On September 1, 1939, a German battleship opened fire on a Polish fort near Gdansk, while the Wehrmacht invaded Poland by land from the east, west and south. Within two days, the United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany, and World War II had begun. Although the U.S. did not officially enter the war until December 1941, it openly assisted the Allied effort in Europe through Lend-Lease, and covertly fought the Japanese through the American Volunteer Group (the "Flying Tigers") in China. Boing Boing noted that, to commemorate the date, Life magazine has posted a collection of WWII propaganda posters from several countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, the U.K., the U.S.S.R, and the U.S. Included in the collection is our favorite woman war worker, Rosie the Riveter. WARNING: A few of the images are a little graphic.
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