History, Zweiter Weltkrieg: 1939 - 1945 Goose-stepping German troops in a Victory parade through Warsaw, Poland. Sept. 1939. World War 2. (BSLOC_2014_10_285) For usage credit please use; PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL037 EC982
Polish civilian men taken as prisoners of war by German invaders. First month of World War 2, Sept. 1939. (BSLOC_2013_11_33) Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL036 EC383
Second World War German troops breaking through the barriers in Sopot Polish border, September 1, 1939 War photograph 39 45 Credit Collection NBL KHARBINE TAPABOR KH151387
Second World War A German reconnaissance detachment seeks to reach a burning village in the background Photograph taken from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134847
Second World War German riders cross a river for their horses, to refresh them Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134842
Second World War Do not shoot, gentlemen, two Polish soldiers go to German soldiers Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134841
Second World War German soldiers passing through a burning Polish village Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134840
Second World War Expulsions Three members of the Judas tribe Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134839
Second World War German column motorized motorcycles, trucks Photograph taken from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134837
Second World War Gathering before the assault Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134833
Second World War Column of German soldiers on a Polish road Photograph taken from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134831
Second World War Short halt German soldiers exhausted by a too fast advance Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134830
Second World War Crowd of Polish refugees and prisoners on temporary bridges in Przemysl Photograph taken from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134829
Second World War Reconstruction by German soldiers of a bridge destroyed by the Poles Photograph taken from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134826
Second World War Sitting in a field, German soldiers listen to a speech by Hitler transmitted by radio Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134825
Second World War The enemy is cared for and nourished Photograph taken from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134824
World War II Common grave of Polish soldiers Photograph taken from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134823
World War 1939 1945 Germany invades Poland at the entrance of German troops in Warsaw on 04 10 1939 at the beginning of World War II Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH17804
World War 1939 1945 HITLER, having invaded Poland, enters victorious in Danzig on 19 09 1939 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH11413
Photograph of Polish troops resting after a gas drill whilst they wait to go into action. Dated 1939 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_057_0558
German soldiers stand guard as Polish prisoners of war are forced to mine rock. Taken in Warsaw, shortly after the invasion of Poland in 1939. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_072_0390
German world War Two postcard showing the German army in Poland in the autumn of 1939 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_042_0097
World War 2: German advance into Poland, September 1939. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0390003659
IMAGO History, Zweiter Weltkrieg: 1939 - 1945 Dead horses and destruction along a Polish highway after German forces advance into Poland, during the Blitzkrieg. Dated 1939 WorldxHistoryxArchive
World War II, the German armed forces advance into Polish land along a dusty highway. Dated 1939 WorldxHistoryxArchive
WW2: Germans go forward into Poland at the start of the second world war. 1939, Österreich UnitedArchives00922471
WW2: Hitler and other high German officers watch the long lines of Nazi soldiers marching through the mud of Poland after Germany attacked Poland in the morning hours of 1st September 1939. Two days later England and France, to fulfill their pledge of assistance to Poland, declared war against the Nazi state and the European conflict was under way. UnitedArchives00921751
IMAGO History, Zweiter Weltkrieg: 1939 - 1945 WW2: Germans go forward into Poland at the start of the second world war. 1939 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0782741

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Orig caption Pictures from the Polish front by staff photographer Photo shows Polish troops putting in some last minute practice with their gas masks as they wait to go into action Note Shoe soles Military CD468 sites POLAND sp sw x5600x Copyright: xx POLISH SOLDIERS

INVASION OF POLAND, 1939. People in Washington, D.C., reading newspapers on 1 September 1939, the day of the German invasion of Poland. Photograph, 1939. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0637544

WWII: POLISH OCCUPATION. German troops marching into Warsaw, September 25 1939, following its surrender. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0066122

WWII: GERMAN TROOPS, 1939. German troops marching in Jaroslaw, Poland near the River San, September 1939. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0017930

WORLD WAR II: POLAND, 1939. A Nazi parade through Warsaw, Poland, after the city had fallen to German forces. Photographed October 1939. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0000091

German occupation of Sochacz, Poland, 1939 (b w photo) XJL211208 German occupation of Sochacz, Poland, 1939 (b w photo); Private Collection. Copyright: xBridgemanxImagesx 211208

Polish civilian men taken as prisoners of war by German invaders. First month of World War 2, Sept. 1939. (BSLOC_2013_11_33) Courtesy Everett Collection PUBLICATIONXNOTxINxCANxCHNxFRAxITAxJPNxNORxPOLxRUSxESPxUKxUSA Copyright: xCourtesyxEverettxCollectionx HISL036 EC383

Second World War German troops breaking through the barriers in Sopot Polish border, September 1, 1939 War photograph 39 45 Credit Collection NBL KHARBINE TAPABOR KH151387

Second World War German riders cross a river for their horses, to refresh them Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134842

Second World War Do not shoot, gentlemen, two Polish soldiers go to German soldiers Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134841

Second World War German soldiers passing through a burning Polish village Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134840

Second World War Expulsions Three members of the Judas tribe Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134839

Second World War German column motorized motorcycles, trucks Photograph taken from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134837

Second World War Gathering before the assault Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134833

Second World War Column of German soldiers on a Polish road Photograph taken from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134831

Second World War Short halt German soldiers exhausted by a too fast advance Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134830

Second World War Crowd of Polish refugees and prisoners on temporary bridges in Przemysl Photograph taken from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134829

Second World War Reconstruction by German soldiers of a bridge destroyed by the Poles Photograph taken from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134826

Second World War Sitting in a field, German soldiers listen to a speech by Hitler transmitted by radio Photograph from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134825

Second World War The enemy is cared for and nourished Photograph taken from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134824

World War II Common grave of Polish soldiers Photograph taken from the book WIR ZOGEN GEGEN POLEN We invaded Poland War Diary of the 7th German Army Corps Central Editions of the Nazi Party, Munich, 1940 Credit Jean Vigne KHARBINE TAPABOR KH134823

World War 1939 1945 Germany invades Poland at the entrance of German troops in Warsaw on 04 10 1939 at the beginning of World War II Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH17804

World War 1939 1945 HITLER, having invaded Poland, enters victorious in Danzig on 19 09 1939 Credit Collection Kharbine Tapabor KH11413

Photograph of Polish troops resting after a gas drill whilst they wait to go into action. Dated 1939 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_057_0558

German soldiers stand guard as Polish prisoners of war are forced to mine rock. Taken in Warsaw, shortly after the invasion of Poland in 1939. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_072_0390

German world War Two postcard showing the German army in Poland in the autumn of 1939 WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchivesWHA_042_0097

World War 2: German advance into Poland, September 1939. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0390003659

IMAGO History, Zweiter Weltkrieg: 1939 - 1945 Dead horses and destruction along a Polish highway after German forces advance into Poland, during the Blitzkrieg. Dated 1939 WorldxHistoryxArchive

World War II, the German armed forces advance into Polish land along a dusty highway. Dated 1939 WorldxHistoryxArchive

WW2: Germans go forward into Poland at the start of the second world war. 1939, Österreich UnitedArchives00922471

IMAGO History, Zweiter Weltkrieg: 1939 - 1945 WW2: Germans go forward into Poland at the start of the second world war. 1939 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0782741