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LIFE

Front Cover
3 Jun 1940
120 pages
Vol. 8, No. 23
ISSN 0024-3019
Published by Time Inc
LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to share, print and post images for personal use.
  

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Contents

Plight of the refugees
10
World War, 1939-1945 (Refugees)
Imagine the worst
12
World War, 1939-1945
Portrait
15
Vincent Sheean; 1899-1975
America to Europe in 23 hours by clipper
16
Pan American Airways Corporation, Air travel, Aviation (Transatlantic flights)
German conquest threatens the world
25
World War, 1939-1945 (Campaigns and battles, Western), Germany (Army)
Its old schools bred a rare race of rulers
70
British, Private schools (Great Britain)
Old school tie proclaims the man
72
Neckties
England's ancient customs bewilder most outsiders
75
Great Britain (Social life and customs)
England is rich, small and lovely
81
Great Britain (Description and travel)
Photograph
84
SALISBURY cathedral

Exclusive statement to Life readers
37
World War, 1939-1945 (Netherlands)
Conquered: the wreckage of Warsaw is a blueprint of Nazi destruction
38
Warsaw (Poland)
America and Armageddon
40
World War, 1939-1945 (United States), United States (Defenses, Foreign relations)
Europe
43
Europe (History)
Europe's old castles mark its ancient wars
44
Castles
Europe moves inexorably toward climax of 1914
46
World War, 1914-1918
War darkens the beautiful and happy city of light
56
Paris (France) (Description and travel)
Its premier earl is Shrewsbury
88
John George Charles Chetwynd-Talbot SHREWSBURY; 21st earl of
Lloyd's helps knit a seafaring empire
94
Lloyd's of London
America and the world
102
United States (Foreign relations, History)
Portrait
102
James Madison; 1751-1836
Great internationalist looks at the war
108
World War, 1939-1945
Europeans still have fun
112
Recreation (Europe)
Humor in the war
116
World War, 1939-1945 (Humor, satire, etc)

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