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German invasion of Poland triggers British mobilization for World War II
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain of Britain sits pensively at his desk. Winston Churchill and his wife, Clementine, walking together in London. King George VI stepping from a car and entering 10 Downing Street. Mobilization of British forces for war. British civilians marching casually wearing steel army helmets. A man volunteering for the Army. New recruits being issued uniforms. Others, in civilian clothes, learning to drill with rifles and then marching away from a village. Recruits in bayonet practice. Winston Churchill speaking about the tragedy brought upon Europe by Hitler (this Churchill speech was at St. James's Place, London, June 12, 1941, in an address to Allied delegates). Aerial views of the destruction of Poland by Luftwaffe aircraft of Germany. Civilian Polish victims of German bombardment. A boy and women mourning over the dead. A child being held near a bonfire to warm her. Children rescuing a few possessions from a destroyed home. Parents carrying children. Women and girls crying and in mourning for the loss of loved ones and destruction from war.
German airmen arm and camouflage warplanes in preparation for invasion of Poland
Germany Air Force preparing for the invasion of Poland. German soldiers load bombs on a Stuka Ju-87 dive bomber and camouflage it. Number of German Dornier Do 217 bomber aircraft parked on field. Soldiers inspect bombs lined up on the ground. They prepare machine gun ammunition for aircraft. Bombs loaded under aircraft wing. Aircraft are refueled. Troops rest with the camouflaged German aircraft parked in the background.
Ethnic German identifies murderers, in Prisoner exchange. Nazis subject Jews and Bolsheviks to forced labor.
Scenes from the period of the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany during World War II. During preparation for exchange of prisoner, ethnic German victims walk in front of a line of captives and are seen pointing at and identifying Poles responsible for what the Germans called the Bromberg murders or Bloody Sunday (that occurred in Bydgoszcz). Polish Jews and Bolsheviks, whom the Nazis accuse of being partly responsible, are forced to perform hard labor. View of a row of Jewish men in Poland. Then a large group of Jewish and Bolshevik men seated together and being held captive in an outdoor setting (possibly Krakow area based on similar Bundesarchiv photographs). Scene of Jewish men and Bolshevik men at forced labor where they dig ditches and roads with shovels (slave labor).
Adolf Hitler reviews parade of German troops occupying Warsaw after Polish surrender during World war 2
Polish officers leave and German officers enter the Polish military headquarters in Warsaw, Poland. German soldiers take up guard positions, following the invasion of Poland and surrender of Warsaw in World War 2. German officers look over surrendering Polish officers. German troops formally parading into and occupying Warsaw, led by German officers on horseback, followed by mounted troops pulling field artillery pieces. They pass the equestrian statue of Prince Józef standing before the Polish General Staff building (the Saxon Palace). Large numbers of Polish troops and wagons assembled under German guard, in an open field. An Honor Guard of three goose-stepping German soldiers leads a parade of goose-stepping German troops into the city. Adolf Hitler reviews the troops as they march. Major general (generalleutnant) Kurt von Briesen, Commander of the German 30th Infantry Division, is seen briefly with Hitler. The parade continues with German artillery and tanks. Luftwaffe bombers fly in formation overhead.
Damaged and wrecked buildings in Warsaw after German bombing
Aftermath of German bombardment in Warsaw, Poland during World War II invasion of Poland. Smoke covered residential areas of Warsaw. Smoke over the buildings. Wrecked and damaged buildings. Rubble lies in the street. Civilians walk in front of the burned and ruined buildings.
German sailors aboard ship Schleswig-Holstein fire at Polish fort Westerplatte, at start of World War 2.
Battle of Westerplatte as Germany invades and occupies Poland in World War 2. Railway track by the port of Danzig with a German Battleship Schleswig-Holstein in the background. The battleship fires at the coastal area of the Westerplatte. Explosions with smoke rising at the Port. Officer looks through binoculars. German sailors load and fire artillery. Polish soldiers show peace flags and surrender to the Germans. A German officer offers cigarettes to Polish soldiers. 'Marynarka' written on Polish soldier's cap.