Curated category
1945 documents
- Berlin Declaration (1945)Adolf Hitler killed himself in the ruins of Berlin on the 30th of April 1945. His death left a power vacuum that the Allies could not ignore.
- Potsdam DeclarationHarry S. Truman stood on the steps of the Little White House in Potsdam, Germany, during July 1945. He held a document that would define the end of World War…
- German Instrument of SurrenderAdolf Hitler committed suicide inside his Führerbunker under the Reich Chancellery on the 30th of April 1945. He drew up a testament naming Admiral Karl…
- Japanese Instrument of SurrenderGeneral Douglas MacArthur's staff, headed by Colonel LeGrande A. Diller, faced a daunting task in war-torn Manila during 1945.