World War Two aerial photographs on the Internet (EXCERPT), by Jeremy Lovell REUTERS 4:58 a.m. January 17, 2004 LONDON – More than five million detailed aerial photographs from World War Two go onto the Internet from Monday, giving the public their first views of some of the most dramatic and grisly moments of the conflict. From the smoke billowing from the incinerator of the Auschwitz concentration camp in which millions of Jews were murdered by the Nazis, to the U.S. landings on Omaha beach on D-Day, June 6, 1945, the pictures tell dramatic stories. These images allow us to see the real war at first hand, project head Allan William said. It is like a live action replay. They were declassified years ago, but it takes days to find an individual image. Now they have been digitized and will be on the Internet it takes seconds, he told Reuters. The pilots who took the highly detailed pictures were some of the most daring in the skies, flying unarmed, unprotected and alone often at very low level to fulfil their missions. In the Auschwitz pictures for instance, prisoners can be seen queuing up for roll call, and in the D-Day pictures bodies can be seen floating i...         U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing         copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report         cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it         in full today, 17 Jan 2004, at the following URL. (COMBINE         the following lines into your web browser.) The         subject/content of this report is not necessarily the         viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided         for your information and discussion. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20040117-0458-britain-wor...