German Chancellor and dictator Adolf Hitler consults a geographical survey map with his general staff including Heinrich Himmler (left) and Martin Bormann (right) at an undisclosed location in 1939.

Nazi Elites

Flanked by storm troopers, Hitler leads a group of Nazi officers past rows of swastikas at a rally, somewhere in Germany.

At a Nazi Rally

German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop returns from negotiations in Moscow, where he and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov signed an agreement on August 23, 1939 to equally divide Poland between the two totalitarian powers. Peace in Europe would last just 10 more days...