Images

A photograph showing Polish troops marching to battle following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph showing the damage to Warsaw following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Photograph taken in October. (Imperial War Museums)

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) reviewing a victory parade in Warsaw following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Photo taken on 5 September. (Imperial War Museums)

A collection of eight English pub signs. Top row (L to R): The Ship, Guisborough; Kings Head, Guisborough; Durham Ox, Thirsk; The Frigate, Marske-by-the-sea. Bottom row (L to R): The Red Lion, Lenham; Royal George, Staithes...

This map illustrates the U.S. Presidential Election of 1800 - a pivotal and fiercely contested battle between Federalist President John Adams and Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson. Marked by deep ideological divisions, it tested the...

This painting establishes the Mughal Dynasty depicting Timur Lane handing the crown to his grandson Babur who has his own son and heir Humayun also present. Legend has it that as Humayun languished at the doors of death with a toxic...

"Akbar With Lion and Calf", Folio from the Shah Jahan Album Painting by Govardhan Calligrapher Mir 'Ali Haravi verso: ca. 1630; recto: ca. 1530–50 This portrait of Akbar from the Shah Jahan album by Govardhan depicts...

In the royal House of Books (Ketabkhana), which housed the library as well as being the place where manuscripts were created, Hindustani artists and Persian calligraphers, bookbinders, and illuminators came together to work under two...

A March 1939 photograph showing Adolf Hitler at the gates of Prague Castle. After the Munich Agreement of September 1938, Germany absorbed the Sudetenland but then invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. (German Federal Archives)

A photograph showing a part of the fortifications which defended the borders of Czechoslovakia with the Third Reich in September 1938. Near Sedloňov, Czech Republic.