THE GERMAN-SOVIET INVASION OF POLAND, 1939

Object details

Category: Photographs
Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: German official photographer
Production date: 1939-09-22
Catalogue number: MH 18265
Part of: WĘGLAŃSKI JÓZEF (SERGEANT) COLLECTION

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

Red Army
Wehrmacht
XIX motorise Corps (XIX. (mot.) Armeekorps) 29 Tank Brigade, Red Army
76th Infantry Regiment, German Army
Associated events

German-Russian Invasion of Poland 1939, Second World War
Associated places

Brest, Belarus
Associated subjects

German
Russian
Associated themes

Nazi-Soviet Invasion of Poland, 1939
Poland 1939-1945
Polish Army 1939-1945
Nazi-Soviet Military Cooperation 1939-1941

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