Documents of World War II
"Instances
of Use of United States Forces Abroad, 1798 - 1993," by Ellen C. Collier,
Specialist in U.S. Foreign Policy,
Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division, Washington DC: Congressional
Research Service -- Library of Congress -- October 7, 1993
Peter Chen, World War II Database
World
War II Timeline
BBC Online, World War II
US, Public Broadcasting System,
"The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight it"
Adolf Hitler Historical Archive
1938
U.S., Department
of State, Publication 1983, Peace and War: United States Foreign Policy,
1931-1941 (Washington, D.C.: U.S., Government Printing Office, 1943), RELATIONS
WITH JAPAN 1938-1940
DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS,
(1938-1939), (Also known as The French Yellow Book)
The Reichsfuehrer-SS
and Chief of the German Police in the Ministry of the Interior to the Foreign
Ministry on the explusion of all Soviet Russian Jews from Reich territory, BERLIN,
January 5, 1938, Received January 10, 1938.
The Counselor
of the German Embassy in the Soviet Union (Tippelskirch) to Counselor of Legation
Schliep of Political Division V in the German Foreign Ministry,
Moscow, January 10, 1938.
Memorandum on
the Status of German-Russian Negotiations, Schnurre, 10 January 1938
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Ministry, Telegram,
URGENT, No. 12 of January 13, (Pol. V 361), Moscow, January 13, 1938-6:36 p.m.,
Received January 13, 1938-11:10 p.m.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Ministry on the closing
of consulates, Moscow, January 17,1938.
The German Foreign
Ministry to the German Embassy in the Soviet Union on the explusion of Soviet
Russian Jews, BERLIN, January 28, 1938
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Ministry on Soviet views
of the situation in Germany, FEBRUARY 7, 1938.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Ministry on the arrests
of Germans, Moscow, February 7,1938.
Memorandum on
the German-Russian Economic Negotiations, Wiehl, BERLIN, February 21, 1938
THE BRITISH WAR BLUE
BOOK, Miscellaneous No. 9(1939), DOCUMENTS CONCERNING GERMAN-POLISH RELATIONS
AND THE OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY ON SEPTEMBER
3, 1939
CHRONOLOGY OF INTERNATIONAL
EVENTS, MARCH 1938 TO DECEMBER 1941, ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, DECEMBER
18,1941, (Department of State, Bulletin, December 27, 1941, p. 590)
Telegram
from Sir R. Lindsay (Washington) on his conversation with Roosevelt to Viscount
Halifax 9/20/38
Telegram
from Viscount Halifax on British views of the situation in Czechoslovakia to
Sir R. Lindsay 9/23/38
Munich Pact, 29
September 1938
"Peace
in Our Time" Statement Made by Neville Chamberlain, September 30, 1938
Chamberlain's Speech in
RealAudio format
The British Parliamentary
Debate on the Munich Agreement, October 1938
1939
U.S.,
Department of State, Publication 1983, Peace and War: United States Foreign
Policy, 1931-1941 (Washington, D.C.: U.S., Government Printing Office, 1943),
EUROPEAN WAR 1939
Maps of World War
II
World War II Timeline
The History
Place, Timeline of World War II
NAZI-SOVIET RELATIONS,
1939-1941, Documents from the Archives of the German Foreign Office, Edited
by Raymond James Sontag and James Stuart Beddie, Department of State, 1948,
Department of State Publication 3023
Raack, R.C., "Stalin's
Role in the Coming of World War II," World Affairs, (vol.
158, no.4) Spring 1996
Raack, R.C., "Stalin's
Role in the Coming of World War II: The International Debate Goes On,"
World Affairs, vol. 159, no. 2, Fall 1996
Speeches by Neville
Chamberlain in Audio Format
Speeches by Adolf Hitler
in Audio Format
Speeches of Winston Churchill
in Audio Format
Franklin Roosevelt,
Annual Message to the Congress, January 4, 1939
Message of
President Roosevelt to the Congress, January 12, 1939
Adolph
Hitler, Reichstag Speech, January 30, 1939
US, Department
of State, Memorandum of Conversation with the British Charge d'Affaires, Mr.
V.A.L. Mallet, the Under-Secretary on information concerning the Japanese decision
to join the Axis, 6 February 1939
Kenneth G. Crawford,
"'War Plots'and Politics," The Nation, February 11, 1939, Vol.
148, No. 7, p. 167-168
Frank C. Hanighen,
"Arms-Makers' Holiday," The Nation, February 18, 1939, Vol.
148, No. 8, p. 199
Speech
by Prime Minister Chamberlain at Birmingham on March 17, 1939
Statement
by the Acting Secretary of State (Welles), March l7, 1939
Speech
by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the House of Lords on March
20, 1939
Statement
by the Secretary of State on Albania, April 8, 1939
President
Roosevelt to the Chancellor of Germany (Hitler), [Telegram], 14 April 1939
Memorandum by
the State Secretary in the German Foreign Office on Soviet-German relations-
Weizsacker, BERLIN, April 17,1939.
Address Delivered
by the Secretary of State at Washington, April 25, 1939, [Extract]
THE ITALO-GERMAN
ALLIANCE, MAY 22, 1939, Volkischer Beobachter, May 23, 1939
Question
and the Prime Minister's answer in the House of Commons on March 23, 1939
The Secretary
of State to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations (Pittman), United
States Senate, WASHINGTON, May 27, 1939.
Statement
by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on March 31, 1939
THE WESTERN
GUARANTEE OF POLISH INDEPENDENCE, MARCH 31, 1939
Speech
by Herr Hitler at Wilhelmshaven on April 1, 1939
Anglo-Polish
communiqué issued on April 6, 1939
Franklin Roosevelt,
Letter to the Chancellor of the German Reich, April 14, 1939
Franklin Roosevelt,
Address to the Governing Board of the Pan American Union, April 14, 1939
Memorandum
from the German Government denouncing the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, 27 April
1939
Extract
from Herr Hitler's speech to the Reichstag on April 28, 1939
Another
extract from speech by Herr Hitler to the Reichstag on April 28, 1939
German
Government Memorandum handed to the Polish Government on April 28, 1939
The German Charge
in the Soviet Union (Tippelskirch) to the German Foreign Office : Telegram,
Moscow, May 4, 1939: 45 p. m., Received May 4,1939 10 p. m.
Speech
made by M. Beck, the Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs in Parliament on May
5, 1939
Memorandum
communicated to the German Government by the Polish Government on May 5, 1939,
in reply to the German Government memorandum of April 28, 1939
German Foreign
Office Memorandum on Soviet-German relations: May 5, 1939
German Foreign
Office Memorandum on Soviet-German relations: May 9, 1939
German Foreign
Office Memorandum on Soviet-German relations: May 17, 1939
Memorandum by
the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) May 20, 1939
The State Secretary
in the German Foreign Office (Weizsacker) to the German Ambassador in the Soviet
Union (Schulenburg) May 21, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the State Secretary in the German Foreign
Office (Weizsacker) May 22, 1939
The State Secretary
in the German Foreign Office (Weizsacker) to the German Ambassador in the Soviet
Union (Schulenburg) May 27, 1939
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax, Berlin, May 28, 1939 about his meeting with Field-Marshal
Göring at Karinhall
German Foreign
Office Memorandum on Soviet-German relations: May 29, 1939
German Foreign
Office Memorandum on Soviet-German relations: (May 29, 1939)
Memorandum by
the State Secretary in the German Foreign Office (Weizsacker) on Soviet-German
relations: May 30, 1939
The State Secretary
in the German Foreign Office (Weizsacker) to the German Ambassador in the Soviet
Union (Schulenburg) : May 30, 1939
The State Secretary
in the German Foreign Office (Weizsacker) to the German Ambassador in the Soviet
Union (Schulenburg) : May 30, 1939
Note from
the President of the Danzig Senate to the Polish Commissioner-General of June
3, 1939, about the question of Polish Customs Inspectors
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the State Secretary in the German Foreign
Office (Weizsacker), June 5, 1939
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, June 11, 1939
German Foreign
Office Memorandum on Soviet-German relations: June 15, 1939
Viscount
Halifax to Sir N. Henderson (Berlin), Foreign Office, June 16, 1939
The German Charge
in the Soviet Union (Tippelskirch) to the German Foreign Office : June 18,1939
Memorandum
from His Majesty's Government of June 23, 1939, replying to the German memorandum
denouncing the Anglo-German Naval Agreement
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, June 27, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office : June 27, 1939
Mr. G.
Shepherd to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Danzig, June 28, 1939
Speech
by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs at Chatham House on June 29, 1939
German Foreign
Office Memorandum on Soviet-German relations: June 29, 1939
Viscount
Halifax to Sir H. Kennard (Warsaw), (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, June 30,
1939
Mr. G.
Shepherd to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Danzig, June 30, 1939
The State Secretary
in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) to the German Ambassador in the
Soviet Union (Schulenburg, June 30, 1939
Mr. Norton
to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, July 1, 1939
Statement
by the Secretary of State (Hull) on the Six-Point Peace and Neutrality Proposal,
July 1, 1939
Mr. G.
Shepherd to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Danzig, July 1, 1939
Mr. Norton
to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, July 3, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office, Telegram, VERY
URGENT, Moscow, July 3, 1939-8:40 p. m.
Received July 4, 1339-1:20 a. m.
Statement
by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on July 10, 1939
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation With the Japanese Ambassador
(Horinouchi), [Extracts], [WASHINGTON,] July 10, 1939.
The Counselor
of Embassy of the German Embassy in the Soviet Union (Tippelskirch) to the German
Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg), BERLIN, JULY 12, 1939.
Message From
President Roosevelt to the Congress, Transmitting A Statement by the Secretary
of State, July 14, 1939
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax, Berlin, July 15, 1939
Press Release
Issued by the White House on July 18, 1939
Mr. Shepherd
to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Danzig, July 19, 1939
Viscount
Halifax to Mr. Norton (Warsaw), (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, July 21, 1939
The German Ambassador
to the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office, Telegram, URGENT,
Moscow, July 22, 1939-1:07 p. m., Received July 22, 1939-1:35 p. m.
Mr. Norton
to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Danzig, July 25, 1939
Mr. F.
M. Shepherd to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, July 25, 1939
The Secretary
of State (Hull) to the Japanese Ambassador (Horinouchi) Terminating the 1911
Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the U.S. and Japan, 26 July 1939
German Foreign
Office Memorandum on Soviet-German relations, SECRET, BERLIN, July 27, 1939.
The German Foreign
Office to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg), SECRET, BERLIN,
July 29, 1939
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, July 31, 1939
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August 2, 1939
The State Secretary
in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) to the German Ambassador in the
Soviet Union (Schulenburg), VERY URGENT, BERLIN, August 3, 1939-1:47 p. m.,
Received Moscow, August 3, 1939-6:00 p. m., SECRET
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg), Telegram,
VERY URGENT, BERLIN, August 3, 1939-3:47 p. m.
Received Moscow, August 4, 1939-4:30 a. m.
Mr. Norton
to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August 4, 1939.
Mr. F.
M. Shepherd to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Danzig, August 4, 1939.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign, Office, Telegram, Moscow,
August 4, 1939-12:20 a. m.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to Counselor of Legation Schliep of the German
Foreign Office, Moscow, August 7, 1939.
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August 9, 1939
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August 10, 1939
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August 10, 1939 (2nd Telegram)
German Foreign
Office Memorandum, August 10, 1939
Explanatory
Note on Herr Hitler's Meeting with M. Burckhardt on August 11, 1939
Text
of the message from President Roosevelt to Herr Hitler of August 14, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the State Secretary in the German Foreign
Office (Weizsäcker), Moscow, August 14, 1939
The German Foreign
Office to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg), Telegram,
BERLIN, August 14, 1939-1:52 p. m., Received Moscow, August 11, 1939-5 p. m.
The Reich Foreign
Minister (Ribbentrop) to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg)
announcing that there was no obstacle to Soviet-German cooperation, Telegram,
MOST URGENT, BERLIN, August 14, 1939-10:53 p. m., Received Moscow, August 15,
1939-4:40 a. m.
Viscount
Halifax to Sir H. Kennard (Warsaw), (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, August 15,
1939.
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August 15, 1939
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Berlin, August 16, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office, Telegram, VERY
URGENT, Moscow, August 16, 1939-2:30 a. m.
SECRET
Memorandum by
the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg), August 16, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the State Secretary in the German Foreign
Office (Weizsäcker), Moscow, August 16, 1939.
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg), Telegram,
URGENT, BERLIN, August 16, 1939-4:15 p. m.
Received MOSCOW, August 17, 1939-1 a. m.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office, VERY URGENT,
Moscow, August 18, 1939-5:30 a. m.
SECRET
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg), Telegram,
VERY URGENT, BERLIN, August 18, 1939-10:48 p. m.
Received Moscow, August l9, 1939-5:45 a. m.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office, Telegram, VERY
URGENT, Moscow, August 19, 1939 SECRET
The German Ambassador
in The Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office, Telegram, VERY
URGENT, Moscow, August 19, 1939-5:50 p. m.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office containing a
draft of the non-aggression pact, Telegram, VERY URGENT, Moscow, August 19,
1939-11:30 p. m., SECRET
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg), Telegram,
VERY URGENT, BERLIN, August 2O, 1939-4:35 p. m.
Received Moscow, August 91, 1939-12:45 a. m.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office, Telegram, VERY
URGENT, Moscow, August 21, 1939-5:30 p. m.
SECRET
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office, Telegram, VERY
URGENT, MOSCOW, August 21, 1939.
SECRET
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office with Stalin's
reply, Telegram, VERY URGENT, Moscow, August 21, 1939-7:30 p. m. , SECRET
Letter
of August 22, 1939, from the Prime Minister to the German Chancellor
Hitler Gives Full
Powers To the Reich Foreign Minister, Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop, to negotiate
a non-aggression treaty with the Soviet Union, 22 August 1939
Memorandum by
the State Secretary in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) on discussions
with the Japanese about the Soviet-German relationship, BERLIN, August 22, 1939.
Communication
from the German Chancellor to the Prime Minister, handed to His Majesty's Ambassador
on August 23, 1939.
Broadcast
Appeal by His Majesty the king of the Belgians in the name of the Heads of States
of the Oslo Group of Powers on August 23, 1939
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Foreign Office on the ports of Libau and Windau, Telegram,
VERY URGENT, Moscow, August 23, 1939-8:05 p. m.
The German Foreign
Office to the Reich Foreign Minister, Telegram, No. 205, BERLIN, August 23,
1939.
Memorandum of
a Conversation Held on the Night of August 23d to 24th, Between the Reich Foreign
Minister, on the One Hand, and Herr Stalin and the Chairman of the Council of
People's Commissars Molotov, on the Other Hand. Topics include Japan, Italy,
Turkey, England, and France.
Non-Aggression
Pact Between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, (Molotov-Ribbentrop
Pact), 23 August 1939
Secret Additional
Protocol to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty, 23 August 1939
President
Roosevelt to King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, 23 August 1939
The Reich Finance
Minister (Schwerin-Krosigk) to the Reich Foreign Minister on discussions with
Italy on the Soviet treaty, ROME, August 23, 1939
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August 24, 1939.
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August 24, 1939
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax (received August 24).
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax (received August 24). (2nd Telegram)
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax (received 8:30 p. m.).
Speech
by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on August 24, 1939
Text
of the message from President Roosevelt to the President of Poland of August
24, 1939
Speech
by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the House of Lords on August
24, 1939
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax (received 8 p. m.)
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, August 24, 1939
President
Roosevelt to the Chancellor of Germany (Hitler) [Telegram], 24 August 1939
Agreement
of Mutual Assistance between the United Kingdom and Poland.-London, August 25,
1939
Text
of the reply of August 25, 1939, to President Roosevelt from President Moscicki
Supplementary
Communication from the German Chancellor handed to His Majesty's Ambassador
on August 25, 1939
Text
of President Roosevelt's second appeal to Herr Hitler, dated August 25, 1939
President
Roosevelt to the Chancelor of Germany (Hitler), [Telegram], AUGUST 25, 1939.
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax (received 7 p. m.), August 25, 1939
Viscount
Halifax to Sir H. Kennard (Warsaw), August 25, 1939
Letter from Hitler
to Mussolini, August 25, 1939
Letter from Mussolini
to Hitler, August 25, 1939
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August 26, 1939
Viscount
Halifax to Sir H. Kennard (Warsaw), August 26, 1939
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August 26, 1939 (2nd Telegram)
Mr. F.
M. Shepherd to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Danzig, August 26, 1939.
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation With the Japanese Ambassador
(Horinouchi), [WASHINGTON,] August 26, 1939.
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax, (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August 27, 1939
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax (received 5:50 p. m.), August 27, 1939
Viscount
Halifax to Sir H. Kennard (Warsaw), August 28, 1939
Reply
of His Majesty's Government dated August 28, 1939, to the German Chancellor's
Communications of August 23 and 25, 1939
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax (received 2:35 a. m. August 29), (Telegraphic.)
Berlin, August 28, 1939.
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax (received 4:55 p. m.), (Telegraphic) Berlin, August
29, 1939.
Speech
by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on August 29, 1939
Reply
of the German Chancellor to the Communication of August 28, 1939, from His Majesty's
Government. This reply was handed to Sir N. Henderson by Herr Hitler during
the evening of August 29, 1939.
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax (Received 9:15 p. m.), August 29, 1939
German Foreign
Office Memorandum on commercial relations with the Soviet Union, August 29,
1939
Viscount
Halifax to Sir N. Henderson (Berlin), (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, August
30, 1939, 2 a. m.
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax (Received 1 p. m.), (Telegraphic.) Berlin, August
30, 1939
Viscount
Halifax to Sir N. Henderson (Berlin), (Telegraphic) Foreign Office, August 30,
1939, 2:45 p. m.
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax (received 10 a. m.), (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August
30, 1939
Viscount
Halifax to Sir H. Kennard (Warsaw), (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, August 30,
1939, 5:30 p. m.
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax (Received 8:15 p. m.), (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August
30, 1939
Viscount
Halifax to Sir N. Henderson (Berlin), (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, August
30, 1939, 5-30 p. m.
Viscount
Halifax to Sir N. Henderson (Berlin), (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, August
30, 1939, 6:50 p. m.
Reply
of His Majesty's Government to the German Chancellor's Communication of August
29, 1939. This reply was handed by Sir N. Henderson to Herr von Ribbentrop at
Midnight on August 30, 1939.
Viscount
Halifax to Sir H. Kennard (Warsaw), (Sent to Sir H. Kennard on August 30 and
acted on in the early morning of August 31.)
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax (received 2:45 a. m. August 31), (Telegraphic.)
Berlin, August 30, 1939
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax (received 9:30 a. m. August 31), (Telegraphic.)
Berlin, August 30, 1939.
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax (received 8 a. m.), (Telegraphic) Warsaw, August
31, 1939.
Viscount
Halifax to Sir H. Kennard (Warsaw), (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, August 31,
1939, 12 noon
Viscount
Halifax to Sir H. Kennard (Warsaw), (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, August 31,
1939, 1:45 p. m.
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax (received 7:15 p. m.), (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August
31, 1939.
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax (received 6:30 p. m.), (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, August
31, 1939
Message
which was communicated to H.M. Ambassador in Berlin by the State Secretary on
August 31, 1939, at 9:15 p. m.
Viscount
Halifax to Sir N. Henderson (Berlin), (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, August
31, 1939, 11 p. m.
The German
Chargé (Thomsen) to the Secretary of State, WASHINGTON, August 31, 1939.
Viscount
Halifax to Sir H. Kennard (Warsaw), (Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, September
1, 1939, 12:50 a. m.
Sir H.
Kennard to Viscount Halifax (dated 7 43 p. m. September 1 and received 2 a.
m. September 2), (Telegraphic.) Warsaw, September 1, 1939
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax (received 12:10 a. m. September 1), (Telegraphic.)
Berlin, August 31, 1939
Sir N.
Henderson to Viscount Halifax (received in the early hours of September 1, 1939),
(Telegraphic.) Berlin, September 1, 1939
Speech
by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on September 1, 1939
Speech
by Herr Hitler to the Reichstag on September 1, 1939.
Herr
Hitler's Proclamation to the German Army on September 1, 1939.
Explanatory
Note upon the actual Course of Events
Proclamation
by Herr Forster and Exchange of Telegrams between Herr Forster and Herr Hitler,
September 1, 1939.
Speech
by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on September 2, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on Soviet-Turkish
relations, Telegram, VERY URGENT, Moscow, September 2, 1939-5:49 p. m. Received
September 2, 1939-6:10 p. m.
Memorandum
handed to Sir N. Henderson at 11:20 a. m. on September 3, 1939, by Herr von
Ribbentrop
Speech
by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on September 3, 1939.
Herr
Hitler's Proclamations of September 3, 1939, to the German People and the German
Army.
Radio Address
Delivered by President Roosevelt From Washington, September 3, 1939
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on Soviet
intentions on Polish areas within the Soviet sphere of influence, Telegram,
No. 253 of September 3, BERLIN, September 3, 1939-6:50 p. m. Received MOSCOW
September 4, 1939-12:30 a. m.
Prime
Minister Chamberlain's Broadcast Talk to the German People, September 4, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on Soviet intentions
in Poland,. Telegram, VERY URGENT, Moscow, September 5, 1939-2:30 p. m., STRICTLY
SECRET
The Polish Campaign,
1939
Three
Speeches by Neville Chamberlain after the German Invasion of Poland, 1939
Documents
of the French Response to the German Invasion of Poland, 1939
German
Documents Concerning the Invasion of Poland and the British Response, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on Turkey, Telegram,
No. 266 of September 5, Moscow, September 5, 1939-5:02 p. m., Received September
5, 1939-6 p. m.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office, Telegram, Pol.
V 8924, Moscow, September 6, 1939-5:46 p. m.
Received September 6, 1939-8:15 p. m.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union. (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office communicating
Molotov's congratulations on the German entry into Waraw, Telegram, VERY URGENT,
MOSCOW, September 9, 1939-12:56 a. m., Received September 9, 1939-5 a. m.
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet (Schulenburg), Telegram, URGENT,
BERLIN, September 9, 1939-12:50 a. m., Received Moscow, September 9, 1939-12:10
p. m., STRICTLY SECRET
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office communicating
that the Soviets were to begin mobilization, Telegram, VERY URGENT, MOSCOW,
September 9, 1939-4:10 p. m., STRICTLY SECRET
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on Soviet mobilization,
Telegram, VERY URGENT, Moscow, September 9, 1939-8:40 p. m., STRICTLY SECRET
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union, (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on the Soviet
public explanation for intervention in Poland, Telegram, VERY URGENT, Moscow,
September 10, 1939-9:40 p. m., STRICTLY SECRET
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg), Telegram,
URGENT, BERLIN, September 13, 1939-5:50 p. m.
Received Moscow, September 14, 1939-1:10 a. m.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on Soviet intervention
in Poland, Telegram, VERY URGENT, Moscow, September 14, 1939-6 p. m., SECRET
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) clarifying
the public grounds for Soviet intervention in Poland, Telegram, VERY URGENT,
BERLIN, September 15, 1939-8:20 p. m. Received MOSCOW, September 16, 1939-7:15
a. m., STRICTLY SECRET
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office, Telegram, VERY
URGENT, Moscow, September 16, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on Soviet intervention
in Poland, Telegram, VERY URGENT
Moscow, September 17, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on Turkey, Telegram,
URGENT, Moscow, September 17, 1939--8:23 a. m. Received September 17, 1939-8:45
a. m.
Memorandum by
the State Secretary in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) on Italy,
BERLIN, September 18, 1939.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office, Telegram, VERY
URGENT, Moscow, September 18, 1939-3:59 p. m.
Received September 18, 1939-5:45 p. m. STRICTLY SECRET
Memorandum by
Counselor of Legation Hilger of the German Embassy in the Soviet Union, Re:
Publication of joint Soviet-German communiqué, 18 September 1939
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg), Telegram,
BERLIN, September 19, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on the partition
of Poland, Telegram, STRICTLY SECRET, Moscow, September 20, 1939-2:23 a. m.
Received September 20, 1939-4:55 a. m.
Franklin Roosevelt,
Address before a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives recommending
revision of the neutrality law, September 21, 1939
Address Delivered
by President Roosevelt to the Congress, September 21, 1939, [Extracts]
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on the partition
of Poland, Telegram, STRICTLY SECRET, BERLIN September 23, 1939-3:40 a. m.,
Received Moscow September 23, 1939-11:05 a. m.
Address
Delivered by the US Under Secretary of State (Welles) at Panama, September 25,
1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on the Baltic
states, Telegram, VERY URGENT, Moscow, September 25, 1939-10:58 p. m., Received
September 26, 1939-12:30 a. m., STRICTLY SECRET
The German Foreign
Office to the German Embassy in the Soviet Union on Estonia, Telegram, VERY
URGENT, BERLIN, September 27, 1939,
The German Foreign
Office to the German Embassy in the Soviet Union on communications with Finland,
Telegram, VERY URGENT, BERLIN, September 27, 1939
The German Foreign
Office to the German Embassy in the Soviet Union on Estonia, Telegram, VERY
URGENT, BERLIN, September 27, 1939
Timetable of Ribbentrop's
Second Visit to Moscow, 27-29 September 1939
German-Soviet
Boundary and Friendship Treaty, 28 September 1939
Confidential
Protocol
Secret Supplementary
Protocol on Lithuania
Secret Supplementary
Protocol on Repsect for Each Other's Control within Poland
Declaration of
the Government of the German Reich and the Government of the U.S.S.R. of September
28, 1939
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet
Union (Molotov), Moscow, September 28, 1939
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet
Union. (Molotov) on transit rights and the sale of oil, 28 Septmber 1939
Hitler
Signs an Order Authorizing Involuntary Euthanasia in Germany, October 1939
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on relations
with Turkey, Telegram, BERLIN, October 2, 1939
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in Turkey (Papen), Telegram, BERLIN, October
2, 1939
Memorandum by
the State Secretary in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) on relations
with Finland, BERLIN, October 2, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on relations
with Lithuania, Telegram, VERY URGENT, Moscow, October 3, 1939-7:04 p. m., Received
October 3, 1939-11:10 p. m., STRICTLY SECRET
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on relations
with Turkey, URGENT, MOSCOW October 3, 1939-8:08 p.m., Received October 3, 1939-11:10
p. m., STRICTLY SECRET
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on Lithuania,
STRICTLY SECRET, BERLIN, October 4, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on Lithuania,
Telegram, VERY URGENT, Moscow, October 5, 1939-12:30 a. m. STRICTLY SECRET
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union, (Schulenburg) on Lithuania,
Telegram, VERY URGENT, BERLIN, October 5, 1939-3:43 a. m. Received Moscow, October
5, 1939-11:55 a. m., STRICTLY SECRET
Memorandum by
the State Secretary in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) on Lithuania,
SECRET, BERLIN, October 5, 1939
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on Turkey,
Telegram, VERY URGENT, BERLIN, October 7, 1939
The Chairman of
the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union (Molotov) to the German
Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on Turkey, SECRET, Moscow, October
8, 1939
Foreign Office
Memorandum on Soviet German Economic Relations, October ?, 1939
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on Turkey, Telegram,
VERY URGENT, MOSCOW, October 9, 1939-12:30 a. m., Received October 9, 1939-3
a. m.
Memorandum by
the State Secretary in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) on Finnish
relations, BERLIN, October 9, 1939
The State Secretary
in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) to the German Minister in Finland
(Blücher), Telegram, BERLIN, October 9, 1939
Memorandum by
the State Secretary in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) on Finnish
relations, BERLIN, October 9, 1939
The German Minister
in Finland (Blücher) to the German Foreign Office, Telegram, VERY URGENT,
HELSINKI, October 10, 1939-9:30 p. m.
Received October 10, 1939-12 midnight.
Memorandum by
the State Secretary in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) on Russian-Bulgarian
relations, CONFIDENTIAL, BERLIN, October 12, 1939
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on how to
describe Soviet-German relations publicly, Telegram, BERLIN, October 18, 1939-12:40
a. m.Received Moscow, October 18, 1939-10:05 a. m.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on Soviet-German
relations, Telegram, URGENT, Moscow, October 19, 1939
Grolier Online, Neville
Chamberlain
Timo Vihavainen,
"Before the War: Finland, Stalin and Germany in the 1930s"
Memorandum by
the State Secretary in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) on Soviet-German
relations, BERLIN, November 1, 1939
US
Neutrality Act of November 4, 1939
Address by Finnish Prime
Minister A.K. Cajander on the 23rd of November 1939
Pravda's Response
to Cajander's Speech, 26 November 1939
The Causes,
Events, and Repercussions of the Russo-Finnish War by Stephen Payne
President Roosevelt's
statement on the Soviet invasion of Finland, December 1,1939
Telegram of K.A. Umanskii,
Plenipotentiary of the USSR to USA, to the People's Commissariat for Foreign
Affairs on the Situation in Finland, 2 December 1939
The State Secretary
in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) to German Missions Abroad on
events in Finland, Telegram, BERLIN, December 2, 1939
Map
of the Soviet Offensive in the Winter War
Statement by Molotov
Denying the Bombing of Finnish Civilians, Moscow Daily News, 4 December
1939
World War II in Ukraine, The
Ukrainian Experience in World War II With a Brief Survey of Ukraine's Population
Loss of 10 Million, by Andrew Gregorovich
Memorandum by
the State Secretary in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) on difficulties
in expelling Russian Jews, BERLIN, December 5, 1939
Memorandum by
the State Secretary in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) on Soviet
demands for material, BERLIN, December 5, 1939
The State Secretary
in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) to the German Ambassador in the
Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on the Russian-Finnish war, Telegram No. 1003, BERLIN,
December 6, 1939
Memorandum by
the Reich Foreign Minister on German-Finnish-Soviet relations, BERLIN, December
11, 1939
LEAGUE OF
NATIONS' EXPULSION OF THE U.S.S.R., DECEMBER 14, 1939
Gerald P. Nye,
"Is Neutrality Possible for America?" in Tomorrow in the Making,
edited by John N. Andrews and Carl A. Marsden (New York: Whittlesey House, 1939),
pp. 420-35.
Sidney Hook,
"Democracy as a Way of Life," in Tomorrow in the Making, edited
by John N. Andrews and Carl A. Marsden (New York: Whittlesey House, 1939), pp.
31-46.
Eleanor Roosevelt, "Keepers
of Democracy," Originally published in The Virginia Quarterly Review
15, no. 1 (Winter 1939): 1-5.
1940
U.S.,
Department of State, Publication 1983, Peace and War: United States Foreign
Policy, 1931-1941 (Washington, D.C.: U.S., Government Printing Office, 1943),
EUROPEAN WAR 1940
U.S.,
Department of State, Publication 1983, Peace and War: United States Foreign
Policy, 1931-1941 (Washington, D.C.: U.S., Government Printing Office, 1943),
DEFENSE MEASURES OF THE UNITED STATES 1940
National Counterintelligence
Center, "Counterintelligence in World War II"
Address
Delivered by President Roosevelt to the Congress, January 3, 1940
MEMORANDUM ON
THE GERMAN-SOVIET COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT SIGNED ON FEBRUARY 11, 1940
Statement by President
Roosevelt on the End of the Russo-Finnish War, 13 March 1940
Finnish Field Marshall
C.G.E. Mannerheim's Order of the Day, 14 March 1940
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on how to
describe Soviet-German relations publicly, Telegram, STATE SECRET, BERLIN, March
28, 1940
Statement
by President Roosevelt on Sumner Welles's Mission, March 29,1940
Molotov's report to the
Supreme Soviet on 29 March 1940, "The Foreign Policy of the Government"
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on inviting Molotov
to Germany; March 30, 1940
The German Foreign
Office to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on deferring
an invitation to Molotov; April 3, 1940
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on possible
Anglo-French action in Denmark and Norway; April 7, 1940
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office wishing success
to German invasion of Denmark; April 9, 1940
Memorandum by
the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on problems with the
Soviet Union; April 11, 1940
Statement
by President Roosevelt on the Invasions of Denmark and Norway, April 13, 1940
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on Soviet fears
of German action against Sweden; April 13, 1940
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on German
intentions to observe Swedish neutrality; April 15, 1940
The Spanish
Government and the Axis: Collected Documents
Denmark during
the Second World War a by Erik Juel Andersen
Statement
by the Secretary of State on the Netherlands Indies, April 17, 1940
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation With the Japanese Ambassador
(Horinouchi), [WASHINGTON,] April 20, 1940.
President
Roosevelt to the Premier of Italy (Mussolini) [45], [Telegram], WASHINGTON,
April 29, 1940, 6 p.m.
The Ambassador
in Italy (Phillips) to the Secretary of State, [Telegram: Paraphrase], [Rome,]
May 1, 1940
The Premier
of Italy (Mussolini) to President Roosevelt, [Translation], [ROME, May 2, 1940.]
First
radio Speech by Winston Churchill as Prime Minister, May 1940
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on German
plans with respect to Belgium and Holland; May 7, 1940
Franklin Roosevelt,
Address by radio to the Eighth Pan American Scientific Congress, May 10, 1940
Address
Delivered by President Roosevelt at Washington May 10, 1940
President
Roosevelt to the Premier of Italy (Mussolini) [47], [Telegram], [WASHINGTON,]
May 14, 1940-midnight.
Franklin Roosevelt,
Address before a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives asking
additional appropriations for national defense, May 16, 1940
Address
Delivered by President Roosevelt to the Congress, May 16, 1940
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation With the Japanese Ambassador
(Horinouchi), [WASHINGTON,] May 16, 1940.
The Premier
of Italy (Mussolini) to President Roosevelt [48], [Telegram], ROME, May 18,
1940.
The Wartime Speeches
of Winston Churchill in Audio Format
President
Roosevelt to the Premier of Italy (Mussolini) [49], [Telegram], WASHINGTON,
May 26, 1940-3 p.m.
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on Soviet-British
relations; May 29, 1940
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on Italian entrance
into the war; June 4, 1940
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on the Balkans;
June 6, 1940
The German Foreign
Office to the Representative of the German Foreign Office With the Reich Protector
of Bohemia and Moravia on Ukraine; June 8, 1940
Franklin Roosevelt,
Address at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., June 10, 1940
German Foreign
Office Memorandum on Lithuania; June 11, 1940
The State Secretary
in the German Foreign office (Weizsäcker) to the German Ambassador in the
Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on Soviet hostility to Germany; June 14, 1940
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Ambassador in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) on the issue
of the Balkans; June 16, 1940
The German Foreign
Office to the Reich Foreign Minister on Lithuania; June 16, 1940
German Foreign
Office Memorandum; June 16, 1940 on Lithuania
The Reich Foreign
Minister to the German Foreign Office on Lithuania; June 16, 1940
The German Foreign
Office to the Reich Foreign Minister on the need to rely upon the Baltic states;
June 17, 1940
The State Secretary
in the German Foreign Office (Weizsäcker) to all German Missions on the
Baltic states; June 17, 1940
Speech
by Winston Churchill on the success of the Royal Air Force in holding off the
Luftwaffe, June 18, 1940
The German Ambassador
in the Soviet Union (Schulenburg) to the German Foreign Office on the Baltics;
June 18, 1940
ARMISTICE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE GERMAN HIGH COMMAND OF THE ARMED FORCES AND FRENCH PLENIPOTENTIARIES,
COMPIÈGNE, JUNE 22, 1940
ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE VICHY GOVERNMENT, JULY 10, 1940
The
Ambassador in Italy (Phillips) to the Secretary of State, [Telegram: Paraphrase],
ROME, May 27, 1940-1 p.m.
The Secretary
of State to the Ambassador in Italy (Phillips), [Telegram], WASHINGTON, May
30, 1940-6 p.m.
The Secretary
of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew), [Telegram: Paraphrase], WASHINGTON,
May 30,1940-2 p.m.
Message of
President Roosevelt to the Congress, May 31, 1940
The
Ambassador in Italy (Phillips) to the Secretary of State, [Telegram: Paraphrase],
ROME, June 1, 1940, 1 p.m.
Address
Delivered by President Roosevelt at Charlottesville, Virginia, June 10, 1940
The President
of the French Council of Ministers (Reynaud) To President Roosevelt, 10 June
1940
President
Roosevelt to the President of the French Council Of Ministers (Reynaud), June
13, 1940
The President
of the French Council of Ministers (Reynaud) To President Roosevelt, June 14,1940
President
Roosevelt to the President of the French Council Of Ministers (Reynaud), 15
June 1940
The Secretary
of State to the Ambassador Near the French Government At Bordeaux (Biddle) on
the Status of the French Fleet, 17 June 1940
The Ambassador
Near the French Government at Bordeaux (Riddle) To the Secretary of State, 18
June 1940
Press Release
Issued by the Department of State on the Request of France for an Armistice
on June 19, 1940
Address
Delivered by the Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, at Harvard University, June
20, 1940
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation With The British Ambassador
(Lothian) and the Australian Minister (Casey), 28 June 1940
Statement
by the Secretary of State, (Cordell Hull), July 5, 1940
Franklin Roosevelt,
Message to the Congress recommending additional appropriations for national
defense, July 10, 1940
Statement
by the Secretary of State on the Burma Route, July 16, 1940
Declaration
of Reciprocal Assistance anal Cooperation for the Defense Of the Nations of
the Americas, Habana, July 30, 1940
The Battle of Britain, July-September
1940
AUTHORITY
OF NAZI AMBASSADOR TO VICHY FRANCE, AUGUST 3, 1940
Statement
by the Secretary of State, August 6, 1940
Franklin Roosevelt,
Message to the Congress informing them of the exchange of certain over-age destroyers
for British naval and air bases September 3, 1940
Message
of President Roosevelt to the Congress, September 3, 1940
Press Release
Issued by the Department of State on September 7, 1940
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation With the French Ambassador
(Henry-Haye), 11 September 1940
The Ambassador
in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State, 12 September 1940
Press Release
Issued by the Department of State on the Situation in Indochina on September
23, 1940
The Three Power
Pact Between Germany, Italy, and Japan, Signed at Berlin, 27 September 1940
Statement
by the Secretary of State on the Tripartite Pact, September 27, 1940
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation With the British Ambassador
(Lothian), 30 September 1940
The Japanese
Embassy to the Department of State Protesting the Ban on Exports of Iron and
Steel Scrap, October 7, 1940
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation With the Japanese Ambassador
(Horinouchi), 8 October 1940
The Japanese
Embassy to the Department of State, 8 October 1940
Franklin Roosevelt,
Address to the registrants under the selective-service law October 16, 1940
The Secretary
of State to the Charge in France (Matthews) on the French Fleet , 25 October
1940
Address
Delivered by the Secretary of State (Cordell Hull) at Washington, October 26,
1940
U.S. Army,
THE MILITARY-POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE BALKANS (October 1940-March 1941)
The Chargé
in France (Matthews) to the Secretary of State on Petain's View of the French
Fleet, 1 November 1940
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation With the French Ambassador
(Henry-Haye), 4 November 1940
President
Roosevelt to King George of Greece, December 5, 1940
President
Roosevelt to the Appointed Ambassador to France (Leahy), 20 December 1940
Franklin Roosevelt,
Fireside Chat on National Security and the Common Cause ("Arsenal of Democracy"
speech), December 29, 1940
HITLER'S
NEW YEAR'S ORDER OF THE DAY TO THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES, Berlin, December 31,
1940
1941
January
U.S.,
Department of State, Publication 1983, Peace and War: United States Foreign
Policy, 1931-1941 (Washington, D.C.: U.S., Government Printing Office, 1943),
EUROPEAN WAR 1941
U.S., Department
of State, Publication 1983, Peace and War: United States Foreign Policy,
1931-1941 (Washington, D.C.: U.S., Government Printing Office, 1943),DISCUSSIONS
WITH JAPAN 1941 and PEARL HARBOR
Franklin Roosevelt,
Annual message to the Congress ("Four Freedoms" speech), January 6,
1941
Address
Delivered by President Roosevelt to the Congress, January 6, 1941
JAPANESE
FIELD SERVICE CODE ADOPTED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT, January 8, 1941
REFUGEE PROBLEM
IN FRANCE A NOTE SENT BY SECRETARY OF STATE CORDELL HULL TO GASTON HENRY-HAYE,
FRENCH AMBASSADOR, January 9, 1941
Statement
by the Secretary of State (Hull) Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House
of Representatives, January 15, 1941
Franklin Roosevelt,
Third Inaugural Address, January 20, 1941
ADDRESS OF
PRINCE FUMIMARO KONOYE, PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, DELIVERED BEFORE THE 76TH SESSION
OF THE IMPERIAL DIET, Tokyo, Japan, January 21, 1941
ADDRESS BY
FOREIGN MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSUKE MATSUOKA, DELIVERED BEFORE THE 76TH SESSION
OF THE IMPERIAL DIET, Tokyo, Japan, January 21, 1941
The Ambassador
in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State Warning of an Attack on Pearl Harbor,
27 January 1941
TEXT OF SPEECH
BY CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER, AT BERLIN SPORTS PALACE, January 30, 1941
February
YOSUKE MATSUOKA
JAPAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER'S ADDRESS AT OPENING OF THAI-FRENCH INDO-CHINA BORDER
DISPUTE, MEDIATION CONFERENCE, Tokyo, February 7, 1941
SPEECH BROADCASTED
BY PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL, February 9, 1941
The Secretary
of State to the Minister in Yugoslavia (Lane), 9 February 1941
The Secretary
of State to the Minister in Yugoslavia (Lane), 14 February 1941
SPEECH DELIVERED
BY PREMIER BENITO MUSSOLINI, Rome, Italy, February 23, 1941
SPEECH BY
CHANCELLOR HITLER, Delivered at Munich, Germany, February 24, 1941
March
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation With the Japanese Ambassador
(Nomura), 8 March 1941
EXCHANGE
OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR, CHARLES ARSÈNE-HENRY AND YOSUKE MATSUOKA,
JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER, Tokyo, March 11, 1941
MEDIATION
TERMS OF THE THAI-FRENCH INDO-CHINA BORDER DISPUTE, March 11, 1941
Franklin Roosevelt,
Address at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner Washington D. C.,
March 15, 1941
Address
Delivered by President Roosevelt at Washington, March 15, 1941
CHANCELLOR
HITLER'S MEMORIAL ADDRESS, Berlin, Germany, March 16, 1941
Memorandum
by the Acting Secretary of State (Welles) Regarding A Conversation With the
Soviet Ambassador (Oumansky) on a Planned German Attack on the Soviet Union,
20 March 1941
RIBBENTROP
GREETED MATSUOKA, Berlin, March 27, 1941
April
Franklin Roosevelt,
Address over the radio in celebration of Jackson Day, Fort Lauderdale Fla.,
April 1, 1941
ADOLF HITLER'S
ORDER OF THE DAY CALLING FOR INVASION OF YUGOSLAVIA AND GREECE, Berlin, April
6, 1941
Statement
by the Secretary of State on the Invasion of Yugoslavia, April 6, 1941
MESSAGE OF
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO KING PETER II OF YUGOSLAVIA, April 8, 1941
Winston Churchill,
The Second World War, Volume III, The Grand Alliance (Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950), Chapter 14, "The Revolt in Iraq,"
pp. 224-237.
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL REVIEWED THE WAR BEFORE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, London, England,
April 9, 1941
JOINT RESOLUTION
OF THE U.S. CONGRESS REAFFIRMING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE MONROE DOCTRINE, April
10, 1941
The Secretary
of State to the Minister in Portugal (Fish), 10 April 1941
Statement
by the Department of State on the US-Danish Agreement on Greenland, April 10,
1941
PACT OF
NEUTRALITY BETWEEN UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS AND JAPAN, 13
April 1945
POPE PIUS
XII'S EASTER MESSAGE, Vatican City, April 13, 1941
TEXT OF PRIME
MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL'S MESSAGE TO THE YUGOSLAV PEOPLE, April 13, 1941
STATEMENT
OF YOSUKE MATSUOKA, JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER, UPON HIS RETURN TO TOKYO FROM
EUROPE, April 22, 1941
Charles Lindbergh
warns America against entering into a war it cannot win, New York, NY, April
23, 1941
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON THE WAR IN GREECE, April 25, 1941
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST "REPORT ON THE WAR," April 27, 1941
May
ADDRESS BY
CHANCELLOR ADOLPH HITLER TO REICHSTAG, Berlin, Germany, May 4, 1941
National Counterintelligence
Center, "Magic"
National Counterintelligence
Center, "Counterintelligence in the Office of Strategic Services"
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State (Hull) Regarding a Conversation With the Japanese
Ambassador (Nomura), 11 May 1941
Draft Proposal
Handed by the Japanese Ambassador (Nomura) To the Secretary of State on May
12, 1941
PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON THE UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
May 15, 1941
MARSHAL PETAIN'S
SPEECH TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE, Vichy, France, May 15, 1941
Harold Ickes
explains "What Constitutes an American," New York, NY, May 18, 1941
VICE PREMIER
DARLAN'S BROADCAST TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE, Vichy, France, May 23, 1941
RADIO ADDRESS
BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, CORDELL HULL, Broadcast from Washington, May 18,
1941
PROCLAMATION
OF UNLIMITED NATIONAL EMERGENCY, May 27, 1941
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST, Washington, D. C., May 27, 1941
Franklin Roosevelt,
Address before the Governing Board of the Pan American Union, May 27, 1941
ANTHONY EDEN'S,
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREAT BRITAIN, SPEECH ON BRITISH WAR
AIMS, Excerpts from a talk at The Mansion House, London, May 29, 1941.
June
The Second Phase of the Soviet-Finnish
War, June 1941
Finnish Volunteers
in the German Wehrmacht by Jarto Nieme, Russ Folsom and Jason Pipes
SECRETARY
OF STATE, CORDELL HULL, EXPLAINED THE U.S. ATTITUDE TOWARD FRENCH POSSESSIONS
IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, June 2, 1941
MESSAGE TO
THE GREEKS BROADCAST BY GREEK PREMIER, EMMANUEL TSOUDEROS, Alexandria, Egypt,
June 5, 1941
SECRETARY
OF STATE CORDELL HULL'S STATEMENT ON RELATIONS WITH THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
June 5, 1941
THE STATEMENT
BY FRENCH AMBASSADOR GASTON HENRY-HAYE AT WASHINGTON, June 6, 1941
VICE PREMIER
DARLAN'S SPEECH TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE, Vichy, France, June 10, 1941
PREMIER BENITO
MUSSOLINI'S SPEECH BEFORE THE CHAMBER OF FASCES AND CORPORATIONS, Rome,
Italy, June 10, 1941
DEBATE IN
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL, June 10, 1941
FOURTEEN
ALLIES VOW TO FIGHT UNTIL VICTORY IS WON, St. James's Place, London,
Signed June 12, 1941
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S SPEECH TO THE ALLIED DELEGATES, St. James's Place,
London, June 12, 1941
SECRETARY
OF STATE CORDELL HULL'S STATEMENT ON FRANCO-GERMAN COLLABORATION, June
13, 1941
TURKISH-GERMAN
FRIENDSHIP TREATY, SIGNED IN ANKARA, June 18, 1941
Message of
President Roosevelt to the Congress on the Sinking of the Robin Moor, June
20, 1941
HITLER'S
EXPLANATION OF THE SOVIET INVASION, JUNE 21, 1941
Draft Proposal
Handed by the Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador (Nomura), 21 June
1941
REICHFUEHRER
ADOLF HITLER'S PROCLAMATION ON WAR WITH SOVIET UNION, June 22, 1941
STATEMENT
BY JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP, GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ON THE DECLARATION OF WAR
ON THE SOVIET UNION, Berlin, June 22, 1941
FOREIGN MINISTER
VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV'S BROADCAST ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR WITH GERMANY, Moscow,
June 22, 1941
MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST ON THE SOVIET-GERMAN WAR, London, June
22, 1941
ACTING SECRETARY
OF STATE, SUMNER WELLES' STATEMENT ON THE GERMAN REICH'S ATTACK ON THE SOVIET
UNION, Washington, June 23, 1941
Statement
by the Acting Secretary of State (Welles) on the German Invasion of the Soviet
Union, June 23, 1941
July
STATEMENT
OF FOREIGN MINISTER, YOSUKE MATSUOKA, ON THE WORLD STATE OF EMERGENCY, July
2, 1941
STALIN, SOVIET
PREMIER, BROADCAST TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SOVIET UNION, July 3, 1941
FRANKLIN
D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST ON INDEPENDENCE DAY, Hyde Park, New York,
July 4, 1941
Statement
Handed by the Ambassador in Japan (Grew) to Mr. Tomohiko Ushiba, Private Secretary
of the Japanese Prime Minister (Prince Konoye), 6 July 1941
FRANKLIN
D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON U. S. OCCUPATION OF ICELAND, July
7, 1941
Message
of President Roosevelt to the Congress on Iceland, July 7, 1941
CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S
MESSAGE TO FRIENDLY NATIONS, July 7, 1941
Statement
Handed by the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (Matsuoka) to the Ambassador
in Japan (Grew), July 8, 1941
PRIME MINISTER,
WINSTON CHURCHILL IN HOUSE OF COMMONS ON U.S. TROOPS IN ICELAND, July 9,
1941
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALISTIC REPUBLICS,
Moscow, July 12, 1941
The Director of the
War Plans Division of the Navy Department (Turner) to the Chief of Naval Operations
(Stark), July 19, 1941 [The Possible Effects of an Embargo]. From Foreign
Relations, 1941, Vol. IV, pp. 839-40.
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON EXTENSION OF SELECTIVE SERVICE
TERMS OF SERVICE, Washington, D. C., July 21, 1941
Memorandum
by the Acting Secretary of State (Welles) Regarding A Conversation With, the
Japanese Ambassador (Nomura), 23 July 1941
ACTING SECRETARY
OF STATE SUMNER WELLES' STATEMENT ON JAPANESE-FRENCH COLLABORATION IN INDOCHINA,
July 24, 1941
Memorandum
by the Acting Secretary of State (Welles) on a Meeting Between President Roosevelt
and the Japanese Ambassador on the Japanese Occupation of Indochina, 24 July
1941
Informal
Remarks of President Roosevelt to the Volunteer Participation Committee on Why
Oil Exports Continued to Japan, Washington, July 24, 1941
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER FREEZING JAPANESE AND CHINESE ASSETS
IN THE UNITED STATES, Hyde Park, N. Y., July 25, 1941
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN JAPAN AND FRANCE PLEDGING MILITARY CO-OPERATION IN DEFENSE OF INDO-CHINA,
Tokyo, July 29, 1941
POLISH-SOVIET
UNION AGREEMENTS, Moscow, July 30, 1941
ROOSEVELT'S
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON PRICE CONTROL, July 30, 1941
August
STATEMENT
BY JAPANESE BOARD OF INFORMATION ON "REINFORCING JAPANESE FORCES IN INDO-CHINA,"
Tokyo, August 1, 1941
EXCHANGE
OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE SUMNER WELLES AND THE SOVIET
AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, CONSTANTINE A. OUMANSKY, August 2, 1941
Oral Statement
on Indochina and the Oil Embargo Handed by the Japanese Ambassador (Nomura)
To the Secretary of State on August 6, 1941
Memorandum
Regarding a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the Japanese Ambassador
(Nomura), 8 August 1941
Document
on Indochina Handed by the Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador (Nomura),
8 August 1941
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation With the British Ambassador
(Halifax), 9 August 1941
Roosevelt and Churchill Discuss Colonial Questions, August 10, 1941
MARSHAL PETAIN'S
ADDRESS TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE, Vichy, France, August 12, 1941
Winston Churchill,
The Second World War, Volume III, The Grand Alliance (Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950), Chapter 26, "Persia and the Middle East:
Summer and Autumn 1941," pp. 423-432.
Atlantic Charter Documents
Telegram
from the Acting Secretary of State (Welles) to the Ambassador to the United
Kingdom (Winant), Washington, July 14, 1941-6 p.m
Telegram
from the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
(Hull), LONDON, July 16, 1941-noon.
Telegram
from the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
(Hull) : [Extract], London, August l, 1941-midnight.
Telegram
from the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
(Hull), LONDON, August 5, 1941-10 p. m.
Telegram
from the Secretary of State (Hull) to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom
(Winant), WASHINGTON, August 6, 1941-3 a m.
Memorandum
by the Under Secretary of State (Welles) of a Conversation With the British
Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Cadogan), AT SEA,
August 9, 1941
Memorandum
of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Welles), AT SEA, AUGUST
10,1941.
Roosevelt and Churchill Discuss Colonial Questions, August 10, 1941,
excerpt from Elliott Roosevelt, As He Saw It (New York: Duell, Sloan
and Pearce, 1946).
Memorandum
of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Welles), AT SEA, August
11, 1941
Memorandum
of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Welles), AT SEA, August
11, 1941
THE ATLANTIC
CONFERENCE BETWEEN PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL, 12 August
1941
Joint
Statement by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, 14 August 1941
The Atlantic
Charter, August 14, 1941
President Roosevelt's
Message to Congress on the Atlantic Charter, 21 August 1941
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST TO THE WORLD ABOUT THE MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT, August 24, 1941
Telegram
from the Secretary of State to the Ambassador In the United Kingdom (Winant),
WASHINGTON, August 25, 1941-5-7 p. m
Telegram
from the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State,
London, August 29, 1941-2 p. m.
Telegram
from the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Winant) to the Secretary of State,
LONDON, September 1, 1941-midnight.
Telegram
from the Secretary of State to the Ambassador In the United Kingdom (Winant),
WASHINGTON, September 9, 1941 noon.
The Ambassador
to the Polish Government in Exile (Biddle) to the Secretary of State, NO.
46 LONDON, September 12,1941
The Polish
Embassy to the Department of State, 12 September 1941 PRO MEMORIA
Resolution
Adopted by the Inter-Allied Meeting held in London on September 24, 1941
Inter-Allied
Council Statement on the Principles of the Atlantic Charter, 24 September
1941
JOINT MESSAGE
OF ASSISTANCE TO THE SOVIET UNION FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND PRIME MINISTER
CHURCHILL, August 15, 1941
Joint Message
of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill To Joseph Stalin, President
of the Soviet of People's Commissars 0f the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,
August 15, 1941
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State on Negotiations with Japan, 17 August 1941
STATEMENT
ON SENDING OF A MILITARY MISSION TO CHINA, August 26, 1941
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State on US-Japanese Negotiations, 28 August 1941
Memorandum
Regarding a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the Japanese Ambassador
(Nomura), 28 August 1941
The Failures of Historiography: Forgotten Battles of the
German-Soviet War (1941-1945) David M. Glantz, Foreign
Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, KS.
September
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State on US-Japanese Negotiations, 3 September 1941
Memorandum
by the Ambassador in Japan (Grew), 6 September 1941
Draft
Proposal Handed by the Japanese Ambassador (Nomura) To the Secretary of State
on September 6, 1941
Franklin Roosevelt, Address over the radio concerning
the attack upon the destroyer Greer, September 11, 1941
CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S
MESSAGE TO NATION ON THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOUKDEN INCIDENT, September
18, 1941
Document
Handed by the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (Toyoda) to the Ambassador
in Japan (Grew), September 22, 1941
Memorandum
Regarding a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the Japanese Ambassador
(Nomura), 23 September 1941
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "LIBERTY FLEET DAY" ADDRESS, Washington,
D. C., Sept. 27, 1941
Document
Handed by the Japanese Ambassador (Nomura) to the Secretary of State on September
27, 1941
TEXT OF A
LETTER FROM AMBASSADOR OF POLAND, JAN CIECHANOWSKI, TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
CORDELL HULL, ON THE SUBJECT OF POLISH-SOVIET RELATIONS, September 29, 1941
Memorandum
Regarding a Conversation Between the Secretary Of State and the Japanese Ambassador
(Nomura), 29 September 1941
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REVIEW OF THE WAR TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, September
30, 1941
October
W. AVERELL
HARRIMAN, AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CONFERENCE OF UNITED STATES, GREAT
BRITAIN, AND THE U.S.S.R. , Speech at the final meeting on October 1, 1941
HITLER'S
ORDER OF THE DAY TO THE GERMAN TROOPS ON THE EASTERN FRONT, Issued October 2,
1941
TEXT OF THE
DOCUMENT HANDED BY SECRETARY OF STATE HULL TO THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR, October
2, 1941
Memorandum
Regarding a Conversation Between the Secretary Of State and the Japanese Ambassador
(Nomura), 2 October 1941
Oral
Statement Handed by the Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador (Nomura),
2 October 1941
MEMORANDUM
OF A CONVERSATION BY SECRETARY OF STATE, CORDELL HULL, WITH THE MINISTER OF
FINLAND, MR. HJALMAR J. PROCOPÉ, October 3, 1941
REICHSFÜHRER
ADOLF HITLER'S BROADCAST TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE, Berlin, October 3, 1941
FRANKLIN
D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST ON "THE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION OF HUMAN NEEDS",
Washington, D. C., October 3, 1941
FRANKLIN
D. ROOSEVELT'S LETTER TO THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR CONVENTION, Seattle,
October 7, 1941
LETTER FROM
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO PREMIER JOSEPH STALIN, October 8, 1941
FRANKLIN
D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS URGING THE ARMING OF AMERICAN FLAG SHIPS
ENGAGED IN FOREIGN COMMERCE, October 9, 1941
A
German Field Marshal Instructs the Wehrmacht on Its Role in the Soviet
Union, 10 October 1941
Telegram from the Japanese
Ministry (Toyoda) Berating Ambassador Noruma on the Slowness of the Negotiations,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo (Toyoda) To: Washington October 10, 1941. Purple (CA) #650
Telegram from Noruma
on the US Position in the Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To:
Tokyo October 10, 1941 Purple (CA) #923
Telegram from Toyoda
Describing His Meeting with US Ambassador Grew, MAGIC, From: Tokyo (Toyoda)
To: Washington October 12, 1941 Purple (CA) # 54
Telegram from Tokyo
to Washington on Clarifications of the US Position, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington
13 October 1941 (Purple) (CA) #658
Telegram from Tokyo
Identifying the Coded Phrases to Be Used in Telephone Conversations, MAGIC,
From: Tokyo To: Washington 13 October 1941 (Purple-CA) #662
Telegram from the Japanese
Embassy in Washington to Tokyo on the Meeting with Sumner Welles, MAGIC, From:
Washington To: Tokyo 13 October 1941 (Purple-CA) #939
Telegram from Nomura
on the Welles Meeting, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo 13 October
1941 (Purple) #941
Telegram from Tokyo
with Further Instructions on the Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington
15 October 1941 (Purple-CA) #667
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Indicating Pressure from the Japanese Military to Make No Concessions
on Evacuating Troops From China, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo
15 October 1941 (Purple) #950
Telegram from Japan
(Toyoda) Indicating Pressure from Germany and Italy for Japan to Take a Stronger
Position Against the US, MAGIC, From: Tokyo (Toyoda) To: Washington October
16, 1941 Purple (CA) #671
Statement by the Japanese
Government Warning the US Against Further Deterioration of German-American Relations,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington October 16, 1941 Purple (English Text) #672
Ambassador Nomura's
Description of a Discussion Between Teraskai and Admiral Turner on the Role
of the Japanese Military in Japanese Politics, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura)
To: Tokyo October 16, 1941 Purple #959
Ambassador Nomura's
Description of a Meeting Between Wakasugi, Welles, and Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington
(Nomura) To: Tokyo October 16, 1941 Purple #962
Note from Tokyo Informing
the Japanese Embassy in Washington of the Resignation of the Japanese Cabinet,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 17 October 1941 (Purple—CA) #682
Ambassador Nomura's
Notes on the Meeting Between Wakasugi, Welles, and Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington
(Nomura) To: Tokyo 17 October 1941 (Purple) #966
Ambassador Nomura Offering
his Resignation, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo October 18, 1941
CA
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Asserting thatan Agreement With the US was Unlikely, MAGIC, From: Washington
(Nomura) To: Tokyo October 20, 1941 Purple (CA)
Statement
by the Secretary of State Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United
States Senate, October 21, 1941
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on the Effects of the Changed Cabinet
on the Peace Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 21 October 1941
(Purple-CA) #698
Ambassador Nomura Again
Asks to Resign, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo October 22, 1941
Purple (CA)
Telegram from Tokyo
Rejecting Nomura's Resignation, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 23 October
1941 (Purple---CA) Unnumbered
Ambassador Nomura Describing
the Meeting Between Waksugi and Welles, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To:
Tokyo October 24, 1941 Purple #995
FRANKLIN
D. ROOSEVELT ON THE EXECUTION OF HOSTAGES BY THE NAZIS, October 25, 1941
Telegram from Tokyo
on Further Instructions on the Peace Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington
25 October 1941 (Purple-CA) #709
FRANKLIN
D. ROOSEVELT'S "NAVY DAY ADDRESS" ON THE ATTACK ON THE DESTROYER KEARNEY,
October 27, 1941
Ambassador Nomura's
Notes on a Conversation with US Admiral Pratt, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura)
To: Tokyo 27 October 1941 (Purple) #1004
Minister Wakasugi's
Analysis of the US Position, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo 29 October
1941 (Purple) #1008
Telegram from the Japanese
EMbassy in Washington on US Attitudes Toward Japan, MAGIC, From: Washington
(Nomura) To: Tokyo 29 October 1941 (Purple) #1010
PARAPHRASE
OF A LETTER FROM PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO PREMIER JOSEPH STALIN, Dated
October 30, 1941
Telegram from Tokyo
Noting the New Agreement Between Japan, Germany, and Italy, MAGIC, From: Tokyo
To: Nanking 31 October 1941 (Purple) #464
November
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Questions Concerning the US Negotiating
Position, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 1 November 1941 (Purple) #721
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on the Gravity of the Situation, MAGIC,
From: Tokyo (Togo) To: Washington November 2, 1941 Purple (CA) #722
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Discussions with the American and British
Ambassadors in Japan, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 2, 1941 Purple
(CA) #723
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura to Tokyo Requesting Negotiating Instructions, MAGIC, From: Washington
(Nomura) To: Tokyo 3 November 1941 (Purple-CA) #1021
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on the 21 June Proposal, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo 3
November 1941 Purple (CA) #1025
The Ambassador
in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State, 3 November 1941
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on the Final Position in the Peace Negotiations,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 4, 1941 Purple (CA) (Urgent) #725
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Outlining Proposal A in the Negotiations,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 4, 1941 Purple (CA) (Urgent) #726
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Outlining Proposal B in the Negotiations,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 4, 1941 Purple (CA) (Urgent) #727
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Advising that Kurusu Will be Joining the
Delegation, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 4, 1941 Purple (CA) #730
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Urging the Participation of Brtain and
the Netherlans in the Discussions, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November
4, 1941 Purple (CA) (Urgent) #731
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Suggesting that the Proposed Agreement
be Regarded as an Executive Agreement Rather than as a Treaty, MAGIC, From:
Tokyo To: Washington 5 November 1941 (Purple-CA) #732
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Concerning the Negotiating Strategy, MAGIC,
From: Tokyo. To: Washington. 5 November 1941 (Purple-CA) #735
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Setting 25 November as the Deadline for
Agreement, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 5 November 1941 (Purple-CA) #736
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Seeking Permission to Meet Secretly with Roosevelt and Hull, MAGIC, From:
Washington To: Tokyo 5 November 1941 (Purple-CA) #1037
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Complaining About Press Reports in Japan about a Deadline for the Agreement,
MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo 5 November 1941 (Purple) #1040
ADDRESS OF
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO THE DELEGATES OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION,
Delivered in the White House and broadcast over a nation-wide hookup, November
6, 1941
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Explaining the Reasons for Dispatching
Ambassador Kurusu, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 6, 1941 Purple
(CA) (Urgent) #739
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on the Elimination of the Question of
Self-Defense and the Tripartitite Pact from the Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Tokyo
To: Washington November 6, 1941 Purple (CA) #740
Telegram from Tokyo
to Nomura Urging Utmost Secrecy in Meeting with Roosevelt, MAGIC, From: Tokyo
To: Washington November 6, 1941 Purple (CA) #741
Telegram from AMbassador
Nomura Raising Apprehensions About the Publicity Concerning Kusuru's Appointment,
MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo November 6, 1941 Purple #1051
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Requesting Press Silence About the Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Washington
(Nomura) To: Tokyo 7 November 1941 (Purple) #1053
JOSEPH STALIN'S
SPEECH ON RED SQUARE ON ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION, November
7, 1941
Document
Handed by the Japanese Ambassador (Nomura) To the Secretary of State on November
7, 1941
Telegram from Ambassador
Mounra Describing His Meeting With Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo 7
November 1941 (Purple) #1054
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Describing His Meeting with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo 7
November 1941 (Purple)
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Describing His Meeting with Hull, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 9
November 1941 (Purple-CA) #751
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Agreeing to Censor News Stories Likely
to Inflame American Public Opinion, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 9 November
1941 (Purple) #752
Telegran from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on the China Question in the Peace Negotiations,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 10, 1941 Purple (CA) (Urgent) #755.
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Discussions With the US Ambassador
to Japan, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 10, 1941 Purple #757
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on the Likelihood of an American Response to Further Japanese Aggression,
MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo November 10, 1941 Purple (CA) (Urgent)
#1066
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on His Meeting with Roosevelt and Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura)
To: Tokyo November 10, 1941 Purple CA (Extremely Urgent) #1069
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on His Meeting with Roosevelt and Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura)
To: Tokyo November 10, 1941 Purple (Extremely Urgent) #1070
SPEECH BY
PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL AT THE MANSION HOUSE REGARDING INVOLVEMENT IN A US-JAPANESE
WAR BY THE BRITISH, London, November 10, 1941
FRANKLIN
D. ROOSEVELT'S ARMISTICE DAY ADDRESS, Arlington Cemetery, November 11, 1941
Address Delivered
by the Secretary of the Navy (Knox) at Providence, November 11, 1941
Address
Delivered by the Under Secretary of State (Welles) At Washington, November 11,
1941
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on the Firmness of the Deadline for Negotiations,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 11 November 1941 (Purple-CA) #762
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Not Invoking the Tripartitite Pact
at This Time, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 11 November 1941 (Purple) #763
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Describing a Conversation with the British
Ambassador, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 11 November 1941 (Purple) #764
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on His Request for An Urgent Meeting with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington
To: Tokyo 11 November 1941 (Purple-CA) #1074
MAJESTY,
KING GEORGE VI, AT THE OPENING OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
November 12, 1941
MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL REVIEWS THE WAR IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, November 12, 1941
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on His Meeting with Hull and the China Question, MAGIC, From: Washington
(Nomura) To: Tokyo November 12, 1941 Purple #1087
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Vichy France Noting that Japan Will Move to Enhance
Its Facilities in Indochina, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Vichy November 12, 1941
Purple #528
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Noting that Ambassador Nomura's Previous
Message Did Not Mention Hull's Question Concerning Japan's Relations With the
Axis Powers, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 13 November 1941 (Purple-CA)
#766
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on His Discussions With Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo 13 November
1941 (Purple) #1089
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Concerning the Submission of Proposal
B, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 14, 1941 Purple (CA) (Urgent)
#772
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on the Negotiaztions, MAGIC, From: Tokyo
To: Washington November 14, 1941 Purple (CA) (Urgent)
Telegram from Tokyo
to Its Embassies in China Concerning Japanese Objectives in China, MAGIC, From:
Tokyo To: Hongkong November 14, 1941 Purple Cir. #2319
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on American Attitudes Toward a Pacific War, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura)
To: Tokyo November 14, 1941 Purple #1090
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Proposal B, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To:
Washington 15 November 1941 (Purple-CA) #774
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on the Status of the Negotiations, MAGIC,
From: Tokyo To: Washington 15 November 1941 (Purple) #775
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington with Instructions for Ambassador Kurusu,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 15 November 1941 (Purple-CA) #781
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on His Discussions with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo
15 November 1941 (Purple) #1095
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on the Consequences of a Breakdown in the Negotiations, MAGIC, From:
Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo 15 November 1941 (Purple) #1098
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on His Discussions with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo
15 November 1941 (Purple) #1106
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on the Absolute Firmness of the 25 November
Deadline, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 16, 1941 Purple (CA) (Urgent)
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on the Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Tokyo
To: Washington November 16, 1941 Purple #782
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on a Degree of Optimism in the Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Washington
(Nomura) To: Tokyo November 16, 1941 (Purple) #1107
JAPANESE
FOREIGN MINISTER TOGO SHIGENORI'S ADDRESS TO THE IMPERIAL DIET, November
17, 1941
THE UNITED
STATES CONGRESS REPEALS OF THE 1939 NEUTRALITY ACT, November 17, 1941
Joint Resolution
To Repeal Sections 20, 3, and 6 of the Neutrality Act Of 1939, and for Other
Purposes, 17 November 1941
The Ambassador
in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State, 17 November 1941
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State on Discussions with Ambassadors Nomura and Kurusu,
17 November 1941
Telegram from the Japanese
Embassy in Washington to Tokyo on the Major Issues in the Negotiations, MAGIC,
From: Washington To: Tokyo 17 November 1941 (Purple) #1114
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Agreeing to Change "Southwestern
Pacific" to "Pacific" in the Peace Proposal, MAGIC, From: Tokyo
To: Washington 17 November 1941 (Purple-CA) #783
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on the Meaning of the Word Non-Discriminatory,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 17 November 1941 (Purple) #784
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on His Discussions with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo. 17 November
1941 (Purple) #1127
Memorandum
Regarding a Conversation Between the Secretary of State, the Japanese Ambassador
(Nomura), and Mr. Kurusu, 18 November 1941
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on Qualifying the Meaning of Non-Discriminatory, MAGIC, From: Washington
To: Tokyo 18 November 1941 (Probable date of drafting) 19 November 1941 (Intercepted)
(Purple) #1129
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on Discussions with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo 18 November
1941* (Purple) #1131
Telegram from Ambassador
Kurusu on Discussions with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo (18 November-probable
date of drafting) (19 November-intercepted) #1133
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Suggesting a Change in the US Position Toward More Concern For the Tripartitite
Pact, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo November 18, 1941 Purple #1134
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Contingency Plans to Evacuate Diplomatic
Personnel, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 18, 1941 Purple #788
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Suggesting that a Dramatic Step by Japan Would Unlock the Peace Negotiations,
MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo November 18, 1941 Purple CA #1135
Telegram from Tokyo
with Secret Code Words for Various Emergencies, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington
19 November 1941 (J 19) Circular #2353
Telegram from Tokyo
with Secret Code Words to Describe the State of Japanese Relations with Different
Countries, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 19 November 1941 (J 19) Circular
#2354
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Instructing Nomura to Present Proposal
B, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 19 November 1941 (Purple-CA) #798
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Concessions in the Negotiations, MAGIC,
From: Tokyo To: Washington 19 November 1941 (Purple-CA) #799
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Additional Concessions, MAGIC, From:
Tokyo To: Washington 19 November 1941 (Purple-CA) #800
Statement by the Japanese
that They Will Move Their Troops from Southern to Northern Indochina Upon Conclusion
of an Agreement with the US, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 19 November 1941
(Purple) (Eng.) #801
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Urging Concessions on the Chinese Issue, MAGIC, From: Washington To:
Tokyo 19 November 1941 (Purple) #1136
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Warning about Sending Evacuation Ships in Light of the Secret 25 November
Deadline, MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo 19 November 1941 (Purple) #1140
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Rejecting Any Concessions on the Chinese
Issue, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 20 November, 1941 (Purple-CA) #806
Telegram from Tokyo
to Ankara Predicting a Breakdown of the US-Japanese Discussions, MAGIC, From:
Tokyo (Togo) To: Ankara November 20, 1941 J-16 Circular #2364
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on his Discussions with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo
November 20, 1941 Purple (Extremely Urgent) #1144
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on his Discussions with Hull, MAGIC, To: Tokyo From: Washington November
20, 1941 Purple (Very Urgent) #1147
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Urging Continued Calm in the Japanese Press, MAGIC, From: Washington
(Nomura) To: Tokyo November 20, 1941 Purple #1148
Memorandum
Regarding a Conversation Between the Secretary of State, the Japanese Ambassador
(Nomura), and Mr. Kurusu, 20 November 1941
Draft Proposal
Handed by the Japanese Ambassador (Nomura) To the Secretary of State on November
20, 1941
Draft of a Formal Note
for a Peace Agreement, from Tokyo to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, MAGIC,
From: Tokyo To: Washington 21 November 1941 (Purple) #810
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Language in the Introductory Paragraph
of Proposal B, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 21 November 1941 (Purple) #811
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Berlin on Breaking Up the US-British-Soviet Alliance,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Berlin 21 November 1941 (Purple) #969
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Extending the Deadline for Signing the
Peace Agreement from the 25th to the 29th, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington
November 22, 1941 Purple CA (Urgent) #812
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Noting that the Anti-Comintern Pact Will
be Extended Another Five Years, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 22,
1941 Purple (CA) #815
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Allowing Roosevelt to Introduce the Peace
Agreement Between China and Japan, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November
22, 1941. Purple (CA) (Urgent) #816.
Memorandum
Regarding a Conversation, Between, the Secretary Of State, the Japanese Ambassador
(Nomura), and Mr. Kurusu, 22 November 1941
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Inquiring Whether the US Had Noted the
Omission in Proposal B of References to the Non-Discrimination Clause and the
Tripartitite Pact, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 22, 1941. Purple
(CA) (Urgent) #817
Telegram from Panama
to Tokyo Noting the US Efforts to Defend the Panama Canal, MAGIC, From: Panama
(Akiyama) To: Tokyo November 22, 1941 J-19 #321
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Describing His Conversations with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura)
To: Tokyo 23 November 1941 (Purple) #1159
Telegram from Ambassador
Kurusu on His Discussions with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo 23 November
1941 (Purple) #1160
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on His Discussions with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo 23 November
1941 (Purple) #1161
UNITED STATES
TROOPS SENT TO SURINAM (DUTCH GUIANA) TO GUARD BAUXITE MINES, November 24,
1941
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Noting Dissatisfaction With the US Position,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 24, 1941 Purple (Very Urgent) #821
Telegram from Tokyo
Describing a Meeting with the US Ambassador Outlining the Centrality of China
to the Peace Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington November 24, 1941
Purple (Very Urgent) #822
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Urging Press Restraint, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo 25
November 1941 (Purple) #1177
Telegram from Hanoi
to Tokyo on the Deadline for Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Hanoi To: Tokyo 25 November
1941 (Purple-YO) #118
Telegram from Bangkok
to Tokyo on Japan's Interests in Tahiland, MAGIC, From: Bangkok To: Tokyo 25
November 1941 (Purple) #849
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on the Need for Full Acceptance of Proposal
B, MAGIC, From: Tokyo (Togo) To: Washington November 26, 1941 Purple (CA) (Urgent)
#830
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on the Petroleum Needs of Japan, MAGIC,
From: Tokyo To: Washington November 26, 1941 Purple (Priority) #833
Transcript of a Telephone
Conversation to Yamamoto from Kurusu, MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo 26 November
1941 (1745 EST) (Telephone code)* Trans-Pacific Telephone To Kumaicho Yamamoto
from Kurusu
Transcript of a Telephone
Conversation to Yamamoto from Kurusu, MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo 26 November
1941 (1946 to 1953 EST) (Telephone Code)** Trans-Pacific Telephone
Memorandum
Regarding a Conversation Between the Secretary of State, the Japanese Ambassador
(Nomura), and Mr. Kurusu, 26 November 1941
Document
Handed by the Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador (Nomura), 26 November
1941
Oral Statement
Handed by the Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador (Nomura), 26 November
1941
Telegram from Nomura
and Kurusu Signalling the End of the Negotiations and Urging a Policy of Neutralization
in the Pacific, MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo November 26, 1941 Purple (Extremely
urgent) #1180
Telegram from Nomura
Describing His Discussions with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo
November 26, 1941. Purple (Extremely urgent) #1189
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on How to End the Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To:
Tokyo November 26, 1941 Purple (Extremely urgent) #1190
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on His Discussions with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo
November 26, 1941 Purple (Extremely Urgent) #1191
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State on Discussions with the Japanese, 27 November 1941
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Word Changes in Proposal B, MAGIC,
From: Tokyo To: Washington 27 November 1941 (Purple) #841
Telegram from Tokyo
on Concerns that the US Might Occupy the Dutch East Indies, MAGIC, From: Tokyo
(Togo) To: Washington 27 November 1941 (Purple) #842
Telegram from Tokyo
to Japanese Embassies on New Codes, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington 27 November
1941 (J 19) Circular #2409
Conversation between
Ambassador Kurusu and Japanese Foreign Office American Division Chief, Yamamoto,
MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo 27 November 1941 (2327-2334 EST) (Telephone
Code)—(See JD-1: 6841) (S.I.S. #25344) Trans-Pacific Telephone
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on US-Netherlands Activities, MAGIC, From: Washington To: Tokyo 27 November
1941 (Purple) #1204
Telegram from Nomura
Describing His Discussions with Roosevelt, MAGIC, From: Washington. To: Tokyo.
27 November 1941 (Purple) #1206
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on American Press Reactions to the Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Washington
(Nomura) To: Tokyo November 28, 1941 Purple "#1214
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Rejecting the American Proposal but Instructing
the Ambassadors Not to Break off Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Tokyo To: Washington
November 28, 1941. Purple (CA) #844
Telegram from Tokyo
to Honolulu on the Contingencies for a Breakdown of Telegraphic Communications,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo (Togo) To: Honolulu November 28, 1941 J 19 (Priority) #118
Telegram from Tokyo
to Hanoi Indicating that No Change in Indochina Policy Will Occur, MAGIC, From:
Tokyo (Togo) To: Hanoi November 28, 1941 Purple (YO) #93.
Circular Telegram from
Tokyo Indicating the Imminent Break-Off of Negotiations with the US, MAGIC,
From: Rio To: Santiago November 28, 1941 J-19 Circular #326 (Message from Tokyo
Circular #2416)
U.S.
Navy Translation of Message No. 2353 Published on Nov. 28, 1941, and Revision
of Translation Issued on Sept. 26, 1944
Translation
of Japanese Diplomatic Message No. 118, Tokyo to Honolulu, Nov. 28, 1941
Circular Telegram from
Tokyo to Japanese Embassies Warning that the Situation Will "Take a Turn
for the Worst." MAGIC, From: Rio To: Santiago, November 28, 1941, J-19,
Circular #326
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura of the Likely Response of the US to a Japanese Invasion of Thailand,
MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura), To: Tokyo
November 28, 1941, Purple (Priority), #1209
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on US Press Response to the Hull Proposals, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura),
To: Tokyo, November 28, 1941,
Purple, #1214
Telegram from the Japanese
Embassy in Hsingking on Treatment of Foreign Citizens in the Event of War Between
Japan and the US, MAGIC, From: Hsinking
To: Tokyo, November 28, 1941, Purple, #781
Telegram from the Japanese
Embassy in Bangkok on Pro-Japanese Elements in Thailand, MAGIC, From: Bangkok,
To: Tokyo, 29 November 1941, (Purple), #872
Memorandum
by the Secretary of State Regarding a Conversation With the British Ambassador
(Halifax), 29 November 1941
Telegram from the Japanese
Embassy in Berlin on Discussions with German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop, MAGIC,
From: Berlin, To: Tokyo, 29 November 1941, (Purple), #1393
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Suggesting One Last OVerture to the US,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: Washington, 29 November 1941, (Purple—CA), #857
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Berlin on the Breakdown of Negotiations with the
US, MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: Berlin, November 30, 1941, Purple, #986
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Berlin on the Imminence of War with the US, MAGIC,
From: Tokyo, To: Berlin, November 30, 1941, Purple (CA), #985
Telephone Conversation
between Ambassador Kurusu and the Japanese Foreign Office American Division
Chief Yamamoto, MAGIC, From: Washington, To: Tokyo, 30 November 1941 (2230 to
2238 EST), Telephone Code, Trans-Pacific Radio Telephone
Ambassador Nomura's
Description of the American Press Reaction to Premier Tojo's Speech, MAGIC,
From: Washington (Nomura) To: Tokyo, November 30, 1941, Purple, #1222
December
Documentation of The Mass Murder of
Lithuanian Jewery by the SS Einsatzgruppen - "Action Groups", from
a Secret Reich Letter, The Commander of the Security Police and the SD Einsatzkommando
3 Kauen [Kaunas, Kovno] 1 December 1941
Memorandum
Regarding a Conversation Between the Secretary of State, the Japanese Ambassador
(Nomura), and Mr. Kurusu, 1 December 1941
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Hsingking Concerning Treatment of Americans and British
Citizens in Manchuko, MAGIC, From: Tokyo. To: Hsinking. 1 December 1941, (Purple),
#893
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington to Keep Negotiations Going to Prevent
the US from Becoming Suspicious, MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: Washington, 1 December
1941, (Purple—CA), #865
Circular Telegram from
Tokyo on How to Destroy Records, MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: Washington, 1 December
1941, (Purple), Circular #2436
Circular Telegram from
Tokyo on the Reutrn of Code Machines Except for Those in the US, MAGIC, From:
Tokyo, To: Washington, 1 December 1941, (Purple), Circular #2444
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on His Discussions With Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington, To: Tokyo, 1 December
1941, (Purple), #1225
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on Reactions to Speeches and Press Reports in Japan, MAGIC, From: Washington,
To: Tokyo, 1 December 1941, (Purple), #1226
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on Exploring a Leaders' Meeting Between the US and Japan, MAGIC, From:
Washington, To: Tokyo, 1 December 1941, (Purple), #1227
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on the Importance Attached to Premier Tojo's Speech in the US, MAGIC,
From: Washington, To: Tokyo, 1 December 1941, (Purple), #1230
Memorandum
Regarding a Conversation Between the Under Secretary of State (Welles), the
Japanese Ambassador (Nomura), and Mr. Kurusu, 2 December 1941
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Describing His Meeting with Welles, MAGIC, From: Washington, To: Tokyo,
December 2, 1941, Purple, #1232
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on a Meeting With Ballantine on Press Reactions to Tojo's Speech, MAGIC,
From: Washington (Nomura), To: Tokyo, December 2, 1941, Purple (Urgent), #1234
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura Nothing that President Roosevelt Had Referred Directly to the Japanese
Troops in Indochina in His Press Interview, MAGIC, From: Washington, To: Tokyo,
December 2, 1941, Purple, #1239
Telegram from the Japanese
Embassy to Tokyo Affirming that Preparations for the Invasion of Thailand Were
Complete, MAGIC, From: Canton, To: Tokyo, December 2, 1941, J-19, #512
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Instructing an Explanation for the Movement
of Japanese Troops in Indochina, MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: Washington, 3 December
1941, (Purple), #875
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Rejecting the Idea of a Leaders' Meeting,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: Washington, 3 December, 1941, (Purple), #876
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Defending the Japanese Position in the
Negotiations, MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: Washington. 3 December 1941, (Purple),
#878
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on the Certainty of War if the Japanese Invade Thailand, MAGIC, From:
Washington, To: Tokyo, 3 December 1941, (Purple), #1244
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on the Inadequacy of the Japanese Explanation for Troop Movements in
Indochina, MAGIC, From: Washington (Nomura), To: Tokyo, December 3, 1941, Purple
(Urgent), #1256.
Telegram from the Japanese
Embassy in Rome on a Meeting With Mussolini, MAGIC, From: Rome, To: Tokyo, 3
December 1941, (Purple—CA), #985
Circular Telegram from
the Japanese Embassy in Peking on Japanese Conduct During the Likely War, MAGIC,
From: Peking, To: Net, 3 December 1941, (Purple), Circular #616
Circular Telegram from
Tokyo on Manchuko's Conduct During the War, MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: Net, December
4, 1941, Purple, Cir #2467
Circular Telegram from
Tokyo on Treating the Netherlands as a Quasi-Enemy Power, MAGIC, From: Tokyo,
To: Nanking, Shanghai, Peking, Hsinking, December 4, 1941, Purple, Circular
#2468
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Requesting the Evacuation of Certain Personnel,
MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: Washington, 5 December 1941, (Purple), #896
Memorandum
Regarding a Conversation Between the Secretary of State, the Japanese Ambassador
(Nomura), and Mr. Kurusu, 5 December 1941
Telegram from Ambassador
Nomura on His Meeting with Hull, MAGIC, From: Washington, To: Tokyo, 5 December
1941, (Purple), #1261
Telegram from the Japanese
Embassy in Washington Requesting that One Code Machine be Allowed to Continue
Operation, MAGIC, From: Washington
To: Tokyo, 5 December 1941, (Purple), #1268
Telegram from Tokyo
Comparing the US Occupation of Dutch Surinam to the Japanese Occupation of Indochina,
AMGIC, From: Tokyo (Togo), To: Washington, December 6, 1941, PA-K2, #899
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Informing It that a Long Response to the
American Proposal Will be Sent Shortly, MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: Washington,
December 6, 1941, Purple, #901
Telegram from Tokyo
Rejecting the Final US Proposal and Ending Negotiations (the 14 point telegram),
MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: Washington, December 6, 1941, Purple, #902
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Berlin on Its Desire to Avoid Entering a War with
the Soviet Union at The Time, MAGIC, From: Tokyo
To: Berlin, December 6, 1941, Purple (CA) (Urgent), #1003
President
Roosevelt to Emperor Hirohito of Japan, 6 December 1941
Telegram from Tokyo
to the Japanese Embassy in Washington Requesting a Meeting With Secretary Hull
at 1 p.m. (EST) on 7 December 1941, MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: Washington, December
7, 1941, Purple (Urgent-Very Important), #907
Telegram from Tokyo
Thanking the Washington Embassy for Its Efforts, MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: Washington,
December 7, 1941, Purple (Urgent), #908
Telegram from Tokyo
on Its War Policies Toward Enemy Officials and Property, MAGIC, From: Tokyo,
To: Net, 7 December 1941, (Purple), Circular #2493
Circular Telegram from
Tokyo on Its China Policies, MAGIC, From: Tokyo, To: (Circular), 7 December
1941, (Purple), Circular #2499
Memorandum
of a Conversation [The Secretary of State with Nomura and Kurusu], December
7, 1941.
MEMORANDUM
HANDED BY THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR (NOMURA) TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AT 2:20
P.M. ON DECEMBER 7, 1941
HITLER ON
PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY, DECEMBER 7, 1941, "Night-and-Fog
Decree" (Nacht-und-Nebel Erlass).
CANADA DECLARES
WAR ON JAPAN, December 7, 1941,
Archives
concerning the attack on Pearl Harbor
The Attack on
Pearl Harbor
Sherman Miles,
"Pearl Harbor in Retrospect," The Atlantic Monthly, July
1948
James Fallows,
"Remember Pearl Harbor How?" The Atlantic Monthly, December
1991
David M. Kennedy,
"Victory at Sea, The Atlantic Monthly, March 1999
Sam Roberts,
"Report Debunks Theory That the U.S. Heard a Coded Warning About Pearl
Harbor," New York Times, December 6, 2008
PEARL HARBOR ATTACK, HEARINGS
BEFORE THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE INVESTIGATION OF THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK,
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION, PURSUANT
TO S. Con. Res. 27, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INVESTIGATION OF
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, AND EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES
RELATING THERETO, 20 July 1946
Chronology Of The Attack
From The Deck Logs Of The Vessels Moored At Pearl Harbor December 7 1941, Compiled
For The Pearl Harbor, Court Of Inquiry Hearings
The Ambassador
in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State, 8 December 1941
Address
Delivered by President Roosevelt to the Congress, December 8, 1941
Joint
Resolution Declaring That a State of War Exists Between The Imperial Government
of Japan and the Government And the People of the United States and Making Provisions
To Prosecute the Same, 8 December 1941
THE KINGDOM
OF THE NETHERLANDS DECLARES WAR WITH JAPAN, December 8th, 1941
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST ON WAR WITH JAPAN, December 8, 1941
THE UNITED
KINGDOM'S NOTIFICATION OF A STATE OF WAR WITH JAPAN, December 8, 1941
Telegram from the Japanese
Embassy in Berlin Requesting that Germany and Italy Declare War on the US, MAGIC,
From: Berlin, To: Tokyo, December 8, 1941, Purple (Priority), #1437
The Ambassador
in Japan (Grew) to the Secretary of State Informing Him that The Japanese Had
Declared a State of War on the US, 9 December 1941
AUSTRALIA
DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN, December 9, 1941
CHINA'S DECLARATION
OF WAR AGAINST JAPAN, ALSO AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY, December 9, 1941
Franklin Roosevelt,
Address over the radio following the declaration of a state of war with the
Japanese Empire, December 9, 1941
Radio Address
Delivered by President Roosevelt From Washington, December 9, 1941
THE GERMAN
DECLARATION OF WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES, December 11, 1941
HITLER ANNOUNCED
TO THE REICHSTAG THE DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST THE UNITED STATES, December
11, 1941
MUSSOLINI'S
WAR STATEMENT, Rome, December 11, 1941
GERMANY,
ITALY, AND JAPAN SIGN NEW PACT BARRING A SEPARATE PEACE WITH THE UNITED STATES
OR GREAT BRITAIN, December 11, 1941
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REVIEW OF THE WAR TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, December 11,
1941
PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, Requesting recognition of a State of War existing
between the United States and Germany and the United States and Italy, December
11, 1941
Joint
Resolution Declaring That a State of War Exists Between The Government of Germany
and the Government and the People of the United States and Making Provision
To Prosecute The Same, 11 December 1941
Joint
Resolution Declaring That a State of War Exists Between The Government of Italy
and the Government and the People of the United States and Making Provision
To Prosecute the Same, 11 December 1941
EAMON DE
VALERA'S SPEECH ON EIRE NEUTRALITY CORK, IRELAND, December 12, 1941
Franklin Roosevelt,
Address over the radio on the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the adoption
of the American Bill of Rights, December 15, 1941
JOSEPH GOEBBELS'
PLEA FOR CLOTHING FOR TROOPS ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT, ALSO HITLER'S PROCLAMATION
READ BY GOEBBELS, December 20, 1941
THE ANNOUNCEMENT
OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE DIRECT COMMAND BY ADOLPH HITLER WITH HIS PROCLAMATION
TO THE GERMAN ARMY, December 21, 1941
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S ADDRESS TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, December 26,
1941
"GEARING
UP FOR VICTORY: American Military and Industrial Mobilization in World War II,
Colloquium on Contemporary History, June 25, 1991, No. 5, Naval Historical Center,
Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C. 1991
1942
DECLARATION
BY UNITED NATIONS, (Subscribing to the Principles of the Atlantic Charter,
January 1, 1942)
THE ANNUAL
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, Delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January
6, 1942
MOLOTOV'S
NOTE ON GERMAN ATROCITIES IN OCCUPIED SOVIET TERRITORY, January 7, 1942
TEXT OF RESOLUTION
ON GERMAN WAR CRIMES SIGNED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF NINE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES, London,
January 12, 1942
Rio De Janiero
Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, January
15-28, 1942
INTER-AMERICAN
POLICY, (Excerpts from Under-Secretary of State Sumner Welles' Address at
Rio de Janeiro, January 15, 1942)
"Axis Sally"
Broadcasts from Berlin to the Women of America
Douglas Chandler,
"Paul Revere," Broadcasts to the US from "the heart of Germany"
Robert H.
Best Broadcasts to the US from Germany Against US Action
Wannsee Protocol,
January 20, 1942; Translation
ADDRESS BY
SUMNER WELLES, UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE AT THE THIRD MEETING OF MINISTERS OF
FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 24,
1942
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, January 27, 1942
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (AND RESULT OF VOTE OF CONFIDENCE),
January 29, 1942
TEXT OF SPEECH
BY CHANCELLOR ADOLF HITLER AT BERLIN SPORTS PALACE, January 30, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S ADDRESS ON HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY, January 30, 1942
CHANCELLOR
ADOLF HITLER'S ORATION AT THE FUNERAL OF REICH MINISTER DR. FRITZ TODT, Berlin,
February 12, 1942
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST ON THE STATE OF THE WAR, February 15, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST TO CANADIANS, February 15, 1942
GENERALISSIMO
CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S MESSAGE TO THE INDIAN PEOPLE (Excerpt), February 21,
1942
Franklin Roosevelt,
Address over the radio in celebration of Washington's Birthday, February 23,
1942
TEXT OF JOSEPH
STALIN'S ORDER OF THE DAY ON THE 24TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RED ARMY, Moscow, February
23, 1942
RELATIONS
WITH THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AT VICHY, Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles,
27 February 1942
Anglo-American
Mutual Aid Agreement, 28 February 1942
The Japanese Internment
Camps in the United States
Musueum of the City of San
Francisco, News Articles from 1942 on the Internment of the Japanese
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS'
MISSION TO INDIA, March 11, 1942.
CHANCELLOR
ADOLF HITLER'S "MEMORIAL DAY" ADDRESS, March 15, 1942
STATEMENT
AND DRAFT DECLARATION BY HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT WITH CORRESPONDENCE AND RESOLUTIONS
CONNECTED THEREWITH (Sir Stafford Cripps' Mission to India), Draft Declaration
for Discussion with Indian Leaders Published 30th March, 1942
Report
by the National Security Council to the President, "The Position of the
United States with Respect to Korea, 2 April 1942
UNITED STATES
POLICY TOWARD FRANCE AND THE FRENCH PEOPLE, Text of a note dated April 13, 1942
CHANCELLOR
ADOLF HITLER RECEIVED ADDITIONAL POWER FROM THE REICHSTAG, April 26, 1942
CHANCELLOR
ADOLF HITLER'S ADDRESS TO THE REICHSTAG, Berlin, April 26, 1942
TEXT ISSUED
BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA OF THE ORIGINAL "QUIT INDIA" RESOLUTION
DRAFTED BY MOHANDAS K. GANDHI AND REJECTED BY THE ALL-INDIA CONGRESS WORKING
COMMITTEE IN FAVOR OF THE MODIFIED VERSION SUBMITTED BY PANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU,
The Gandhi Draft Was Presented to the Committee on April 27, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, April 27, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST TO THE NATION, April 28, 1942
Mutual Aid Agreement
Between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., 11 June 1942
JOSEPH STALIN'S
ORDER OF THE DAY ON "MAY DAY", Moscow, May 1, 1942
U.S. RESPONSE
TO OCCUPATION OF MADAGASCAR BY THE BRITISH, May 4, 1942
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S BROADCAST REPORT ON THE WAR, May 10, 1942
FIELD MARSHAL
HERMANN GOERING'S SPEECH, May 20, 1942
TWENTY-YEAR
MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNION OF SOVIET
SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, London, May 26, 1942
ADDRESS BY
HIDEKI TOJO, PREMIER OF JAPAN, AT THE OPENING OF THE IMPERIAL DIET, Tokyo, May
27, 1942
SUMNER
WELLES, UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS AT THE ARLINGTON NATIONAL
AMPHITHEATER
May 30, 1942
DECLARATION
OF WAR BY MEXICO ON GERMANY, ITALY AND JAPAN, June 1, 1942
RECOGNITION
OF STATE OF WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF BULGARIA, HUNGARY,
AND RUMANIA, Congressional Record, June 2, 1942, H Doc. No. 761, pg. 4946.
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (LIBYAN OPERATIONS AND BOMBING
OF GERMANY), Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons Official Report, June 2,
1942.
JOINT DECLARATIONS
BY THE (U.S.) CONGRESS, June 5, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON THE USE OF POISON GAS, June 5, 1942
MUTUAL AID
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS,
Washington, D.C., June 11, 1942
CONVERSATIONS
BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND MR. MOLOTOV, Dept. of State Bulletin, June
13, 1942.
KING GEORGE
II ADDRESSES THE U. S. CONGRESS, Inter-Allied Review, June 15,
1942.
MOLOTOV'S
REPORT ON RATIFICATION OF THE ANGLO-SOVIET TREATY TO THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, Moscow, June 19, 1942
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S MESSAGE TO JOSEPH STALIN ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE GERMAN
ATTACK UPON THE SOVIET UNION, The Times, London, June 23, 1942.
JOINT STATEMENT
BY PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL AFTER
CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D. C., White House news release, June 27, 1942.
PRIME MINISTER
CHURCHILL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (and results of Vote of Censure), Parliamentary
Debates, House of Commons Official Report July 2, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S CABLEGRAM TO GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK ON THE FIFTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK ON CHINA BY JAPAN, July 4, 1942
JOINT STATEMENT
BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE KING OF GREECE, July 9, 1942
Former Presidential
candidate Wendell Willkie eulogizes a city and a people destroyed by Nazi tyranny,
Stern Park Gardens, IL, July 12, 1942
EXCHANGE
OF LETTERS BETWEEN PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL AND PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT ON AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR BRITISH RELIEF, Dept. of State Bulletin,
July 18, 1942
STATUS OF
FRENCH SHIPS AT ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT, SUMNER WELLES, UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,
IN PRESS CONFERENCE, July 14, 1942
CORDELL HULL,
SECRETARY OF STATE BROADCAST TO THE WORLD, Washington, D. C., July 23, 1942
SIR STAFFORD
CRIPPS REVIEW OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ALL-INDIA CONGRESS, July 26, 1942
CORDELL HULL,
SECRETARY OF STATE, STATUS OF AUSTRIA, July 27, 1942
JAPANESE
PREMIER, HIDEKI TOJO'S BROADCAST ON THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE NATION'S TOTAL
EFFORT IN THE PROSECUTION OF THE GREATER EAST ASIA WAR, Osaka, July 27, 1942
JAPANESE
PREMIER, HIDEKI TOJO BROADCAST TO THE JAPANESE EMPIRE, Tokyo, August 5, 1942
SIR STAFFORD
CRIPPS STATEMENT ON INDIA, London, August 5, 1942
WILHELMINA,
QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS ADDRESS TO CONGRESS, August 5, 1942
MOHANDAS
K. GANDHI'S SPEECH (EXCERPTS) TO THE ALL-INDIA CONGRESS, Bombay, August 7, 1942
STATEMENT
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE SENTENCES OF EIGHT NAZI SABOTEURS LANDED BY SUBMARINE
ON THE LONG ISLAND AND FLORIDA SHORES ON JUNE 13 AND 17, 1942, August 8, 1942.
LEOPOLD S.
AMERY, BRITISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDIA BROADCAST, London, August 9, 1942
ORDERS TO
AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES IN INDIA, August 12, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MESSAGE TO CONGRESS (Regarding Panama), August 13, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL ON THE FIRST
ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE ATLANTIC CHARTER, August 14, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ON PUNISHMENT OF WAR CRIMES, August 21, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S CABLEGRAM TO HIS EXCELLENCY GETULIO VARGAS, PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES OF BRAZIL, ON DECLARATION OF WAR ON GERMANY AND ITALY BY
BRAZIL, August 25, 1942
FORMER UNITED
STATES AMBASSADOR JOSEPH C. GREW RADIO BROADCAST FROM WASHINGTON, August 30,
1942
CHANCELLOR
ADOLF HITLER BROADCAST PLEA FOR WINTER AID, August 30, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, September 7, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT BROADCAST TO THE NATION, September 7, 1943
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL ADDRESSED THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN A REVIEW OF THE WAR, September
8, 1942
AMERICAN
REPLY TO FRENCH PROTEST AGAINST BOMBINGS IN FRANCE, September 8, 1942
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL'S REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE POLICY OF THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT IN INDIA, September 10, 1942
JAPANESE
PREMIER HIDEKI TOJO'S GRADUATION ADDRESS IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY, MANCHUKUO, September
25, 1942
CHANCELLOR
ADOLF HITLER'S ADDRESS AT THE OPENING OF THE WINTER RELIEF CAMPAIGN, Berlin,
September 30, 1942
The
Story of the Guadalcanal Campaign
A
German Field Marshal Instructs the Wehrmacht on Its Role in the Soviet Union,
October 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER PROVIDING FOR THE STABILIZING OF THE
NATIONAL ECONOMY, October 3, 1942
FIELD MARSHAL
HERMANN GOERING'S BROADCAST (EXCERPTS), Berlin, October 4, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT OF WAR CRIMES, October 7, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST TO THE NATION, October 12, 1942
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL SPEECH AT EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, October 12, 1942
MARSHAL JAN
CHRISTIAAN SMUTS'S ADDRESS BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE TWO HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, October
21, 1942
GANDHI'S
LATEST MESSAGE TO AMERICA, October 31, 1942
TEXT OF SOVIET
INVASION DECREE, Moscow, November 1, 1942
MESSAGE FROM
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO MIKHAIL KALININ, PRESIDENT, PRESIDIUM OF
THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, Washington, November
6, 1942
JOSEPH STALIN,
PREMIER OF THE U.S.S.R. REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Moscow, November
6, 1942
JOSEPH STALIN,
PREMIER OF THE U.S.S.R. ORDER OF THE DAY, Moscow, November 7, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF A SECOND FRONT IN
FRENCH NORTH AND WEST AFRICA, Washington, November 7, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE, Washington, D. C., November
7, 1942
LIEUT. GENERAL
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER'S PROCLAMATION TO THE FRENCH (English Translation), Washington,
D. C., November 7, 1942
Lt.
Col. S. B. Mason, US, 1st Infantry Division, Report on Operation Torch, 24
November 1942
General
Eisenhower's report on Operation Torch
GENERAL HENRI
HONORÉ GIRAUD APPEAL TO FRENCH FORCES IN NORTH AFRICA, (Heard over Algiers radio;
point of origin unknown), November 8, 1942
CORDELL HULL,
SECRETARY OF STATE STATEMENT COVERING BACKGROUND OF FRANCO-AMERICAN RELATIONS
SINCE MAY, 1940, Washington, D. C., November 8, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MESSAGE TO MARSHAL HENRI PETAIN, Washington, D. C., November
8, 1942
MARSHAL HENRI
PETAIN'S REPLY TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S NOTE OF NOVEMBER 8, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO GENERAL FRANCISCO FRANCO BAHAMONDE, HEAD
OF THE SPANISH STATE, Washington, D. C., November 8, 1942
VICE-PRESIDENT
HENRY C. WALLACE ADDRESS BEFORE CONGRESS OF AMERICAN SOVIET FRIENDSHIP, New
York, November 8, 1942
CHANCELLOR
ADOLF HITLER SPEECH ON THE 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "BEER HALL PUTSCH",
Munich, November 8, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO HIS HIGHNESS SIDI MONCEF PACHA BEY OF TUNIS,
Washington, D.C., November 9, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO ADMIRAL JEAN PIERRE ESTEVA, RESIDENT GENERAL
AT TUNIS, NORTH AFRICA, Washington, D. C., November 9, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT UPON TERMINATION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
THE VICHY GOVERNMENT, Washington, D. C., November 9, 1942
HIS MAJESTY,
KING GEORGE VI SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT, London, November 10, 1942
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL SPEECH AT THE MANSION HOUSE, London, November 10, 1942
CHANCELLOR
ADOLF HITLER'S APPEAL TO THE FRENCH ON THE ENTRY OF GERMAN TROOPS INTO UNOCCUPIED
FRANCE, November 10, 1942
CHANCELLOR
ADOLF HITLER'S LETTER TO MARSHAL PETAIN ANNOUNCING COMPLETE GERMAN OCCUPATION
OF FRANCE, November 11, 1942
PRESIDENT
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S "ARMISTICE DAY" ADDRESS, Arlington National
Cemetery, November 11, 1942
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, November 11, 1942
F. D. ROOSEVELT'S
STATEMENT ON NORTH AFRICAN POLICY, November 17, 1942
Franklin
Roosevelt's Speech on North African Policy, November 17, 1942
ADMIRAL JEAN
DARLAN'S ADDRESS TO ALL FRENCH AT HOME AND ABROAD, Algiers, North Africa, November
20, 1942
SABURO KURUSU,
FORMER SPECIAL AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, Tokyo, November 26, 1942
CHANCELLOR
ADOLF HITLER'S LETTER TO MARSHAL PETAIN ANNOUNCING DECISION TO OCCUPY TOULON,
November 27, 1942
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL BROADCAST, November 29, 1942
BENITO MUSSOLINI,
PREMIER OF ITALY SPEECH TO THE CHAMBER OF FASCI AND CORPORATIONS, Rome, December
2, 1942
STATEMENT
BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT ON THE ATTACK AT PEARL HARBOR ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, Washington,
D. C., December 5, 1942
PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL SPEECH AT BRADFORD TOWN HALL, Bradford, England, December
6, 1942
GENERALISSIMO
FRANCISCO FRANCO'S SPEECH TO FALANGIST PARTY COUNCIL PRAISING GERMAN, ITALIAN,
AND SPANISH FASCISM, Madrid, December 8, 1942
Camp
Harmony, Relocation Camp for Japanese Americans during the War
1943
CASABLANCA
CONFERENCE COMMUNIQUÉ, January 24, 1943
Casablanca
Conference, February 1943
Roosevelt's
Radio Address on the Casablanca Conference, Feb. 12, 1943
L. Wolfe,
"The Other War: FDR's Battle Against Churchill and the British Empire,"
The American Almanac, 28 August 1995
Roosevelt and the Wartime Summit Conferences
with Stalin, A Retrospective View by Charles G. Stefan
Franklin Roosevelt on French Rule in Indochina, Press Conference, February
23, 1945
The White Rose: A Lesson
in Dissent by Jacob G. Hornberger
THE WARSAW
GHETTO IS NO MORE (The Stroop Report on Nazi Actions Against the Jews in Warsaw),
1943
"The 1943 Detroit race
riots," Vivian M. Baulch and Patricia Zacharias, The Detroit News
Public
Broadcasting System "The 1943 Detroit Race Riots"
Battle of
Kursk - July, 1943
Charles G.
Stefan, "Roosevelt and the Wartime Summit Conferences with Stalin"
American Diplomacy
Fulbright Resolution
(authorizing US participation in an International Organization), 21 September
1943
Moscow
Conference, October 1943
Henry A.
Murray, "Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler," OSS Study,
October 1943
Cairo
Conference, November 1943
Roosevelt and Stalin Discuss the Future of French Rule in Indochina,
Teheran Conference, November 28, 1943
Connally Resolution,
5 November 1943
THE TEHERAN
CONFERENCE, (United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union) Agreements on War
and Peace. December 1, 1943)
Excerpts
from transcripts taken from the Teheran Conference, The Tehran, Yalta and
Potsdam Conferences (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1969), pp. 38-45
Ernesto Sanchez,
"The Tehran's Conference's Influence on the Postwar World, Penn History
Review, Spring 1997
1944
Franklin Roosevelt Memorandum
to Cordell Hull on Indochina, January 24, 1944
Air raids on Helsinki
in February 1944
General George
S. Patton, Jr. gives his troops a final pep-talk prior to the invasion of Normandy,
Enniskillen Manor Grounds, England, May 17, 1944.
General Patton's Speech to
the Third Army, 5 June 1944
In Desperate Battle: Normandy,
1944
"D-Day,"
TIME, June 6, 1994 Volume 143, No. 23
Public Broadcasting System
The American Experience, "D-Day"
Hugh Schofield, "Revisionists
challenge D-Day story," BBC News, 5 June 2009
The German Conspiracy
to Destroy Hitler, Resistance from 1938-44
US,
4th Marine Division Operations Report Saipan, 15 June-9 July 1944
Ronald
Steele, Walter Lippman and the American Century (New York: Vintage
Books, 1980), Chapter 32, "Realpolitik," pp. 404-417
CONFERENCE
AT BRETTON WOODS, United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference at Bretton
Woods. Summary of Agreements. July 22, 1944
BRETTON WOODS
DECISIONS, Closing address by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau.
July 22, 1944.
The
Morgenthau Plan
US,
82nd Airborne Division - Field Order No 11, 13 September 1944
US,
82nd Airborne Division Operation Market, 17 September 1944
President
Roosevelt, MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE, September 29, 1944.
DUMBARTON
OAKS, Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization.
October 7, 1944
Donal
O'Sulllivan, Information on the "percentages" agreement between Churchill
and Stalin, 9 October 1944
"The Zero
Hour" Broadcasts by Tokyo Rose
FIVE POINTS
OF U. S. FOREIGN POLICY, An Outline by Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius,
Jr., December 18, 1944
1945
PREMIER KUNIASHI
KOISO'S NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS, January 1, 1945
PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON THE STATE OF THE NATION, January 6, 1945
PRIME MINISTER
CHURCHILL'S ADDRESS IN COMMONS ON RELATIONS AMONG BRITAIN, THE U. S. AND THE
U.S.S.R., January 18, 1945
U. S.-BRITISH-U.S.S.R.
ARMISTICE WITH HUNGARY, January 20, 1945
CHANCELLOR
HITLER'S BROADCAST ON 12TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATIONAL SOCIALIST REGIME, January
30, 1945
President
Roosevelt's Briefing Books, Topics covered: Liberated Countries, Spheres
of Influence, Germany, Poland, Reconstruction, January 1945
GENERAL DE
GAULLE'S BROADCAST ON FRENCH POLICY IN WAR AND PEACE, February 2, 1945
Yalta
Conference, February 1945
James F.
Byrnes, Speaking Frankly, (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947),
Chapter 2, "Yalta—High Tide of Big Three Unity," pp. 21-45
Notes
on Meeting at Yalta Conference Between the Big Three, 4-8 p.m., 6 February 1945
Letter
from Franklin Roosevelt to Josef Stalin, "Attachments to Notes, Fourth
Formal Meeting of Crimean Conference, 4 p.m.,, 7 February 1945
Memorandum
of Conversation--Crimean Conference: Meeting of President Roosevelt with Marshal
Stalin, 8 February 1945
Memorandum
of Conversation--Crimean Conference: Fifth Formal Meeting, 8 February 1945
Protocol
approved and signed by the three Foreign Secretaries at the Crimean Conference,
February 11, 1945
PROTOCOL
ON THE TALKS BETWEEN THE HEADS OF THE THREE GOVERNMENTS AT THE CRIMEAN CONFERENCE
ON THE QUESTION OF THE GERMAN REPARATION IN KIND
PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON BRETTON WOODS MONEY AND BANKING PROPOSALS,
February 12, 1945
JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ
ON CRIMEA CONFERENCE, February 12, 1945
Yalta Protocol,
1945
James F.
Byrnes, Speaking Frankly, (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947), Chapter
2, "Yalta—High Tide of Big Three Unity," pp. 21-45
Speech
by Professor Roman Herzog, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, in
Dresden on 13 February 1995 on the bombing of Dresden, February 1945
MARSHAL STALIN'S
ORDER OF THE DAY ON THE 2 7TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RED ARMY AND NAVY, February
23, 1945
CHANCELLOR
HITLER'S MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT
OF THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST PARTY'S PROGRAM, February 24, 1945
PRIME MINISTER
CHURCHILL'S ADDRESS IN COMMONS ON THE CRIMEA CONFERENCE, February 27, 1945
ADDRESS BY
GENERAL MACARTHUR ON THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT, February
27, 1945
U. S. STATEMENT
ON LEND-LEASE AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE, February 28, 1945
DEATH AND DEVASTATION
ON THE CURZON LINE: THE STORY OF THE DEPORTATION FROM UKRAINE
Dr.
Robert Divine, "Roosevelt the Pragmatist," University of Texas
PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT'S REPORT TO CONGRESS ON THE CRIMEA CONFERENCE, March 1, 1945
SPEECH BY
PRESIDENT CHIANG KAI-SHEK BEFORE THE PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR CONSTITUTIONAL
GOVERNMENT IN CHUNGKING, March 1, 1945
ACT OF CHAPULTEPEC,
Declarations on Reciprocal Assistance and American Solidarity, March
3, 1945
STATE DEPARTMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PROPOSED VOTING PROCEDURES IN THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
ORGANIZATION, March 5, 1945
The Firebombing
of Kobe and Osaka during World War II, 13 March 1945
Franklin Roosevelt Conversation with Charles Taussig on French Rule in
Indochina, March 15, 1945
ADDRESS BY
POPE PIUS XII IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE, VATICAN CITY, URGING A CHARITABLE PEACE,
March 18, 1945
The Shell House
Attack, 21 March 1945, by Klaus Velschow
Asahi
Shimbun,
"Military 'deeply involved' in Okinawa suicides," 29 March 2008
Japan Focus,
"Compulsory Mass Suicide, the Battle of Okinawa, and Japan's Textbook
Controversy," January 6, 2008
ARGENTINA'S
MESSAGE TO THE PAN AMERICAN UNION ON ITS DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST JAPAN AND
GERMANY, March 28, 1945
GENERAL EISENHOWER'S
LETTER TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A GERMAN SURRENDER, March
31, 1945
GENERAL EISENHOWER'S
INSTRUCTIONS TO GERMAN TROOPS, AND TO FOREIGN WORKERS, IN PREPARATION FOR DEFEAT
OF GERMANY, March 31, 1945
Roy E. Appleman,
James M. Burns, Russell A. Gugeler, and John Stevens, Okinawa: The Last Battle,
Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, DC, Library of Congress
Catalog Card Number: 49-45742, First Printed 1948-CMH Pub 11-1
Major
General A.D. Bruce, "Okinawa Operation Report Iceberg Phase I"
STATEMENT
BY SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS ON REPRESENTATION IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROPOSED
UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION, April 3, 1945
U.S.S.R.
DENUNCIATION OF PACT WITH JAPAN, April 5, 1945
DECLARATION
OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UKRAINIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC, April 10, 1945
DECLARATION
OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BYELORUSSIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC, April 10, 1945
TREATY BETWEEN
U.S.S.R. AND YUGOSLAVIA, April 11, 1945
THE WHITE
HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT, April
12, 1945
PRESIDENT
HARRY S. TRUMAN'S PROCLAMATION ON THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT,
April 13, 1945
FIRST MESSAGE
OF PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO THE CONGRESS, April 16, 1945
CHANCELLOR
HITLER'S ORDER FOR A LAST STAND IN THE EAST, April 16, 1945
TREATY OF
FRIENDSHIP, MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND POSTWAR COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE U.S.S.R.
AND THE POLISH REPUBLIC, April 21, 1945
LETTER FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO SECRETARY OF STATE STETTINIUS CONCERNING ADMISSION OF THE
UKRAINIAN AND WHITE RUSSIAN REPUBLICS AS INITIAL MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION, April 22, 1945
CHANCELLOR
HITLER'S ORDER TO HIS WESTERN ARMIES CONCERNING GUERRILLA WARFARE, April 22,
1945
WARNING TO
GERMANY BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN, PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL, AND MARSHAL STALIN, April
23, 1945
Letter
from Henry Stimson, Secretary of War to President Truman, informing him about
the atomic bomb, April 24, 1945
PRESIDENT
TRUMAN'S ADDRESS TO OPENING SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION AT SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 1945
SOVIET
DENUNCIATION OF PACT WITH JAPAN, (The Department of State Bulletin, Vol. XII,
No. 305, April 29, 1945)
THE PRIVATE
AND POLITICAL TESTAMENTS OF HITLER, APRIL 29, 1945
"The Death of Hitler: The Full Story with New Evidence from
Secret Russian Archives," By Ada Petrova and Peter Watson, Washington
Post
ADMIRAL DOENITZ'
ANNOUNCEMENT OF HITLER'S DEATH, May 1, 1945
MARSHAL STALIN'S
MAY DAY ORDER OF THE DAY, May 1, 1945
Broadcasts from
the Fall of Corregidor, 6 May 1945
BROADCAST
TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE BY FOREIGN MINISTER LUTZ SCHWERIN VON KROSIGK, May 7, 1945
GRAND ADMIRAL
KARL DOENITZ' BROADCAST INFORMING THE GERMAN PEOPLE OF THEIR UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER,
May 8, 1945
PRESIDENT
TRUMAN'S BROADCAST ON SURRENDER OF GERMANY, May 8, 1945
PRIME MINISTER
CHURCHILL'S ANNOUNCEMENT IN PARLIAMENT OF GERMANY'S UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER,
May 8, 1945
PRIME MINISTER
CHURCHILL'S SPEECH TO V-E CROWDS IN LONDON, May 8, 1945
KING GEORGE
VI'S V-E DAY ADDRESS, May 8, 1945
GENERAL EISENHOWER'S
VICTORY ORDER OF THE DAY, AND HIS PROCLAMATION ON GERMANY'S DEFEAT, May 8, 1945
Letter
from William Leahy to Secretary of State Stettinius Regarding British Officials'
Thoughts on Soviet Claims in Poland and Eastern Europe, 11 May 1945
Letter
from William Leahy to Secretary of State Stettinius Forwarding a Statement Stalin
on the Provisional Polish Government, 11 May 1945
The
German Surrender Documents, 1945
British
Government Statement: Policy In Burma, May 1945
US Public Opinion
Poll on Treatment of the Japanese Emperor, June 1945
Letter
from Averell Harriman to President Truman, 11 June 1945
Allied Supreme
Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower, after the defeat of Nazi Germany, addresses
British parliamentarians and the royal family, Guildhall, London, England, June
12, 1945
Documents
Relating to the Debate over whether the Emperor's Position should be Guaranteed
Telegrams
between the Japanese Ambassador to the Soviet Union (Sato) to the Japanese Minister
of Foreign Affairs (Togo) on the possibilities for a peace settlement, 11-28
July 1945
Harry S. Truman,
Memoirs (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1955) Chapter
24, pp. 372-394 (Potsdam)
Excerpts
from President Truman's Diary, July, 1945
Memorandum
for the Secretary of War on the Atomic Test, July 18, 1945
The Berlin
(Potsdam) Conference, July 17-August 2, 1945; Protocol of the Proceedings,
August l, 1945
Walter
LaFeber, Historian, on the Potsdam Conference
Douglas MacEachin, "The Final Months
of the War with Japan: Signals Intelligence, U.S. Invasion Planning, and the
A-Bomb Decision," U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1999
Documents Relating
to the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
(side-by-side comparison of first and final draft, with links to relevant documents)
Walter
LaFeber, Historian, on the Atomic Bomb
SOVIET
WAR DECLARATION ON JAPAN, 8 August 1945
U.S.
Warning to Japan, August 9, 1945
The
Japanese Surrender Documents, 1945
Emperor Hirohito's
Surrender Rescript to Japanese Troops, 17 August 1945
Foreign Minister Shiegemitsu's
Credentials, 1 September 1945
General Umezu's Credentials,
1 September 1945
First Instrument of
Surrender, 2 September 1945
Supreme Commander
for the Allied Powers, General Order no. One, 2 September 1945
Surrender Order of the Imperial
General Headquarters of Japan, 2 September 1945
Surrender Rescript of
Emperor Hirohito, 2 September 1945
Emperor Hirohito,
Accepting the Potsdam Declaration, Radio Broadcast.
Act of Surrender -
China Theatre, 9 September 1945
Order of Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek supplementing the Act of Surrender, 9 September 1945
Transcript of "OPERATION
DOWNFALL [US invasion of Japan]: US PLANS AND JAPANESE COUNTER-MEASURES"
by D. M. Giangreco, US Army Command and General Staff College, 16 February 1998
Soviet-Japanese
Documents, 1941-45
Tripartite
Documents
1946
U.S.
Strategic Bombing Survey, "The Effects of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki," June 9, 1946
Pages
27 and 28 of a report by the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, "The Effects of
the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki," June 9, 1946
U.
S. Strategic Bombing Survey: The Effects of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki, Chairman's Office, 19 June 1946
Letter
from Franklin D'Olier, Chairman U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, 20 June 1946
Franklin
D'Olier to President Truman, June 20, 1946
United
States Strategic Bombing Survey: Summary Report (Pacific War), July 1, 1946
United
States Strategic Bombing survey "Japan's Struggle to End the War", July 1, 1946
Declaration (I)
by the Government of Japan, 8 September 1951
Declaration (II)
by the Government of Japan, 8 September 1951
Declaration of
the United States Senate included with the Ratification of the Treaty of Peace
with Japan, Issued 28 April 1952
Declarations by
the Government of El Salvador included with the Ratification of the Treaty of
Peace with Japan, 6 May 1952
Agreement for the
Settlement of Disputes arising under Article 15 (a) of the Treaty of Peace with
Japan, Opened for Signature at Washington, 12 June 1952
Initial entry into force: 12 June 1952
General Documents and References
Doris Kearns
Goodwin, "The Way We Won: America's Economic Breakthrough During World
War II, The American Prospect, Volume 3, Issue 11. September 1, 1992.
Rutgers University,
Oral History Archives of World War II
Codebreaking and
Secret Weapons in World War II , Nautical Brass
Bletchley Park Website
Codes and Ciphers in the Second
World War
Enigma and the
Code Breakers
Nuremberg War Crimes
Trials, Major Documents
"First
Day, Tuesday, 11/20/1945, Part 01", in Trial of the Major War Criminals
before the International Military Tribunal. Volume II. Proceedings: 11/14/1945-11/30/1945
Major Conferences
of World War II
United States Strategic
Bombing Survey, Summary Report, (Pacific War) Washington, D.C., 1 July 1946
Grolier Online, Winston
Churchill
Grolier Online, D-Day
Grolier Online, Charles
de Gaulle
Grolier Online,
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Grolier Online, Hermann
Goering
Grolier Online, Heinrich
Himmler
Grolier Online, Hirohito
Grolier Online, Hitler
Grolier Online, Holocaust
Grolier Online, Battle
for Leyte Gulf
Grolier Online, Maginot
Line
Grolier Online World
War II Commemorative Page
Justice
Under the Sun: Japanese War Crime Trials By Robert Barr Smith
Grolier Online, General
Omar Bradley
Grolier Online, Battle
of Britain
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