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German cavalry men advance somewhere near Warsaw, on Oct. 18, 1939. (AP Photo)

An Auxiliary bridge to take the rail traffic from Dirschau, in the former polish corridor, into the city of Danzig, on Oct. 18, 1939 is shown being co...

A detachment of Polish war prisoners marches through Danzig streets, Oct. 15, 1939 with spades to work on farms, road construction and other of the ci...

This is what happened to subways in Bielitz, Poland when the Germans dropped bombs on the city. The underground railway is seen at the bottom of this...

Here is what was left of two Polish warplanes after they had been shot down somewhere on the eastern front during the German blitzkrieg, shown Oct. 11...

Photo shows the German troops enter the polish town of Lodz, Poland, on Oct. 9, 1939 ?not the Nazi flag carried at the head of the column. (AP Photo)

After its victorious fight in Poland, motorized units of the SS bodyguard arrive at Praha, Oct. 5, 1939 in Czech Republic. They will occupy garrisons...

German Infantry Detachments lined up for the parade before the Fuehrer at Warsaw, on Oct. 5, 1939. (AP Photo)

German united which participated in battles around Warsaw, paraded before Adolf Hitler at Warsaw, on Oct. 5, 1939. (AP Photo)

Here is a close-up of two German soldiers as they paraded in Warsaw, Poland, on Oct. 5, 1939 before their fuehrer and commander-in-chief Hitler. They...

German infantry parading in front of Hitler in Warsaw on Oct. 5, 1939 when the fuehrer, seen giving the Nazi Salute in bottom right hand corner of the...

Photo shows German cavalry and infantry detachments marching to the parade before Adolf Hitler thru the struts of Warsaw, on Oct. 5, 1939. (AP Photo)

A gasoline and oil station which was bombed by Germans and which is one of the east fires in Warsaw is being extinguished, shown Oct. 4, 1939. (AP Pho...

Two Polish soldiers are shown here helping a wounded German aviator in Warsaw put on his boots after the fire, along with other German soldiers had be...

Following the siege of Warsaw, on Oct. 2, 1939, German troops marched into the polish capital after the city???s garrison of over 100,000 had surrende...

After the negotiations for the surrender of the peninsula of Hela, Poland, on Oct. 2, 1939, this last position of Polish resistance was occupied by Ga...

German soldiers, taken prisoner by the Polish army during the Nazi invasion, are shown while they were held captive in Warsaw, Oct. 2, 1939. With the...

Column of troops to enter the Theater Square of Warsaw, on Oct. 1, 1939 which was fortified by the defense measures of the Polish commander. (AP Photo...

Photo shows the surrender of the polish foreign ministry in Warsaw, on Oct. 1, 1939, German troops are shown disarming polish soldiers. (AP Photo)

A German cavalry unit rides past a tiny Polish village near Warsaw, Oct. 1, 1939. (AP Photo)

Photo shows a view of the conference for the capitulation of Hela, the last position of resistance of the Polish forces. The conference took place at...

German troops in a suburb of Warsaw in Poland, on Oct. 1, 1939. (AP Photo)

Photo shows a view inside a German army bus in Warsaw, on Sept. 29, 1939 during the negotiations for Warsaw???s surrender. The German negotiator Gener...

German and Soviet officers are shown during a conference at Lublin, Poland, Sept. 29, 1939. (AP Photo)

Photo shows the creator of Germany's air force, Hermann Goering, congratulating pilots somewhere in Poland, Sept. 29, 1939. (AP Photo)

When German troops swept into this Polish seaport, civilians were searched for arms, as seen Sept. 28, 1939 in Gdynia. (AP Photo)

German martial legions roll down the right side of the cobblestone road somewhere in the eastern front in Poland, Sept. 25, 1939. On the left side, p...

German troops are shown during the occupation of Gdynia, Sept. 25, 1939, the Polish port on the Baltic. (AP Photo/Paramount News)

Polish peasants emerge from their hastily-built bomb shelter as the German soldier comes to tell them the war is over for them and to register them, S...

A Polish prisoner of war is shown eating in a German prison camp, Sept. 25, 1939. (AP Photo)

German army commander meets with Russian Deputy Borowenskij of the Red Army at Brest-Litovsk, Sept. 23, 1939. (AP Photo)

A conference of Russian and German officers at Bialystok, Poland, Sept. 23, 1939. At this conference the two sides agree on how to divide Poland. (AP...

Photo shows German Armies occupy Warsaw on Sept. 23, 1939. (AP Photo)

A German pilot and observer with machine gun are shown during a flight with a German crew over the Polish front lines, Sept. 21, 1939. (AP Photo)

This is a Polish road in the western part of the country as the German army advances in their occupation, Sept. 1939, near Bydgoszcz. Roads are unpav...

Germany's flag flies over the ammunition dump at Westerplatte, Danzig, in Poland, conquered from the defending Poles after a stand against attack from...

Member of a gun crew of the German cruiser Schleswig-Holstein watch the effect of shots and check the range during the bombardment of Westerplatte, Se...

Officer of a gun crew of the German cruiser Schleswig-Holstein watch the effect of shots and check the range during the bombardment of Westerplatte, S...

A Polish armored train which was attacked by German army planes near Lochow is shown, Sept. 18, 1939. The train was completely destroyed. (AP Photo)

An ominous-looking German cannon is shown rolling through a street in Danzig, Poland, shortly after the Reich forces took over the city and began thei...

The German troops taken prisoner during their advance march into Poland shown Sept. 17, 1939, during one of its forced marches. (AP Photo)

Some of Britain's Land Army girls, harvest a crop of oats on a farm, somewhere in England, Sept. 16, 1939. (AP Photo)

Steel-helmeted, uniformed Polish women march through the streets of Warsaw to aid in defense of their capital after German troops had started their in...

Pounded for six days by German artillery, aerial bombs and naval shell fire, the force holding Westerplatte, Poland surrenders, Sept. 1939. This heap...

German troops are shown marching through the streets of Gdynia, Sept. 14, 1939, Polish seaport as the Germans begin their occupation of the city. (AP...

This was the barren scene on a street in the former Polish port of Gdynia after the city surrendered, Sept. 14, 1939 following a two-week siege. Germa...

The Polish harbor town of Gdynia was surrendered by the Poish city president to the German troops, Sept. 14, 1939, as German troops enter the city. (...

German troops marching into the city of Bromberg (the German name for the Polish city of Bydgoszyz) found several hundred hundred German nationals dea...

German infantry crossing a hastily repaired bridge in Polish territory which was bombed by the Poles in face of the enemy, Sept. 8, 1939. (AP Photo)

A German soldier examines arms which were surrendered by Poles at the Westerplatte in Danzig, Sept. 7, 1939. (AP Photo)