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Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany and the Assumption of Supreme Authority by Allied Powers;

Declaration regarding the defeat of Germany and the assumption of supreme authority with respect to Germany by the Governments of the United States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom and the Provisional Government of the … Continue reading

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Proclamation by Adolf Hitler – September 1,1939

Proclamation by Adolf Hitler – September 1,1939. Proclamation by Adolf Hitler, Chancellor of the Reich, to the German Army, September 1,1939. The Polish State has refused the peaceful settlement of relations which I desired, and has appealed to arms. Germans … Continue reading

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Treaty of Friendship Between Germany and Turkey – June 18, 1941

Treaty of Friendship Between Germany and Turkey June 18, 1941 The German Government and the Turkish Republic, inspired by a desire to place relations between the two countries on a basis of mutual confidence and sincere friendship, agreed without prejudice … Continue reading

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The Führer to the German People: 22 June 1941

The Führer to the German People: 22 June 1941 GERMAN PEOPLE! NATIONAL SOCIALISTS Weighted down with heavy cares, condemned to months-long silence, the hour has now come when at last I can speak frankly. When on Sept. 3, 1939, the … Continue reading

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The Campaign in Norway Maps – Operation Weserübung – April 9, 1940

The Allied campaign in Norway during World War II took place from April 1940 until early June 1940. Allied operations were focused in two areas, in northern Norway around Narvik and in central Norway. The British campaign was coincidentally commenced … Continue reading

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Address by Joachim von Ribbentrop to diplomatic and press representatives in Berlin on April 10, 1940, explaining the German invasion of Norway

Address by Joachim von Ribbentrop to diplomatic and press representatives in Berlin on April 10, 1940, explaining the German invasion of Norway Your Excellencies, Gentlemen of the Diplomatic Missions, and Gentlemen of the Foreign and Domestic Press: I have invited … Continue reading

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Franco-German Armistice : June 25, 1940

ARMISTICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GERMAN HIGH COMMAND OF THE ARMED FORCES AND FRENCH PLENIPOTENTIARIES, COMPIИGNE, JUNE 22, 1940 Between the chief of the High Command of the armed forces, Col. Gen. [Wilhelm] Keitel, commissioned by the Fuehrer of the German … Continue reading

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STATEMENT BY JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP, GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ON THE DECLARATION OF WAR ON THE SOVIET UNION

STATEMENT BY JOACHIM VON RIBBENTROP, GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, ON THE DECLARATION OF WAR ON THE SOVIET UNION Berlin, June 22, 1941 When in the Summer of 1939 the Reich Government, motivated by a desire to achieve adjustment of interests between … Continue reading

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Battle of Crete – Operation Mercury Maps

Battle of Crete – Operation Mercury Maps http://www.mlahanas.de/Greece/History/images/BattleOfCreteMap.jpg – Map of the German assault on Crete http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/10-brigade-galatas-map-crete – Battle for Crete map http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/the-german-assault-on-crete-map – Map of German assault on Crete http://www.historyofwar.org/Maps/maps_crete1.html -  Battle of Crete Map – Allied Dispositions Suda, … Continue reading

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Text of Declaration of War on Bulgaria – June 5, 1942

JOINT DECLARATIONS BY THE (U.S.) CONGRESS June 5, 1942 Dept. of State Bulletin, June 6, 1942. “JOINT RESOLUTION Declaring that a state of war exists between the Government of Bulgaria and the Government and the people of the United States … Continue reading

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