THE GERMAN-SOVIET INVASION OF POLAND, 1939

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Hitler touring the Polish Front, 10 September 1939: Hitler studying a map with a group of senior Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe officers during his visit to the German 10th Army. Left to right: unknown; Adolf Hitler; General Walther von Reichenau, the CO of the formation; possibly Kurt Daluege, the Chief of the Ordnungspolizei (tall officer in the middle background); General Erwin Rommel, at the time commander of the Führerbegleithauptquartier (Führer escort headquarters); Heinrich Himmler.

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Category: Photographs
Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: Below, Nicolaus von
Production date: 1939-09-10
Catalogue number: HU 75359
Part of: VON BELOW NICOLAUS COLLECTION

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