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British prisoners of war near Aire Sur La Lys in the vicinity of Calais, France on June 3, 1940, march to an assembling camp. (AP Photo)

This knob-like structure surrounded by churned earth and stone, is Hill 505, the right corner post of the Maginot line in France in June 1940, which t...

The Atlantic Clipper is being loaded with 1,810 pounds of American Red Cross surgical dressing and medicine destined for the French war front, before...

Regiments of Polish and Czech troops have been formed alongside the French army. Polish troops on the march, somewhere in France, on May 20, 1940. (AP...

British troops in Louvain, Belgium, take advantage of furniture left behind by refugees to rest in one of the bomb-shattered streets of the town, on M...

An old woman, fleeing from her home with the few possessions she can carry, takes cover behind a tree by the roadside, somewhere in Belgium, on May 18...

British troops halted by the wayside with their Bren Gun Carrier, somewhere in Belgium, on May 17, 1940, while the ceaseless stream of Belgian refugee...

On a Belgian road, Belgian refugees, carrying all that they have been able to pack of their possessions, fleeing before the German invasion of their c...

A British machine-gun post at a street corner, somewhere in Belgium, on May 14, 1940, while in the background is seen a house wrecked by a German bomb...

Belgian civilians being evacuated from their homes which have been destroyed or damaged by the bombing by German planes. The terrible havoc wrought to...

A British light tank , part of the British Expeditionary Force, passing through a Belgian town, is warmly greeted by the local inhabitants, on May 12,...

British motor cyclists, part of the British Expeditionary Force, crossing the frontier into Belgium, on May 12, 1940. (AP Photo)

A day in the routine of a battalion of this famous regiment now in the forward area of the B.E.F. Washing their mess tins at a pump in France on April...

Three barges pulled alongside the French liner Ile de France at her Staten Island pier in New York on April 26, 1940 and began loading 12,000 tons of...

A strange contrast in the Maginot Line. The traction line in one of the subterranean galleries, a product of complex modern engineering, is swept by F...

Britain's King George VI, third left side face, visits army units at Aldershot, England, on April 10, 1940. (AP Photo)

Sir Marshal Barratt, followed by air vice marshal Playfair, descending to operations on the airfield in France on April 7, 1940. (AP Photo)

The Royal Irish Fusiliers of the British expeditionary forces have come to the aid of French farmers whose horses have been commandeered for the Frenc...

On the northern boundary of Ningsia province where the desert begins, a rambling walled town proudly displays the Chinese flag in Inner Mongolia, Marc...

Taking advantage of arctic conditions on the western front the D.E. F. have been making experiments with a view to ensuring that troops shall be as fr...

Starting up a 'Hurricane' the pilot gives the O.K. to wind up in France on March 13, 1940. (AP Photo)

Starting up a 'Hurricane' the pilot gives the O.K. to wind up in France on March 13, 1940. (AP Photo)

These British "Fairey Battles" planes are acting as a sky patrol to keep enemy planes away from a land convoy of British troops moving along French ro...

These members of the Welsh Guards are in training on March 8, 1940 at a spot where their fathers, members of the same regiment, fought in the last war...

This isn't a scene from the Russo-Finnish battlefronts. It's just a drill under "Arctic" conditions on the Quiet Western Front, with a British soldier...

Taking a tip from the Finns, British troops are wearing white clothing as an effective camouflage as the winter retains its hold on the Western front...

A contingent of Cypriot muleteers which landed in France have now taken up their duties with the British Expeditionary Force, with their mules they ar...

The Royal Indian Army Service Corps which have now taken their place as a working unit of the British Expeditionary Force, in France, on Feb. 16, 1940...

The Royal Indian Army Service Corps which have now taken their place as a working unit of the British Expeditionary Force, in France, on Feb. 16, 1940...

Britain's Secretary of State for War Oliver Stanley, centre, with Lord John Gort, left, are interested in a mule wearing a gas-mask during a visit to...

Alf M. Landon, left, 1936 Republican presidential nominee, discusses with John W. Gellerman on Feb. 12, 1940, a stamp cachet used for the first time w...

The French mud of 1918 which American Doughboys of the World War remember so well has given way to snow and ice this year as British Tommies move towa...

At French-Swiss frontier on Jan. 31, 1940, on right, French soldier, in center, a Swiss soldier and left, a Swiss customs man. (AP Photo)

Members of the Warwickshire Regiment manning the Trenches in the snow "somewhere" in France on Jan. 30, 1940. (AP Photo)

This quartet of British Tommies took up their positions in the snow on an advanced post of the Maginot line "somewhere in France" on Jan. 27, 1940. T...

The royal air force personnel in France are carrying on in spite of the severe weather at present making conditions doubly arduous. The "Grosvenor hou...

Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman is shown in New York, Jan. 20, 1940. (AP Photo)

Although the war in France still remains a stalemate as far as the B.E.F. is concerned, exercises are constantly taking place to keep the units up to...

British soldiers, engaged in snow clearing "somewhere in France" on Jan. 18, 1940, are taking time out to enjoy welcome refreshment. (AP Photo)

British soldiers, engaged in snow clearing "somewhere in France" on Jan. 18, 1940, are taking time out to enjoy welcome refreshment. (AP Photo)

An exercise by light tanks gave an official photographer the chance of obtaining these interesting photographs in France on Jan. 17, 1940. Tanks crew...

R.A.F. pilots walking to their aircraft through the snow in France on Jan. 13, 1940. The picture might be called "Christmas morning in war time," but...

Finnish troops reporting the capture of a Russian tank in the snow-covered forest on the Eastern front, Jan. 10, 1940. The Russians lost more than 300...

Leader of the Opposition in Britain's Parliament, Clement Attlee, inspecting defence work in one of the sectors of the British lines in France, on Jan...

Lord John Gort, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, making the recording of his Christmas message for broadcasting in France, on De...

Lord John Gort, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, making the recording of his Christmas message for broadcasting in France, on De...

Britain's Lieutenant General Sir John Dill inspecting soldiers at work digging trenches, somewhere in France, on Dec. 19, 1939. (AP Photo)

Britain's Lieutenant General Sir John Dill on a tour of inspection behind the British lines, somewhere in France, on Dec. 19, 1939. (AP Photo)

Britain's Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who is making a tour of the British war zone in France on Dec. 18, 1939, is seen, second left, having an...

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who is now touring the British war zone in France, is seen inspecting a camouflaged gun emplacement on Dec...