The international situation at the beginning of the Second World War (1939-1940)

Flags with swastikas on the walls of buildings.

Nazi rally participants welcomed the speaker.

B. Mussolini talks with General.

General view of a fascist rally in Rome.

Mussolini in the military.

Mussolini bypass operation "Blackshirts".

Italian troops are in Albania, passing trucks with infantry, light armored vehicles and motorcyclists.

A. Hitler of the floor, standing next to R. Hess Military demonstrate Hitler card fighting.

The entry of German troops into Prague, the Nazi flag on Prague Town Hall.

German horse artillery and tanks moving through the streets of Prague, the face of German and Czechoslovak military.

Hitler in the car passes through the streets of Klaipeda (Memel), people greet him.

Hitler goes down the line of sailors.

Hitler welcomes the passing troops.

German riders on Polish roads.

Women with a bowl of standing in line at the field kitchen.

Fighting in Europe in 1939, artillery firing, flying airplanes, bombs on the road.

Ads for the mobilization of the streets of Paris, people are reading them.

People at the train station.

French infantry on the march.

Sailors carry equipment to the ship.

The French ships in the combat campaign.

Interior view of the editors of "Associated Press".

Print reports of contacts of Stalin and Ribbentrop.

General view of Moscow Kremlin.

Map of the USSR. NS Khrushchev, Stalin IV and GM Malenkov pass to the presidium meeting, people in the hall applauded.

VM Molotov of the floor, people in the audience listening to his speech, applauded.

Cartoons of Hitler and Mussolini in the Soviet press.

Reception in honor of the German diplomats in the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.

Portrait of Stalin on the wall, the German diplomat poured the wine into the glass.

Moving wagons with coal and construction materials.

Plowing the fields of the collective farm crawler tractor.

Winnowing beans.

The work of Soviet industrial enterprises and railways.

The production process in the foundry of one of the steel mills.

Types of Baku oil fields.

Forms part of the cargo ship "Stalin."

The production process in the shop engineering plant.

Workers in the shops of the Soviet factories.

Stakhanov AG on further training sessions.

Production processes on the factory floor.

New passenger car off the assembly line.

Trucks at the site of the finished product.

Go freight and passenger trains, the passengers in the compartment are drinking tea.

The boat floats on the channel.

Opened lock gates.

The ship's captain on the bridge.

Map showing the new channels in the European part of the USSR.

Forest on the banks of the canal.

The officers of the ship, "Joseph Stalin" at the side.

The ship goes through the gateway.

Pleasure boat goes along the Moscow River.

Cover and title of Hitler's book list of "Mein Kampf".

The infantry and cavalry of the Red Army during the exercises and maneuvers.

Soviet tanks during exercises.

The new Soviet-German border on the map.

View part one of the cities of the Baltic countries.

Map with the new Soviet-German border in the Baltic States.

Soviet warships and boats in the campaign.

View of the new building of the Military Academy.

Students of the Academy in the classroom.

Red Army soldier draws a portrait of Lenin.

A general view of Red Square during a military parade (above).

Students of military academies held on Red Square.

Stalin on the platform of the mausoleum.

Tanks and heavy artillery are on the Red Square.

Soviet heavy bombers and fighter planes in flight.

Tank rides on the Red Square.

SM Budyonny, KE Voroshilov, EA Shchadenko welcome troops from the rostrum of the Mausoleum.

The infantry is on the Red Square.

Employees of "Associated Press" at the teletype, the press reports of contacts of Stalin and Ribbentrop.

Marching Soviet infantry.