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Fighting broke out last Friday at Munkacs, on the Hungarian border between Hungarian and Czechoslovakian troops. The battle lasted all day, tanks and...

His majesty King Farouk of Egypt went on a duck shoot at Mansouria, near Cairo, a sport of which the young king is very fond and at which he is adept....

Many houses as well as public building suffered shell hits during the border battle between Czech and Hungarian troops at Munkacs . The fighting which...

American tennis player Helen Wills Moody, in Los Angeles, on Jan 9, 1939.. (AP Photo)

English actress Gladys Cooper and her husband English actor Philip Merivale with Aly a welsh corgi, at their home, in California, on Jan. 8, 1939. (AP...

Fighting broke out at Munkiacs on the Hungarian border between Hungarian and Czechoslovakian troops. The battle lasted all day, tanks and artillery we...

This photo provided by the U.S. Army Air Forces shows how a plain, garden-variety U.S. Army jeep was transformed into the "jeep of the future" by men...

USS Yorktown is at distance to be under torpedo attack by Japanese planes in South Pacific in an undated photo. Plane climbed after dropping torpedoes...

Navy cameraman captures view of ships going into Anzio Beach, Italy in an undated photo. (AP Photo)

Unidentified battleship shelled target during World War II in an undated photo. (AP Photo)

Unidentified battleship shelled target during World War II in an undated photo. (AP Photo)

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View of Sousse, Tunisia on Dec. 16, 1938. (AP Photo)

Beginning occupation five days ahead of schedule, Poles met some resistance when they occupied several valleys of the Carpathian mountains ceded by th...

King Leopold of Belgium with the Royal Dutch family at the Hague, Netherlands, on Nov. 23, 1938. From left to right are: King Leopold, Princess Julian...

Chief Inspector Fred Cherrill, finger print expert of New Scotland Yard, gave important evidence at the old Bailey, during the third day of the trial...

The Royal standard flying at half mast on the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, following the death of Queen Maud, on Nov. 22, 1938. (AP Photo)

King Christian X of Denmark, in a happy mood at a Royal shooting party, in Denmark, on Nov. 22, 1938. (AP Photo)

King Leopold of the Belgians was officially received by the municipality of Amsterdam in the Town Hall. King Leopold seated by the side of Queen Wilhe...

King Leopold of the Belgians who arrived in Amsterdam , drove in an open carriage with Queen Wilhelmina to the Town Hall for an official welcome, in A...

Dr. Chvalkovsky, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Czechoslovakia, in his office on Nov. 22, 1938. (AP Photo)

Dr. Chvalkovsky, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Czechoslovakia, in his office on Nov. 22, 1938. (AP Photo)

British sailors acted as firefighters in Canton, China, on Nov. 22, 1938, when they had to fight unceasingly to prevent fires started by fleeing Chine...

King Carol of Rumania and Crown Prince Michael who are now visiting France, attended a shoot organized by President Albert Lebrun at Rambouillet. Crow...

King Leopold III of Belgium and his children. They were taken at the Royal Palace at Laeken, in the grounds which are such a playground for the family...

Princess Josephine Charlotte of Belgium, on Nov. 21, 1938. (AP Photo)

King Carol of Rumania and Crown Prince Michael who are now visiting France, attended a shoot organized by President Albert Lebrun at Rambouillet. King...

King Carol and Crown Prince Michael of Romania who are now visiting France attended a shoot organized by President Albert Lebrun at Rambouillet. The m...

King Leopold of the Belgians arrived in Amsterdam, on his first official visit to Queen Wilhelmina since he ascended the throne in 1934. From left to...

Sweden commemorated the eightieth birthday of Dr. Selma Lagerlof, the Swedish novelist and distinguished member of the Swedish Academy. Dr. Lagerlof w...

King Farouk opened the Egyptian Parliament and his speech, read by Prime Minister Mahomed Mahmold Pasha, announced a hastening of the country's rearma...

An exterior view of the mansion at Falun, Dalcarlia, Sweden, on Nov. 15, 1938, the home of Selma Lagerlof, the world famous Swedish Authoress, who cel...

Selma Lagerlof, world famous Swedish authoress celebrates her 80th birthday on November 20. A study of Selma Lagerlof, the famous Swedish authoress at...

Three Romanian peasant girls are shown blowing a call on their long native horns during a competition held in the western mountains, on Nov. 14, 1938....

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester returning from East Africa, were reunited in Paris with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. From left to right are: Du...

Wild Anti-Jewish rioting in which seven synagogues were fired in Berlin, took place in Germany on November 10. The German official news agency points...

During the air raid months Chinese erected Bamboo bomb shelters on all buildings in the hope that they would cause bombs to explode before hitting roo...

Japanese troops in Shantung province crossing the Yellow River on a hastily-constructed pontoon bridge in China, Nov. 2, 1938 which was built to repla...

Colonel Jozef Beck, Polish Foreign Minister is greeted by local people in the new reclaimed area of Teschen-Silesia following the Munich Agreement, on...

Former British Golf Open Champion Henry Cotton driving off from the first tee, watched by his three female opponents L-R: Enid Wilson, Lady Heathcoat-...

Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini at the Gare St. Lazare in Paris, France on Oct. 5, 1938, where he boarded the boat-train for to the Normandie. He i...

General Maurice Gamelin taking the salute at a French Military parade in Strasbourg, France on Oct. 4, 1938. (AP Photo)

Alfred Duff Cooper and his wife Lady Diana Cooper, Nee Manners, leaving the Admiralty in London, England on Oct. 3, 1938, for the House of Commons, wh...

Bruno Mussolini, second son of Benito Mussolini and his fiancee Gina Rubert after their engagement was officially announced in Rome, Italy on Oct. 3,...

Britain's Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain holds up his hat as he leaves No. 10 Downing Street in London for the House Of Commons to open a debate o...

In accordance with the Warsaw Ultimatum which the Czechs accepted under protest, the Poles on October 2, 1938 removed the border posts of the Teschen-...

Polish and Czech officers meeting at the border near Teschen, Poland to discuss the formalities of the handing over of Teschen by the Czechs to Poland...

German troops marching into the market square in Frydlant known as Friedland, Czechoslovakia, on Oct. 2, 1938, amidst the cheers and salutes of the in...

The acceptance by the Czech government of the Polish demands of seizing the coal-rich region of Teschen was celebrated throughout Poland on October 1,...

In accordance with the agreement reached at Munich between Britain, France, Germany and Italy, German troops began their preparations for the occupat...