THE GERMAN-SOVIET INVASION OF POLAND, 1939

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Hitler touring the Polish Front, September 1939: Hitler standing in the front passenger seat of his car as it enters a Polish village, giving the Nazi salute to men of a horse-drawn artillery or supply unit.

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It is almost impossible to precisely date a majority of the photographs depicting Hitler's tours of the Polish Front. He used a train as HQ, making a number of car journeys to various parts of the front. His first trip was on 4 September, with others following on 5, 10, 13, 15, 18 and 19 September. He returned to Berlin on 26 September, returning to Poland by air for the victory parade in Warsaw on 5 October 1939.

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Category: Photographs
Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: Below, Nicolaus von
Production date: 1939-09
Catalogue number: HU 75369
Part of: VON BELOW NICOLAUS COLLECTION

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