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World War II 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.
  • Declaration by United NationsThe Allied nations first articulated their shared vision in the Declaration of St. James's Palace during June 1941. This agreement emerged from the First…
  • Einstein–Szilard letterOtto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann reported the discovery of nuclear fission in uranium on the 6th of January 1939. Lise Meitner identified this process as…
  • 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.