<b>Poland Fighter</b> (German: <i><b>Polenkämpfer</b></i>), painted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Eichhorst" class="extiw" title="en:Franz Eichhorst">Franz Eichhorst</a>, German war artist, purchased by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" class="extiw" title="en:Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> for 4,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsmark" class="extiw" title="en:Reichsmark">RM</a>. Original painting at Army Art Collection of the U.S. Army Center of Military History. Painting showing a soldier in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht_Heer" class="extiw" title="en:Wehrmacht Heer">Wehrmacht Heer</a></i>, the army of Nazi Germany, during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" class="extiw" title="en:Invasion of Poland">Poland campaign</a> (German: <i>Überfall auf Polen, Polenfeldzug</i>) 1 September 1939 – 6 October 1939, which marked the beginning of World War II.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Franz_Eichhorst" class="extiw" title="w:en:Franz Eichhorst"><span title="20th century German painter, did pro-war paintings for Nazi regime. (1885-1948)">Franz Eichhorst</span></a>
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1940
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