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German paratroopers, one of them holding a bicycle, are seen gathered at a roadsign, near Rotterdam's airport Waalhaven, during the German invasion of...

James Ellis pushes his loaded cart alongside car traffic on 6th Ave. at 48th St. in New York City in May 1940. (AP Photo/Robert Wands)

Standing in a trench, these French soldiers are ready to defend themselves with the hand grenades in front of them, at an unknown location somewhere a...

Two French soldiers are seen on their arrival in England, in May 1940, at an unknown location, during World War II. (AP Photo)

Chairman Martin Dies, D-Texas, of the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities, gestures as he speaks to the general conference of the Met...

With their bicycles parked next to them, these German soldiers are seen in combat at a roadside somewhere in Norway, during the German invasion of the...

Singer and songwriter Cindy Walker poses with her guitar, on April 12, 1940, upon her arrival in Hollywood, Calif., from her home state Texas. (AP Pho...

A German soldier operates his antiaircraft gun at an unknown location, in support of the German troops as they march into Danish territory, on April 9...

Jacqueline Cochran waves after landing at Union Air Terminal, Burbank, Ca., April 8, 1940. Cochran set a new speed record over a 2,000 kilometer cou...

German soldiers move through a burning Norwegian village, in April 1940, during the German invasion of the Scandinavian country. (AP Photo)

The new Messerschmitt Nazi bomber plane marked with the swastika symbol is shown in flight on March 30, 1940 during World War II. The plane, carrying...

Gen. Maurice Gamelin, commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in France, inspects Canadian troops at their headquarters in England, March 29, 1940, du...

Thomas Midgley Jr., right, chairman of the Board of American Chemical Society, demonstrates the original morse telegraph machine to Conway P. Coe, U.S...

Prof. Pierre Montet of Strasbourg University is shown in the tomb of Psusennes I as he bends over the outer of three sarcophagi in Egypt, March 9, 194...

Ferenc Molnar, 74, Hungarian playwright and novelist, is shown in March 1940. (AP Photo)

Hank Greenberg jumps high to catch this long fly ball in the outfield for the Detroit Tigers at spring training camp at Lakeland, Fla., Feb. 25, 1940....

This is a general view of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 21, 1940. (AP Photo)

New York City Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia plays the part of a fireman during entertainment at the U.S. president's birthday ball at the Waldorf-Astor...

This view shows the destruction of the center of Rotterdam, Holland, destroyed by German air bombardment on May 14, 1940 during the invasion of the co...

This view shows the destruction of the center of Rotterdam, Holland, after the German air bombardment on May 14, 1940 during the invasion of the count...

Heavy mortars of the German occupation forces are in position under the cliffs along the English Channel coastline at Fecamps, in the Normandy region,...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, with her husband King George VI tours bombed areas of London during World War II in this 1940 photo. (AP...

Silhouetted against the twilight, two German soldiers are seen as they approach a barrier of barbed wire, at an unknown location along the Western Fro...

High-ranking officers and ordinary soldiers of the German Wehrmacht are seen sitting among local patrons at Cafe De La Paix Place De L' Opera, in the...

Troops of the British Expeditionary Force view the Nazi bombardment of Dunkirk from a transport after their evacuation from the French coast during Wo...

Londons Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament are seen behind a barrier of barbed wire in this 1940 photo. (AP Photo)

French General Henri Honore Giraud is seen on his daily walk during the time of his captivity at the German castle prison Koenigstein Fortress near D...

The Italian flag is being raised above the Acropolis in Athens, during Mussolini's invasion of Greece, in late 1940. (AP Photo)

A displaced Belgian family is seen walking in front of a destroyed house during the German invasion of Belgium in 1940. The location is unknown. (AP P...

This is a general view of Rissik Street in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, 1940. (AP Photo/Homer Smith)

Norman Bel Geddes, architect and industrial designer, is shown with some of his model ships in his New York office, Dec. 8, 1939. Behind him is a rel...

Nile Kinnick Jr., Iowa's ace left halfback, is shown as he receives the Heisman Trophy in New York City, Dec. 6, 1939. (AP Photo)

This general view shows the harbour of Sweden's prinicipal sea port Gteborg, also known as Gothenburg, on Dec. 5, 1939. (AP Photo)

This is a general view of the Outer Banks of Pamlico Sound, North Carolina on Nov. 28, 1939. (AP Photo)

Open pushcarts are lined up along the sidewalks on Orchard St. in Manhattan's Lower East Side, a tenement district, on Nov. 21, 1939. Pushcart market...

Photographer Margaret Bourke White sails from New York City aboard the S.S. Washington to Europe to take World War II pictures on Oct. 16, 1939. (AP...

A German anti-tank gun is brought in position on the mainroad outside Warsaw during the Nazi invasion of Poland during World War II, Sept. 23, 1939....

A young Polish boy returns to what was his home and squats among the ruins during a pause in the German air raids on Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 1939 in Wor...

A London woman buys a newpaper announcing Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland, on September 1, 1939. (AP Photo)

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain tips his hat as he leaves 10 Downing Street to attend a special meeting of parliament in London, England,...

As Nazi Germany starts the invasion of its neighbor Poland in the early morning hours of September 1, 1939, these German soldiers tear down a barrier...

German school teachers and children wear gas masks as they are drilled in how to conduct themselves in the event of a war in Berlin, Germany, Aug. 31,...

Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov, seated, signs the German-Soviet non-aggression pact in Moscow, August 23, 1939,...

Stage and screen actress Ethel Barrymore poses on the lawn of her home in Mamaroneck, N.Y., on her 60th birthday, Aug. 15, 1939. (AP Photo)

Stage and screen actress Ethel Barrymore poses in the garden at her home in Mamaroneck, N.Y., on her 60th birthday, Aug. 15, 1939. (AP Photo)

William T. Piper Sr., is shown in front of a Cub monoplane, one of his light airplanes, in Lock Haven, Pa., on Aug. 1, 1939. (AP Photo)

Two unidentified London residents are seen as they watch antiaircraft guns go into action during an air defense maneuver in Hyde Park in this August 1...

Representing the Los Angeles Athletic Club, from left, Virginia Hopkins, Marian Hopkins, Eleanor Chamberlain and Esther Williams pose after setting a...

This general view shows the market place and pushcart vendors set up along Maxwell Street in Chicago, Ill., on July 22, 1939. (AP Photo)

The Civic Opera Building in Chicago, Ill., is shown in July 1939. It was built between 1927-29. (AP Photo)