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  • Collection: World War II - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127)

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Poster of a hand wearing a Nazi ring piecing together a jigsaw puzzle

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Postcards and small pamphlets with cartoons or reproductions of artwork critical of the Allies and generally pro-Axis in nature. Includes many caricatures of Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Set of postcards includes views of burning ships;…

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Poster of a servicewoman of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps, circa 1940s

compressedomeka6.pdf
This publication documents the proceedings and outcomes of the trials of Japanese servicemen accused of war crimes, including those involved in biological warfare programs like Unit 731. It is valuable for understanding the accountability measures…

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AWM caption : Labuan Island, Borneo. 1945. Side view of the `Grey Nurse' (ZP-Y A58-67), a MK 8 Spitfire aircraft of No. 457 Squadron RAAF in flight over the sea. It is being flown by Flying Officer Fred Inger. Note the shark's jaw painted on the…

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Sketch Showing the Physical Relationship of the Harbin Military Hospital to the Pingfan BW Institute, Which Were About 27 km Apart. A diagram sketch that showed a simple map of the Harbin Military Hospital to the Pingfan BW Institute, including the…

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Japanese aircraft taken over by the Allies in Malaya were tested and evaluated by Japanese naval pilots under the supervision of Royal Air Force officers. Here two Mitsubishi A6M naval fighters (known to the Allies as 'Zeke') are flying in formation…

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Translation:
"The defeat of Germany"
"Most of the world's nations today share a state of happiness and joy due to what was announced of Germany's defeat. Except that Japan is not one of those happy, joyful nations because the defeat of their…

512px-Luftkampf_im_Pazifik_Juni_1942.jpg
Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting combat air patrol intercepting the incoming Japanese dive bomber raid on USS Yorktown (CV-5), at about noon on 4 June 1942.
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