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Units of the fleet at sea in wintry weather, shows a message being passed by line from a destroyer to a cruiser while under way at sea on Feb. 18, 194...

"How many times did you say you've been married?" Death Valley Scotty asked John Barrymore when the actor paid him a visit as his desert castle in Dea...

A British officer and an Italian prisoner carrying a wounded Italian to an ambulance in Tobruk, Libya on Feb. 7, 1941, while another awaits assistance...

Wounded Italian prisoners awaiting transport to an Allied prison camp after the fall of Tobruk, Libya on Feb. 7, 1941, to British troops. (AP Photo)

Britain's Prime Minister paid a visit to Southampton, England, on Feb. 1, 1941, and walked around among the crowds, carrying his gas mask and steel he...

Britain's army trains under war conditions, although only a small proportion of Britain's huge army have received their baptism of fire in real war. A...

Scene from the German high command's documentary film shown Jan. 29, 1941, "Victory in the West," released on January 29 in Berlin, shows infantry sto...

Scene from the German high command's documentary film shown Jan. 29, 1941, "Victory in the West," released on January 29 in Berlin, shows infantry sto...

Bardia, the fortified Libyan seaport, described by Mussolini as ,A Bastion of fascism, was captured by the British forces, with 38,000 prisoners, incl...

Polish forces, co-operating with the British troops, have shared the fighting and victories in the Western Desert on Dec. 21, 1940. Polish column, not...

British troops, co-operating with the British forces, have shared in the fighting and the victories in the Western Desert on Dec. 9, 1940. Polish cava...

British troops began work on the erection of defences immediately on arrival on the Greek shores. General Sir Archibald Wavell, centre, is seen discus...

Eighteen men standing on the rolling deck of a neutral cargo boat in December 1940 cheered the British destroyer that met their overjoyed eyes for it...

Indian division a parade of tank hunting squad in the Western Desert on Nov. 2, 1940. (AP Photo)

Packed up and ready to ship to the French Army headquarters in Paris for distribution to French soldiers at the front are these kits, containing warm...

Forsaken and destructed British cars in St. Valery on Oct. 12, 1940. (AP Photo)

The Long, straight French road are known to all who has been over the channel now these tree-lined avenues set the scene for long convoys of British m...

Warships of the Mediterranean fleet bombard fort Capuzzo and Barsia, and on board one of the battleships was an official photographer who recorded pic...

A German trooper stands near the flame-eaten skeleton of what Nazi sources say is a British spitfire combat plane shot down somewhere along the Channe...

The guns are kept constantly ready for action so oiling and cleaning are an essential routine every day. A4" in the foreground and 4.7" in the backgro...

Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill, accompanied by a party of officials, inspected the damage caused by German bombing in the east end of Lond...

The downing of a British Blenheim bomber at Le Havre, in German-held France, during a Royal Air Force raid on August 20, 1940. A cloud of smoke arisin...

British Blenheim bomber plunged Earthward over the housetops of Le Havre, in German-held France on August 20, 1940 during a royal air force raid. (AP...

Nun and soldier digging side by side in France on August 18, 1940. (AP Photo)

French soldier, the French censor says, reads to his wife the news of the armistice which brought to an end the battle of France. They are seated in a...

Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid a visit to the north east of England on August 1, 1940, to inspect coastal fortifications and defense...

The new armoured cars with which a famous cavalry regiment has been equipped and which have been aptly christened Ironsides during an exercise with th...

"Gives an excellent example of the sure aim and effectiveness of modern German arms as evidenced in the French fort 230 on the Maginot Line" in France...

German army officers and French police viewing Paris from the top of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on July 10, 1940. The Germans promptly unfurled a Na...

German troops acting as a guard of honor, the German censor said, are marching by the railroad car in Compiegne Forest on July 5, 1940 where France bo...

Full equipment of their backs, the unbeaten spirit in their hearts, British troops march along the crowded quayside of a French Port. France's last al...

Bombs bursting on the landing ground of Abbeville Aerodrome in France on July 1, 1940 during a raid by the R.A.F. the big roles make landings so much...

The official opening meeting of the Armistice Commission took place in the Hotel Nassauer Hof, seat at the German delegation, in Wiesbaden on June 30,...

The opening session of the Armistice Conference took place in the Hotel Nassauer Hof in Wienbaden on June 30, 1940. All members of both the German and...

The republican convention recessed a few hours at Philadelphia on June 26, 1940 while the resolutions drafting committee in session, hammered the part...

Another war will end for France at 6 p.m. (E.D.T.), this time in an armistice of defeat for the nation which was victor in 1918. Signed was a Franco-I...

Britain's Secretary of State for War, Anthony Eden, made an extensive tour of inspection of Britain's defences and fortified areas, and is seen leavin...

Gen. Charles Huntziger, member of the French delegation which signed an armistice with Germany, is saluting an Italian officer in Rome on June 23, 194...

The armistice between Germany and France was signed in the forest at Compiegne on June 22, 1940. The German and French delegates in the historical sal...

Gen. Charles Huntziger, left, French plenipotentiary seeking, peace, affixes his signature to a German dictated armistice in Compiegne Forest on June...

In this railway car, enclosed in a building in Compiegne Forest, France on June 21, 1940, French delegates met Adolf Hitler and heard his terms of an...

Defense committee meets on June 21, 1940. Standing from left to right: Former Gov. Alf Landon addressing group, former Sen. Geo. W. Pepper, Pa. Quincy...

The Fuhrer with his three chief commanders leaves the forest of Compiegne after having been present at the presentation of the truce condition to the...

The conditions of truce were presented to the representatives of the French Government in the presence of the Fuhrer in Foch's saloon car in Compiegne...

St. James Palace from British Library of Information in London on June 18, 1940. (AP Photo)

St. James Palace from British Library of Information in London on June 18, 1940. (AP Photo)

The historical meeting between the Fuhrer and the Duce, in which their allied governments fixed their attitudes as France's request for truce, took pl...

The Swastika is flying over the French capital from the roof of the Arc De Triomphe. German officers and French Police viewing the city from the roof...

A British spitfire fighter is above, its cockpit blasted out, after it crashed to the beach at Dunkerque, France on June 6, 1940, the "last stand" por...

Outside view shows private chauffeur bringing clothes and material to send to the French War Aid Bureau of 744 5th Avenue which opened in New York on...