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Survey of World War II Veterans and Dwelling Unit Vacancy and Occupancy in Sacramento, Calif.

Shown is a 1946 document, produced by the Census Bureau, which addresses veterans and dwelling vacancy in the Sacramento area.

An information pamphlet on the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944

The Influence of ULTRA in the Second World War

A transcript of a 1993 speech by Sir Harry Hinsley, a former codebreaker. He talks about how the British broke German codes at Bletchley Park, kept it…

The US 6812 Bombe Report 1944

A 1945 manual by the US Army explaining how they broke German codes. It explains how the Enigma machine worked and gives instructions for using the…

Turing's Treatise on the Enigma - A Photographic Copy of a Paper Prepared in GCCS, written ca. 1939-1942

A declassified internal manual written by Alan Turing and other codebreakers at Bletchley Park during the war. It gives a detailed breakdown of how…

U.S.S. Nevada bombards Nazi positions blocking the forward surge of Allied troops in Normandy in June 1944

"478.Photograph. 'File No: 50420 June 9, 1944 U. S. Battlewagon Aids Land Forces Flame and smoke gush from the muzzles of 14-inch guns as the U.S.S.…

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Building 55, 200 East Beach Boulevard, Gulfport, Harrison County, MS Photos from Survey HABS MS-269-C

A photo of the VA Medical Center at Harrison County

Voilà comment ils Mentent!

This poster is an anti-British propaganda poster issued in occupied France around 1941. The poster uses a montage of black-and-white photographs and…

WAVE Demonstrating Bombe

A historical photograph showing a U.S. Navy WAVE demonstrating the operation of a Bombe machine, the electromechanical device used to decrypt Enigma…