WW 2 

Primary Documents

Primary Documents

1. Treaty of Versailles - June 1919

2. The Twenty-five Points: An Early Nazi Program - 1920

3. The Covenant of the League of Nations - December 1924

3. Kellogg-Briand Pact - 1928

4. What is Fascism by Benito Mussolini - 1932

5. U.S. Diplomatic Dispatches on the Nazi Movement - 1932

6. Haile Selassie's Speech to the League of Nations - June 1936

7. The Rape of Nanking - December 1937

8. Munich Pact - Sept. 1938

9. Roosevelt Letter to Hitler - August 14, 1939

10. Letter from Hitler to Mussolini - August 1939

11. Letter from Mussolini to Hitler - August 1939

12. German-Soviet Non Aggression Pact - August 1939

13. Secret Addendum to the Non Aggression Pact - August 1939

14. Hitler's Directive on Conduct of the War - August 31, 1939

15. French Response to the Invasion of Poland - Sept. 1939

16. English Response to the Invasion of Poland - Sept. 1939

17. Chamberlain's Radio Address - Sept. 3, 1939

18. Hitler's Proclamation to the German People - Sept. 3, 1939

19. Chamberlain's Address to the German People - Sept. 4, 1939

20. Churchill's Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat Speech - May 1940

21. France Surrenders to Germany - June 1940

22. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms Speech - January 6, 1941

23. Field Marshall von Reichenau's Orders - June 1941

24. Russian Reaction to German Invasion - June  1941

25. Rudolf Hoss Visits Treblinka - June 1941

26. Atlantic Charter - August 1941

27. Japanese Pearl Harbor Operations - November - December 1941

28. U.S. Pearl Harbor Operations - September - December 1941

29. U.S. Naval Operations - December 1941-March 1944

30. German Declaration of War on the U.S. - December 1941

31. U.S. Declaration of War on Japan, Germany, and Italy - December 1941

32. U.S. Naval Operations in the Atlantic - January 1942 - March 1944

33. Wannsee Protocol - January 20, 1942

34. U.S. - U.S.S.R Mutual Aid Agreement - June 11, 1942

35. Italian Armistice - September 1943

36. Italian Instrument of Surrender - September 1943

37. Operation Overlord Manual - Eisenhower's Battle Plan - Spring 1944

38. Minutes from General Staff Mtg. - June 2, 1944

39. Yalta Conference - February 1945

40. German Surrender Documents - April-May 1945

41. German Military Surrender - May 8, 1945

42. Soviet Declaration of War on Japan - August 8, 1945

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46. Japan's Formal Surrender - September 2, 1945

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