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This report assesses the capabilities of North Korea in reference to; the Soviet position, the current political, economic, and military situations, and the current operations against South Korea.

Letter from Kim Il Sung to Stalin informing him of lead shipments from the DPRK to the
Soviet Union and China.

Explorer I was launched on January 31, 1958, four months after the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik satellite.

A sixteen-year-old German soldier, Hans-Georg Henke, cries being captured by the US 9th Army in Germany on April 3, 1945

Profile photo of Hiroo Onoda as a young officer.

On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space when he completed a 108-minute orbital flight. The Soviets used this success to their advantage, and Gagarin became a worldwide celebrity. The cartoonist reflects the…

Developed film image of the USS Arizona engulfed in flames immediately following the attacks from the Japanese navy. In the foreground of the image rescue boats can be see trolling the water as efforts to save victims of the bombings begin to be…

Sarty discusses a movie he watched as well as his encounter with local German woman.

Speech by Soviet leader Khrushchev in December 1962 covering the causes and consequences of the Cuban Crisis. (Catalogue ref: FO 371/171934)

Detailed map outlining the movements of the US Pacific Fleet of naval vessels the day of the attacks on Pearl Harbor.