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Kazimiera Mika, a ten-year-old Polish girl, mourns the death of her older sister, who was killed in a field near Jana Ostroroga Street in Warsaw during a German air raid by Luftwaffe. September 3, 1939.

Captain-Cliche:

September 13, 1939.

Kazimiera Mika, a ten-year-old Polish girl, mourns the death of her older sister, who was killed in a field near Jana Ostroroga Street in Warsaw during a German air raid by Luftwaffe.

“Photographer Julien Bryan described the scene: "As we drove by a small field at the edge of town we were just a few minutes too late to witness a tragic event, the most incredible of all. Seven women had been digging potatoes in a field. There was no flour in their district, and they were desperate for food. Suddenly two German planes appeared from nowhere and dropped two bombs only two hundred yards away on a small home. Two women in the house were killed. The potato diggers dropped flat upon the ground, hoping to be unnoticed. After the bombers had gone, the women returned to their work. They had to have food.

But the Nazi fliers were not satisfied with their work. In a few minutes they came back and swooped down to within two hundred feet of the ground, this time raking the field with machine-gun fire. Two of the seven women were killed. The other five escaped somehow. While I was photographing the bodies, a little ten-year old girl came running up and stood transfixed by one of the dead. The woman was her older sister. The child had never before seen death and couldn’t understand why her sister would not speak to her… The child looked at us in bewilderment. I threw my arm about her and held her tightly, trying to comfort her. She cried. So did I and the two Polish officers who were with me…”

[Source: Bryan, Julien. “Warsaw: 1939 Siege; 1959 Warsaw Revisited.”]

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German troops escorting the fighters who had surrendered at the Danzig post office https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/213180-german-troops-escorting-the-fighters-who-had-surrendered-at-the-danzig-post-office.html

German troops escorting the fighters who had surrendered at the Danzig post office, 1 Sep 1939

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German troops of SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division resting nr Pabianice, https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/213179-german-troops-of-ss-leibstandarte-adolf-hitler-division-resting-nr-pabianice.html

German troops of SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division resting during a campaign toward Pabianice, Poland, (?) Sep 1939

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Germans posing with the destroyed Grunwald Monument in Kraków https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/213178-germans-posing-with-the-destroyed-grunwald-monument-in-krakow.html

Germans posing with the destroyed Grunwald Monument in Kraków, Poland, Nov 1939

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Finnish Army Lieutenant Aarne Juutilainen and his company holding a Christmas service near the ... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/213177-finnish-army-lieutenant-aarne-juutilainen-and-his-company-holding-a-christmas-service-near-the-kollaa-river.html

Finnish Army Lieutenant Aarne Juutilainen and his company holding a Christmas service near the Kollaa River, Finland, 24 Dec 1939

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On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden all proclaime..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188917-timeline1001.html Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden all proclaimed their neutrality in the European War; Germany pledged to respect Norway's and Sweden's sovereignty. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188917-timeline1001.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 France mobilized its military...... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188918-timeline1002.html France mobilized its military. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188918-timeline1002.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 12 Swordfish torpedo bombers of 814 Naval Air Squa..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188916-timeline1000.html

12 Swordfish torpedo bombers of 814 Naval Air Squadron landed aboard HMS Hermes to join her air crew.

HMS Hermes was an aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy. The ship began construction during World War I and finished after the war ended. She was the world's first ship to be designed as an aircraft carrier, although the Imperial Japanese Navy's Hōshō was the first to be commissioned and launched

Photo wiki: HMS Hermes off Yantai, China, circa 1931

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On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 Germany placed a curfew on German Jews: 9pm in the..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188919-timeline1003.html Germany placed a curfew on German Jews: 9pm in the summer, 8pm in the winter.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188919-timeline1003.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 Adolf Hitler authorized Reichsleiter Bouhler and D..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188920-timeline1004.html Adolf Hitler authorized Reichsleiter Bouhler and Dr. Brandt to "grant merciful deaths" for the mentally ill and those who were suffering from incurable diseases. This was the beginning of Action T4 euthanasia program.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188920-timeline1004.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 Reinhard Heydrich presided a meeting attended by t..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188921-timeline1005.html Reinhard Heydrich presided a meeting attended by the heads of Security Police and Commanders of Special Units, during which the deportation of the "remaining 30,000 Gypsies" from Germany to the soon-to-be-conquered territory of Poland was ordered.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188921-timeline1005.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 The Iron Cross awards were established in Germany..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188922-timeline1006.html The Iron Cross awards were established in Germany as an award for those who displayed bravery in combat or in command of military personnel. Four grades were specified: Iron Cross 2nd Class, Iron Cross 1st Class, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188922-timeline1006.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 Britain and France turned to Italy in response to..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188923-timeline1007.html Britain and France turned to Italy in response to his proposal to revamp the conditions of the Versailles Treaty rather than declaring war on Germany. Meanwhile, Italy declared itself a non-belligerent nation in the European War. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188923-timeline1007.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 Adolf Hitler relieved Italy from having to fight i..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188924-timeline1008.html Adolf Hitler relieved Italy from having to fight in the war against Poland and possibly with the western powers in writing, asking only for political and economic support.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188924-timeline1008.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 Using the staged Gleiwitz radio station attack as..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188925-timeline1009.html Using the staged Gleiwitz radio station attack as an excuse, Germany declared war on Poland. Meanwhile, the radio station in Minsk, Byelorussia increased the frequency of station identification and extended its playing time in an attempt to help German aviators navigate. Among the opening acts of the European War, the German Luftwaffe bombed the town of Wielu in Poland, causing 1,200 civilian casualties TH, ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188925-timeline1009.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 Over Warsaw, Poland, Oberst Walter Grabmann's Mess..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188926-timeline1010.html Over Warsaw, Poland, Oberst Walter Grabmann's Messerchmitt Bf 110 squadron (I.(Z)/Lg.1) led by Hauptmann Schleit, shot down five Polish PZL P.11 fighters whilst escorting the Heinkel He 111P bombers of II/KG.1. He sustained wounds as one of the P.11 fighters damaged his Bf 110 fighter ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188926-timeline1010.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 Moscow City Party Committee secretary Semyon Koryt..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188927-timeline1011.html Moscow City Party Committee secretary Semyon Korytny was executed for the crime of having married the sister of military leader Iona Yakir, a perceived enemy of Joseph Stalin.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188927-timeline1011.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 In Britain, evacuation of civilians in large citie..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188928-timeline1012.html In Britain, evacuation of civilians in large cities began; three million women and children would be evacuated, though most of these will return when the anticipated air raids did not materialize. Also, Air Raid Precautions were introduced and a blackout enforced from sunset to sunrise. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188928-timeline1012.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 Henry Arnold submitted a report on the organizatio..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188929-timeline1013.html Henry Arnold submitted a report on the organization of US Army air units and recommendations on doctrine to US Army Chief of Staff George Marshall.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188929-timeline1013.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 As the Free City of Danzig ceased to exist, Gaulei..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188930-timeline1014.html As the Free City of Danzig ceased to exist, Gauleiter Albert Forster's title of State President of the Free City of Danzig was abolished. He would soon be named the Gauleiter and Reichstatthalter of Danzig-West Prussia.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188930-timeline1014.html On Fri. 01 Sep 1939 German troops removing a gate at the Polish border..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188931-timeline1015.html German troops removing a gate at the Polish border checkpoint at Zoppot-Gdingen Street in Danzig, 1 Sep 1939, photo 1 of 2 German troops removing a gate at the Polish border checkpoint at Zoppot-Gdingen Street in Danzig, 1 Sep 1939, photo 2 of 2German troops removing the Polish emblem from the wall of a post office in Danzig, 1 Sep 1939German troops escorting the fighters who had surrendered at the Danzig post office, 1 Sep 1939]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188931-timeline1015.html On Sat. 02 Sep 1939 Germany annexed the Free City of Danzig. Adolf Hit..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188932-timeline1016.html Germany annexed the Free City of Danzig. Adolf Hitler advised the United Kingdom and France that he would withdraw from Poland if allowed to keep Danzig and the Polish corridor ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188932-timeline1016.html On Sat. 02 Sep 1939 No. 1 Group, British RAF Bomber Command, relocated..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188933-timeline1017.html No. 1 Group, British RAF Bomber Command, relocated to France with its squadrons of single-engine Fairey Battle aircraft. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188933-timeline1017.html On Sat. 02 Sep 1939 Benito Mussolini continued to urge peace between G..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188934-timeline1018.html Benito Mussolini continued to urge peace between Germany, United Kingdom, and France, without any success.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188934-timeline1018.html On Sat. 02 Sep 1939 The National Service (Armed Forces) Act was passed..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188935-timeline1019.html The National Service (Armed Forces) Act was passed in Great Britain. It would be enacted on the following day upon Britain's official entry into the European War]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188935-timeline1019.html On Sat. 02 Sep 1939 During the day, British Prime Minister Neville Cha..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188936-timeline1020.html During the day, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and French Prime Minister ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188936-timeline1020.html On Sat. 02 Sep 1939 The Times Literary Supplement reported that the co..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188937-timeline1021.html The Times Literary Supplement reported that the copy of the Magna Carta owned by the Lincoln Cathedral of England, United Kingdom, currently on display at the 1939 New York World's Fair, would remain in the United States under the care of the Library of Congress for the duration of the war. It would be stored at Fort Knox until its return to Lincoln in 1944.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188937-timeline1021.html On Sat. 02 Sep 1939 Sailors inspected damage on Schleswig-Holstein cau..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188938-timeline1022.html Sailors inspected damage on Schleswig-Holstein caused by Polish coastal batteries of Hel Penninsula, Sep 1939German women living in Poland giving bread to German soldiers, Poland, 2 Sep 1939German soldiers carrying MG34 machine guns, Poland, Sep 1939]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188938-timeline1022.html On Sat. 02 Sep 1939 The Germans began the construction of Stutthof Con..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188939-timeline1023.html The Germans began the construction of Stutthof Concentration Camp in Sztutowo (German: Stutthof) in the Free City of Danzig with labor of 65,000 Polish Christians.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188939-timeline1023.html On Sun. 03 Sep 1939 German submarine U-30 torpedoed British passenger..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188940-timeline1024.html German submarine U-30 torpedoed British passenger liner Athenia in the Atlantic Ocean.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188940-timeline1024.html On Sun. 03 Sep 1939 Otto Skorzeny was sent home from Trost Barracks, V..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188941-timeline1025.html Otto Skorzeny was sent home from Trost Barracks, Vienna, Austria despite the outbreak of war due to the lack of instructors to train new recruits.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188941-timeline1025.html On Sun. 03 Sep 1939 The government of Belgium announced their neutral..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188942-timeline1026.html The government of Belgium announced their neutral stance in the European War.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188942-timeline1026.html On Sun. 03 Sep 1939 German government issued orders that executions by..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188944-timeline1028.html German government issued orders that executions by members of the SS were to be carried out in concentration camps, effective 20 Sep 1939.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188944-timeline1028.html On Sun. 03 Sep 1939 The first RAF operation flight over Germany was a..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188945-timeline1029.html The first RAF operation flight over Germany was a reconnaissance mission, but later in the night RAF bombers would conduct a leaflet raid. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188945-timeline1029.html On Sun. 03 Sep 1939 Adolf Hitler departed Berlin, Germany for the East..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188946-timeline1030.html Adolf Hitler departed Berlin, Germany for the Eastern Front.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188946-timeline1030.html On Sun. 03 Sep 1939 At 0900 hours, British Ambassador in Germany Nevil..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188943-timeline1027.html At 0900 hours, British Ambassador in Germany Nevile Henderson delivered the British declaration of war to German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, effective at 1100 hours; British Commonwealth nations of New Zealand and Australia followed suit. France would also declare war later on this day, effective at 1700 hours. In the afternoon, Adolf Hitler issued an order to his generals, again stressing that German troops must not attack British and French positions. Finally, Hitler also sent a message to the Soviet Union, asking the Soviets to jointly invade Poland ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188943-timeline1027.html On Sun. 03 Sep 1939 55 Polish peasants at Truskolasy, Poland were exec..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188947-timeline1031.html 55 Polish peasants at Truskolasy, Poland were executed. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188947-timeline1031.html On Sun. 03 Sep 1939 The National Service (Armed Forces) Act, which had..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188948-timeline1032.html The National Service (Armed Forces) Act, which had passed the British Parliament the day before, was officially enacted upon the British declaration of war on German. The Act contained a proviso that if a man required to register under the Act objected to being placed on the Military Service Register and thus be eligible for call-up, he should apply for his name to be placed on the Register of Conscientious Objectors instead. He would then be called before a local tribunal to explain why he should be exempt from a service his fellow men were compelled to undertake. ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188948-timeline1032.html On Sun. 03 Sep 1939 British General Edmund Ironside became the Chief o..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188949-timeline1033.html British General Edmund Ironside became the Chief of the Imperial Staff.]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188949-timeline1033.html On Sun. 03 Sep 1939 British Member of Parliament Winston Churchill bec..... https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188950-timeline1034.html British Member of Parliament Winston Churchill became the First Lord of the Admiralty, a post he had held during the Great War ]]> fredvogels Sun, 24 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0100 https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/timeline/1939/188950-timeline1034.html