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1945
Articles from 1945
The German M.G. 34 (U.S. Dept. of War, 1945)
Two black and white photographs of the World War II German M.G. 34 (maschinengewehr 34) as well as some fast-stats that were collected by President Roosevelt’s Department of War during the closing days of the conflict.
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The German M.G. 34 (U.S. Dept. of War, 1945)
Two black and white photographs of the World War II German M.G. 34 (maschinengewehr 34) as well as some fast-stats that were collected by President Roosevelt’s Department of War during the closing days of the conflict.
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The German M.G. 34 (U.S. Dept. of War, 1945)
Two black and white photographs of the World War II German M.G. 34 (maschinengewehr 34) as well as some fast-stats that were collected by President Roosevelt’s Department of War during the closing days of the conflict.
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The German M.G. 34 (U.S. Dept. of War, 1945)
Two black and white photographs of the World War II German M.G. 34 (maschinengewehr 34) as well as some fast-stats that were collected by President Roosevelt’s Department of War during the closing days of the conflict.
The German M.G. 34 (U.S. Dept. of War, 1945) Read More »
The German M.G. 34 (U.S. Dept. of War, 1945)
Two black and white photographs of the World War II German M.G. 34 (maschinengewehr 34) as well as some fast-stats that were collected by President Roosevelt’s Department of War during the closing days of the conflict.
The German M.G. 34 (U.S. Dept. of War, 1945) Read More »
The German M.G. 34 (U.S. Dept. of War, 1945)
Two black and white photographs of the World War II German M.G. 34 (maschinengewehr 34) as well as some fast-stats that were collected by President Roosevelt’s Department of War during the closing days of the conflict.
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An Historic Telephone Call Recorded (Newsweek Magazine, 1945)
Out of the Pearl Harbor investigation last week came a decoded telephone conversation made on November 27, 1941, two weeks before the Japanese attacked, that had all the elements of a penny-dreadful spy thriller… On the Washington end of the trans-pacific phone call was Saburo Kurusu, Japanese special envoy to the United States; on the Tokyo end, Admiral Yeisuke Yamamoto, Chief of the American Division of the Japanese Foreign Office.
The conversation guaranteed Yamamoto that the negotiations between the two sides were proceeding smoothly and that the attack on Pearl Harbor would be a surprise.
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The Congressional Hearings Regarding the Pearl Harbor Attack (United States News, 1945)
The Navy’s own story of the events that led up to Pearl Harbor now can be drawn from top-secret documents placed before the Pearl Harbor Committee. These documents show that misunderstanding, inadequate co-ordination and other factors helped the Japanese surprise attack, even though the Navy was almost certain a Pacific war was coming.
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The Un-Secret Secrets (United States News, 1945)
To get a sense as to how thoroughly the Japanese diplomatic codes had been compromised, we recommend that you read the attached article. It is composed entirely of the chit-chat that took place between the government functionaries in Tokyo, their diplomats in Washington, their spies in Hawaii and their representatives in Berlin.
The article winds up explaining that the one vital communication that contained the information regarding the day of Japan’s attack was not translated until December 8.
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