AP Historical Hard Drive 2002

A London firefighter stands silhouetted in a bomb-damaged street near St. Paul's Cathedral as fire hoses are directed on to the flames, after a night...

A couple whose home in the London area has been wrecked by Nazi raiders, evacuate the district with their essential household goods piled onto a baby...

Britain's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth view the damage to their home after a bombing raid at Buckingham Palace in London, England, Sept. 11, 194...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth walks through the rubble in front of her husband, King George VI, as they view damage to their home after a bombing raid at...

A soldier of the German occupation forces poses for an artist in the Montmatre quarter of Paris, on September 7, 1940, with a pedestrian watching the...

The condensation trails from German and British fighter planes engaged in an aerial battle are seen in the sky over Kent, along the southeastern coast...

After another night of German bombings in September 1940, three children are sitting next to the remains of what was once their home in East London, i...

Two German soldiers, with their rifles shouldered, approach a burning oil tank as they move through Antwerp, on August 24, 1940, during the invasion o...

German artillery troops are seen on August 22, 1940, as they enter the Belgian town of Antwerp, during the invasion of the Low Countries in World War...

Appointed district leader and head of the Civil Administration in German-occupied Luxembourg, Gustav Simon, is seen on August 6, 1940, as he greets a...

A dead German pilot lies among the wreckage of his Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber, which was brought down over Sussex, England, during the Battle of Britain,...

Brothers and heirs to Anheuser-Busch Inc., the nation's largest brewery company, from left, August A. Busch Jr., 41, vice president and general manage...

U.S. first lady Eleanor Roosevelt waves as she acknowledges a standing ovation after she addressed the Democratic National Convention at Chicago, Ill....

Henry L. Stimson, a Republican, is sworn in by Percy E. Nelson, right, administrative assistant in the excutive offices, during a brief ceremony in th...

A German parachtrooper, his bicycle parked next to him, is seen lying in the grass at a roadside somewhere in Holland, on July 8, 1940, during the Ger...

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspects Britain's Grenadier guards standing at attention in front of Light Bren gun armored units in July 19...

German bombs miss their targets and explode in the sea, during an air raid on Dover, England, in July 1940. (AP Photo)

College football player and coach Hobbs Adams is shown in this July 1940. Adams, who was the second-oldest living USC football letterman, the captain...

Migratory agriculture workers have their evening meal outside a store in Belcrose, North Carolina, July 1940. (AP Photo)

Waves of German paratroopers land on snow-covered rock ledges in the Norwegian port and city of Narvik, June 28, 1940, during the German invasion of t...

German and French delegates are seen during negotiations of the terms of the Franco-German Armistice, on June 24, 1940, at an unknown location. As a r...

A German paractrooper's machine gun post is seen at an unknown location, in Holland, on June 21, 1940, during the German invasion of the Low Countries...

Gathered on Place de la Concorde, Paris citizens look on as the German occupation forces parade through the French capital, on June 20, 1940. (AP Phot...

British Royal Air Force patrol planes are seen in flight over an unknown location, on June 18, 1940, during World War II. (AP Photo)

Sitting on a Swastika-decorated vehicle, a German soldier pets his little dog, while a crowd of young Parisians watch the German troops parade down Ch...

German motorized units are seen passing through an unknown destroyed town, on June 14, 1940, as German troops invade France, during World War II.(AP P...

Armored reconnaissance vehicles of the invading German army are seen as they pass through the damaged streets of an unknown town in the Picardie regio...

A German tank crew is seen as they enter an unknown Belgian village, near Malmedy, on June 14, 1940, during the German invasion of the Low Countries i...

Soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force wade through shallow water to a rescue vessel that will take them back to England from Nazi-occupied Dunki...

German Nazis block the streets with barricades after invading the city of Reims, France, on June 12, 1940 during World War II. (AP Photo)

Defeated by German troops in the Flanders region, these soldiers of the British Expeditionary Forces arrive safely at an unknown British harbor, on Ju...

A German Heinkel He 111 plane is seen crashing down after being hit in an air battle, on June 5, 1940, over an unknown location, during World War II....

Defeated by German troops in the Flanders region, these soldiers of the British Expeditionary Forces arrive safely at an unknown British harbor, in th...

Captured British soldiers are led away by German troops at Dunkirk, France, in June 1940. (AP Photo)

After a successful emergency sealift from a beachhead at Dunkirk, these British and French soldiers arrive safely at an unknown British port, in June...

Pace car driver Harry Hartz pulls aside in the Studebaker, far right behind green flag, as the racers start into the first lap of the Memorial Day 500...

Members of the new Defense Commission named by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, seated at desk, pose after their first initial meeting in the Whi...

The New York Giants play their first night game at the Polo Grounds in New York City, May 24, 1940. The Giants defeated the Boston Bees, 8-1. About...

A German motorcycle rider inquires a Dutch peasant woman the shortest way to his set destination, at an unknown location in Holland, May 24, 1940. (AP...

A German field artillery detachment passes under a destroyed bridge at an unknown location in the Netherlands, on May 21, 1940, as German troops invad...

Igor I. Sikorsky, Aeronautical engineer and manager of the Vought-Sikorsky Division of the United States Aircraft Corp., is shown as he flies his 75-h...

Wilbur Shaw crosses the finish line past the checkered flag on the brickyard as he qualifies for the Memorial Day Indianapolis 500-mile speedway race...

Wooden crosses, topped with the helmets of fallen German soldiers, are seen on May 17, 1940, at an unknown location somewhere along the Norwegian fron...

Standing on the banks of the Maas river, German soldiers watch from a safe distance as the city of Rotterdam bursts into fire, after a German air raid...

German troops are seen as they cross a border river into Luxembourg on a rubber boat bridge, on May 11, 1940, as the German invasion of the Low Countr...

German motorcycle troops are seen as they pass around street barricades during their advance into Luxembourg, on May 10, 1940. (AP Photo)

German soldiers make a landing from a rubber raft near the Maas Bridge in Rotterdam, on May 10, 1940, during the German invasion of the Low Countries....

German infantrymen are seen as they enter the Belgian city of Brugge, on May 6, 1940, during the invasion of the Low Countries in World War II. (AP Ph...

German troops are seen as they march into Brugge, Belgium, on May 6, 1940, during the invasion of the Low Countries in World War II. (AP Photo)

German infantrymen are seen crossing the Albert Channel, near Maastricht, as German troops invade the Low Countries in the early days of May 1940. (A...