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This message was intercepted, and decoded, by the United States. It was sent from Tokyo to Japan's emissaries in Washington - ten days before th...
This message was intercepted, and decoded. It was sent from Tokyo to Japan's two ambassadors in Washington. SECRETFrom: TokyoTo: Wash...
This telephone exchange, between Japan's emissary in Washington and the Head of American Division of Japanese Foreign Office, took place on the 26th...
This message was intercepted, and decoded, by the United States. It was sent from Japan's emissaries in Washington to Tokyo, twelve days before ...
This map of Ireland depicts its political and geographical borders from "The Pale" (of 1515) until partition (between the Irish Republic and Northern ...
James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, disagreed with the Naval Court of Inquiry's opinion. He issued his own assessment in two differing forma...
How was it that Japan selected Pearl Harbor as the attack target? What types of resources did Japan assign to the mission?The U.S. Navy's Histor...
This image depicts part of the "Kill All" policy - an intercepted message which caused Allied military officials grave concerns about the well-being o...
Soon after the Pearl Harbor attacks, official inquiries began. How could this have happened? Was America so completely unprepared for a Ja...
This image depicts a souvenir from the Japanese surrender ceremony which took place on September 2, 1945.The Naval Historical Center provides a captio...
This is a facsimile image of the signature page for Japan’s surrender. The document was signed during a formal surrender ceremony on board...
This image depicts the first page of the surrender document which formally ended the War in the Pacific during World War II. It was signed by...
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