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Diplomatic crises of the 20th century

  • 1939 German ultimatum to LithuaniaOn the 20th of March 1939, Nazi Germany's foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop presented an oral ultimatum to Juozas Urbšys, the foreign minister of…
  • Phoney WarAn 8-inch howitzer sat silent in France during the autumn of 1939. This image captures the stillness that defined the first eight months of World War II.