WW2 Documents and Letters | World War II Database

438 items in this album on 22 pages.


Message from Harry Truman to Samuel Cavert in regards to the use of atomic bombs against Japan, 11 Aug 1945	Illustration a typical defense system on the face of Iegusugu Pinnacle, Okinawa, Japan; seen in CINCPAC-CINCPOA Weekly Intelligence, Vol 2, No 5, 13 Aug 1945	Suicide note of Army Minister Korechika Anami, dated the evening of 14 Aug 1945	Official message to all members of the United States Pacific Fleet from Chester Nimitz relaying a message from Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal congratulating them for their victory over the Japanese, 15 Aug 1945.

One page from the USS Missouri deck log for 2 Sep 1945 listing many of the dignitaries who came aboard for the surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay, Japan.	Signature page of the Japanese instrument of surrender	Leaflets dropped by Royal New Zealand Air Force on Nauru and Ocean Island (now Banaba), 8 Sept 1945. The leaflets urge Japanese soldiers to stop fighting and surrender. Page 1 of 2.	Leaflets dropped by Royal New Zealand Air Force on Nauru and Ocean Island (now Banaba), 8 Sept 1945. The leaflets urge Japanese soldiers to stop fighting and surrender. Page 2 of 2.

Instrument of Surrender for the Japanese Second Army signed by Lt General Fusataro Teshima for the Japanese and General Sir Thomas Blamey for the Australian Military Forces, 9 Sep 1945 at Morotai.	The Japanese instrument of surrender signed in Nanjing, China on 9 Sep 1945	Instrument of Surrender of Japanese forces in Hong Kong signed 16 Sep 1945 by Royal Navy Rear Admiral Cecil Harcourt and Japanese Navy Vice Admiral Ruitaro Fujita and Army Major General Umekichi Okada	Sketch inboard profile plans of Kaiten Type 4 and Type 10 submarines, 1945

Plate 9-1, Annex A, of Takeo Kurita's interrogation, 16 Oct 1945	Plate 9-2, Annex B, of Takeo Kurita's interrogation, 16 Oct 1945	Plate 9-1, Annex C, of Takeo Kurita's interrogation, 17 Oct 1945	Drawing of Japanese Navy 3rd Fleet Strike Force at the Battle off Cape Engaño, 25 Oct 1944; Annex A of Toshikazu Ohmae's interrogation

Illustration of bomb and torpedo hits on battleship Yamato, 7 Apr 1945, part of Commander Miyamoto's interrogation, 25 Oct 1945	Signature book for those who attended the Japanese surrender ceremony at Taipei, Taiwan on 25 Oct 1945, 1 of 3	Signature book for those who attended the Japanese surrender ceremony at Taipei, Taiwan on 25 Oct 1945, 2 of 3	Signature book for those who attended the Japanese surrender ceremony at Taipei, Taiwan on 25 Oct 1945, 3 of 3