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...Empire Broadcast MessageGeorge VI of the United Kingdom, Speech, BBC
Indian and Sikh troops of the British Indian Army operate Vickers-Armstrongs Mk II, Mk IV and Mk VIB Indian Pattern Light Tanks during the Waziristan...North West frontier of India 1939
Spanish Republican refugees during the Retirada attempting to cross the Spanish-French border at Le Perthus, France, 8th February 1939. .RetiradaSpain, War, Refugee
1930s The Los Angeles Times Newspaper September 1 1939 Headlines War German Troops Invade Poland Nazis Bomb Warsaw Ca USA.1930s The LA Times Front Page
German Wehrmacht motorised column of Panzerkampfwagen II light tanks parade through Wenceslas Square following the invasion and occupation of...1939 Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia1939, Czech Republic, Nazism
Detail view of the barrells of the main armament of nine 16-inch guns mounted in triple turrets on the Royal Navy Nelson-class battleship HMS Rodney...World War Two: War at Sea 1939UK, Battleship, World War II
Adolf Hitler with General Walther von Reichenau at a map briefing during the Invasion of Poland, September 1939. At far right is Reichsführer-SS...Hitler And Von Reichenau In PolandAdolf Hitler, 1939, Poland
Soldiers of the Podhale Rifle Battalion in full gala dress perform a salute during the commemorative ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the...Poland Commemorates The 85th Anniversary Of World War II Outbreak
Francoist army parading in front of Francisco Franco, May 19 Madrid, Spain, Spanish Civil War, 20th century.Francoist army parading in front of FrancoSpain, Spanish Civil War, 1939
Spanish and Italian troops of the Flechas Azules Division from the Nationalist forces of General Francisco Franco take shelter in their trench around...The Spanish Civil War 1939
Female midwives from Guy's Hospital London wearing Brodie Pattern protective steel helmets ride their bicycles during their rounds on 20th October...World War Two: Home Front 1939World War II, UK, Only Women
Lancashire coal miners wearing protective clothing, gas masks and carrying fire fighting stirrup pump hoses and buckets during an ARP training...World War Two: Home Front 1939UK, Lancashire, 1939
Francoist assault infantry advancing on Madrid, Spain, Spanish Civil war, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVI, No 16, April 16, 1939.Francoist assault infantry advancing on MadridSpanish Civil War, Army Soldier, Spain
British Vickers Medium MkI and MkII tanks of The Royal Armoured Corps driving cross country during tests on a tank proving ground at Bovington Camp...World War Two: Home Front 1939World War II, 1939, Dorset - England
westerplatte, the location of the start of world war two on september 1st 1939, gdansk, poland - 1939 war stock pictures, royalty-free photos & imagesWesterplatte, the location of the start of World War Two on September 1st 1939, Gdansk, Poland
Crowds look on as officers and sailors from the Royal Navy Cruisers HMS Exeter and HMS Ajax enter Queen Street from Queen Victoria Street in London...World War Two: Home Front 19401939, UK
British Army Royal Engineers dig and sandbag an emplacement for a Consul armour plated one man air-raid shelter in the courtyard of Buckingham Palace...World War Two: Home Front 1939London - England, World War II, War
British soldiers marching past well-wishers and families as they prepare to leave for France, circa September 1939.British soldiers about to leave for FranceUK, 1939
Children evacuated from Glasgow during World War Two play in the garden at Duneira, Rhucirca September 1939.Child evacuees playingEvacuation, Child, 1939
Child evacuees depart, 14 December 1939. These evacuees are boarding a train, helped by a policeman. They are carrying their belongings.Child evacuees depart, 14 December 1939Evacuation, World War II, Child
Woman waving goodbye to soldiers off to war, 9 November 1939. 'She was waving goodbye to one of them, but they all waved goodbye to her. They were...Woman waving goodbye to soldiers off to war, 9 November 1939World War II, France, Army Soldier
Member of the ground crew carries a ladder towards a Nationalist Heinkel He 111E-1 twin engine medium bomber from Kampfgruppe 88 of the German Condor...The Condor Legion in the Spanish Civil War 1939Spain
Littorio motorised divisions parading in Madrid to celebrate Franco's entry into the capital, Spain, Spanish Civil war, from L'Illustrazione...Littorio motorized divisions, Spanish Civil warSpanish Civil War
Resting moment for German soldiers, France, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 16, April 18, 1915.Resting moment for German soldiers
It is reported that six German Divisions have been diverted from the Polish Front to meet the French Offensive which is now aimed at Neunkirchen...German troops evacuating a camouflaged underground fortification of the Siegfried Line. (8.9.39)Wehrmacht, World War II, 1939
British Vickers Medium Mark II tanks of The Royal Armoured Corps driving cross country during maneuvers on a tank proving ground at Bovington Camp in...The Royal Armoured CorpsWorld War II, 1939
Pilots of the Irish Air Force examine a map prior to a cross country flight during training at Baldonnel Aerodrome, Dublin.Flight PlanMap, Air Force, Europe
Donald Tusk , Polish Prime Minister and Szymon Holownia , Marshal of the Sejm, are seen during a ceremony commemorating the 86th anniversary of the...Olish President Marks WWII Anniversary On Historic Westerplatte Peninsula
French secret service officer of the Deuxieme Bureau, his elbows on a map which is spread across the table before him as he interviews a German...World War II - Deuxième Bureau
Two Royal Navy sailors training with a QF 12-pounder 12 cwt calibre naval gun mounted on the forecastle of the Royal Navy minesweeper HMS Scawfell, a...World War Two: War at Sea 1939Minesweeper, World War II, UK
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm observer gunners from the Royal Navy Shore Establishment HMS Kestrel, undergo instruction firing at targets with a cine...World War Two: War at Sea 19391939
Members of the Women's Land Army at work harvesting bushels of straw and hay for animal forage at a WLA training farm on 27th October 1939 in...World War Two: Women's Land ArmyWorld War II, Women, Working
Wounded people were taken from a captured Government ship by the Insurgents and taken to the Miramar Hotel in Malaga which is now a hospital during...Wounded people were taken from a captured Government ship by the Insurgents and taken to the Miramar Hotel in Malaga which is now a hospital during the Spanish Civil WarSpain, Wound, Emigration and Immigration
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...As the Fateful Hour StrikesWorld War II, Beginnings, 1939
Finnish infantry on skis, the famous 'phantom troops', who inflicted heavy losses on the Russians.Infantry On SkisWar, Winter, Finland
Kodachrome photograph of Clark Gable taken on a visit to the Kodak factory at Harrow, Middlesex, by JCA Redhead during World War Two. This portrait...Clark Gable, c 1943.Clark Gable, War, Army
Part of Germany's Rhine fortifications consist of pill boxes large enough to hold a field gun and crew. An artillery battle is raging along the Rhine...German ArtilleryGermany, War
Rifles and ammunition captured from the Poles in German occupied Warsaw stacked in Krasinki Square at the foot of a monument to Jan Kilinski.Captured RiflesPoland, Statue, Military Invasion
Squadron of Boeing B-17Gs, known as 'Flying Fortresses,' flies over clouds en route to Emden, Germany, World War II . The B-17G served in every World...Flying FortressAirplane, Explosive, World War II
German soldier with an anti-tank dog in training during World War Two, Germany, circa 1939-1945.World War TwoDog, Germany, Army Soldier
The Spanish Civil War was fought from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939 between the Republicans, who were loyal to the democratically elected Spanish...Spain: 'All Peoples of the World are in the International Brigades Next to the Spanish People'. International Brigades, Spanish Civil War, 1937International Brigades, Rebellion, Spanish Civil War
The Duchess of Windsor helps to make up packages for the troops at a Paris depot during World War II, 23rd December 1939.Wartime DuchessOnly Women, War
Finnish-Soviet Winter War, November1939-March1940: A Finnish radio reporter with a gun and a microphone during coverage of the front -...Finnish-Soviet Winter War, November1939-March1940: A Finnish radio reporter with a gun and a microphone during coverage of the front - January/February 1940 - Photographer: Presse-Illustrationen Heinrich Hoffmann Vintage property of ullstein bildFinland, War, Former Soviet Union
Members of American funk band War performing, 1974. Left to right: Danish harmonica player Lee Oskar, guitarist Howard E. Scott and saxophonist...War On StageWar, Funky, 1970-1979
newspaper 1939 headlines declaring beginning of wwii - 1939 war stock pictures, royalty-free photos & imagesNewspaper 1939 Headlines Declaring Beginning of WWIINewspaper, Newspaper Headline, World War II
Japanese troops rushing in to attack the burning camp of Chinese soldiers at Vhangsha, one of the most important of Chiang Kai Shek's positions.Burning CampJapan, World War II, China - East Asia
German soldiers and scouting dogs training during a gas drill in the Second World War, circa 1939-1945.World War TwoDog, World War II, Surveillance
The Spanish Civil War was fought from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939 between the Republicans, who were loyal to the democratically elected Spanish...Spain: The ruins of Guernica after the Nationalist bombing of 26 April, 1937
The British War Cabinet in 1939, at the start of World War II. Left to right, standing: Home Secretary, Sir John Anderson, Minister without...The British War Cabinet, 1941Winston Churchill - Prime Minister
The Spanish Civil War was fought from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939 between the Republicans, who were loyal to the democratically elected Spanish...Spain: 'Internationalists, United with the Spanish People and Struggle Against the Invader'. International Brigades Revolutionary Poster, Spanish Civil War, 1937International Brigades, Spanish Civil War
Prisoners statues at the Massacres in Piasnica memorial place are seen in Piasnica, northern Poland, on 26 April 2020 The massacres in Piasnica were...The Massacres In Piasnica Forest in PolandWar, Poland, Statue
Lucy the goose, the official mascot of the Chigwell Fire Brigade, with members of the brigade at their post, England, World War II, 4th October 1939....Goose Mascot of Fire BrigadeWar
Member of the RAF station at Weybourne feeding Oscar, the station's baby seal mascot, with the prescribed diet of milk and cod liver oil from a baby...Seal in the RAFWar, Mascot
German invasion of Poland, 1 September 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By 20 September only Warsaw held out, but final surrender...World War II: German invasion of Poland, 1 September 1939Poland, Germany, Violence
Soviet-finnish war, 1939-1940, a soviet machine-gun crew, using maxim machine-guns, supporting advancing infantry, a still from the newsreel...Soviet-finnish war, 1939-1940, a soviet machine-gun crew, using maxim machine-guns, supporting advancing infantry, a still from the newsreel documentary film, 'mannerheim line'.War, Winter, Former Soviet Union
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in a BBC studio announcing the declaration of war.Telling The CountryNeville Chamberlain, War, World War II
September 1, 1939. The Second World War begins with the German attack on Poland, 1939. Private Collection. Creator: Unknown photographer.September 1
Winter war with finland 1939, soviet red army troops storming a finnish forest stronghold.Winter war with finland 1939, soviet red army troops storming a finnish forest stronghold.Finland, War, Winter
