WW2 Documents and Letters | World War II Database

434 items in this album on 22 pages.


Plan for making a recognition model for German light cruiser Köln, probably prepared by the US Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence, Nov 1942	Recognition drawing for German light cruiser Köln, probably prepared by the US Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence	Richelieu as appeared in the US Office of Naval Intelligence booklet ONI203, 9 Nov 1942, photo 1 of 2	Message from Chiang Kaishek to Franklin Roosevelt, Chinese original, 16 Nov 1942, page 1 of 4

Message from Chiang Kaishek to Franklin Roosevelt, Chinese original, 16 Nov 1942, page 2 of 4	Message from Chiang Kaishek to Franklin Roosevelt, Chinese original, 16 Nov 1942, page 3 of 4	Message from Chiang Kaishek to Franklin Roosevelt, Chinese original, 16 Nov 1942, page 4 of 4	Message from Chiang Kaishek to Franklin Roosevelt, English translation, 16 Nov 1942

Page from the USS Indiana’s War Diary for 17 Nov 1942 describing in some detail the Crossing the Line festivities that took place aboard as the battleship crossed the equator.	Diagram of torpedo damage to USS Northampton sustained in the Battle of Tassafaronga that caused the ship to sink.	Holiday greetings card of US Marine Corps observation squadron VMO-251, Dec 1942	A page out of a Manhattan Project scientist's notebook, noting the world's first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, achieved on 2 Dec 1942

3-view drawing of the SBD-5 Dauntless aircraft	American poster to promote sale of war bonds, featuring an African-American US Army Tuskegee pilot, possibly Lieutenant Robert W. Diez, 1943; the text reads 'Keep us flying! BUY WAR BONDS'	American propaganda poster 'UNITED WE WIN', showing African-American and Caucasian aircraft factory workers working together, 1943	American propaganda poster featuring African-American US Navy sailor Doris Miller, 1943; the text read 'above and beyond the call of duty'

American propaganda poster featuring Isoroku Yamamoto, circa 1943	An intercept sheet of German radio transmission created for the cryptologists at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, 1940s	Anti-Japanese poster depicting Filipino resistance, 1940s	Anti-Japanese poster printed by the United States Army