1939 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1939. 1939 (MCMXXXIX)...
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The year 1939 in film is widely considered the greatest year in film history. The ten films nominated for Best Picture at the 12th Academy Awards (which...
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Invasion of Poland (redirect from Polish September Campaign 1939)
Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland...
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World War II (redirect from World War, 1939-1945)
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers...
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1939 January February March April May June July August September October November December World War II was the biggest and deadliest war in history, involving...
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Warsaw (redirect from Capital City of Warsaw (1919–1939))
boulevards, Warsaw was bombed and besieged at the start of World War II in 1939. Much of the historic city was destroyed and its diverse population decimated...
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Europe at War 1939–1945: No Simple Victory is a history book about World War II in Europe, written by the English historian Norman Davies and first published...
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Release date Title Notes January 6, 1939 Disbarred January 14, 1939 Zaza January 20, 1939 Ambush January 27, 1939 Paris Honeymoon Boy Trouble Followed...
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The Wizard of Oz (redirect from The Wizard of Oz (1939))
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). An adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's fantasy...
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1918 and 6 October 1939. The state was established in the final stage of World War I. The Second Republic ceased to exist in 1939, after Poland was invaded...
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list of the early pre-war films produced in the Philippines from 1912 to 1939. For an A-Z see Category:Philippine films "Pelikula, Atbp.: Pre-War Filipino...
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Lion-class battleship (redirect from HMS Lion (1939))
two ships were laid down before the Second World War began in September 1939 and a third was ordered during the war, but their construction was suspended...
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Winter War (redirect from Soviet-Finnish War (1939-1940))
Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half...
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The 1939 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair) was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens...
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Stagecoach is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. The screenplay by...
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Battle of the Atlantic (redirect from Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945))
Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval...
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Nazi Germany (redirect from 1939-1945 Germany)
non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union and invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, launching World War II in Europe. In alliance with Italy and other Axis...
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German military High Command finalized its operational orders on 15 June 1939 and the invasion commenced on 1 September, precipitating World War II. The...
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Guerre 1939–1945 (English: War Cross 1939–1945) is a French military decoration, a version of the Croix de Guerre created on 26 September 1939 to honour...
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Pictures from 1922, the year the company produced its first feature, until 1939. During these years Columbia emerged from Poverty Row to become one of the...
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Gone with the Wind (film) (redirect from Gone With the Wind 1939)
Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O....
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German Army Handbook 1939–1945, by W. J. K. Davies, is a small book covering the organization, equipment, and doctrine of the German Heer (and incidentally...
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Carpatho-Ukraine (redirect from Autonomous Subcarpathia (1938-1939))
breakup of the Second Czechoslovak Republic, Carpatho-Ukraine on 15 March 1939 proclaimed itself an independent republic, headed by President Avgustyn Voloshyn...
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Francoist Spain (redirect from Spain (1939–1975))
a single-party regime under the FET y de las JONS. The end of the war in 1939 brought the extension of the Franco rule to the whole country and the exile...
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Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (redirect from All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference (1934–1939))
and Kashmir, the organisation renamed itself to "National Conference" in 1939 in order to represent all the people of the state. It supported the accession...
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cheerfulness and sophisticated charm. America was launched on 31 August 1939 and was sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of then-president of the United...
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Luftwaffe (redirect from History of the Luftwaffe (1939–1945))
forces in the world when World War II broke out in September 1939. By the summer of 1939, the Luftwaffe had twenty-eight Geschwader (wings). The Luftwaffe...
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The Blockade of Germany (1939–1945), also known as the Economic War, involved operations carried out during World War II by the British Empire and by France...
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Netherlands in World War II (redirect from History of the Netherlands (1939-1945))
was doubled between 1938 and 1939, amid rising international tensions, it constituted only 4% of national spending in 1939, in contrast to nearly 25% of...
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