In photos: Life during World War II

September 1, 2015 /Photography News/  When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today. The Second World War (1939-1945) is generally accepted to have begun 76 years ago today, on 1 September 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany, and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France, Britain and most of the countries of the British Empire and Commonwealth. These photographs show the men and women who served in World War II, 1939-1945. They are from the ...