Above is a photograph of a Australian soldier's uniform which was worn by a Austrian soldier during the war. One of the interesting things about this uniform is that it looks a British soldiers uniform from World War I. One reason why is because the shirt that is in this picture looks the shirts that were a part of the British soldiers uniforms.
In this picture it has the bottom half of the document that was the order to launch the bombs on Hiroshima. Also in this photograph is the caption that was underneath the document in the museum. In this caption it explains that this document was the 'detailed order' for the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The caption also explains what the order said and what happened with these bombs. This order was sent out and carried out on August 6, 1945.
In this picture is a dinner program from Christmas dinner with signatures of Mao Tse-tung and the other guests, who were other Chinese and Japanese communist leaders. On this menu, you can see that all of the guests that attended this dinner were generals, except for the wives that came. This christmas dinner took place on the 24th of December in 1944.
Item from the Eastern Front (Russian campaign - possibly a propaganda poster/ German winter uniform)5/5/2015 In this picture, it shows five different uniforms that were worn by both German and Russian soldiers during the war. On the left side of this picture, the three uniforms all belonged to Russian soldiers. On the right side, the two uniforms farther back belonged to German soldiers. The outfit with the fuzzy hat and a backpack on the far right is the German winter uniform. The German solders were issued this uniform to wear in the winter during the war.
In this photograph you see two letters that were written by US General Eisenhower and German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. They wrote these letters to their wives after D-Day on June 9, 1944. In these letters both Eisenhower and Rommel were telling their wives what was going on and what had happened so far during D-Day.
In this picture, it has the complete set of plans for the invasion of Normandy. These maps in the picture have original notations on them which represent where the landings were supposed to be made. This picture is important because of the fact that this collection of maps depicts the Invasion of Normandy and detailed plans for this invasion.
In this picture, it is showing a variety of weapons that were used by agents that were a part of the resistance. These items were provided to the agents by the Office of Strategic Services. Some of the weapons that are seen in this picture are silk maps; crossbows and arrows; miniature telescopes and compasses and a pipe that could be smoked without damaging the hidden compass and maps concealed inside.
The document above is the speech that Winston Churchill wrote in response to Germany's invasion of Britain. In this speech Churchill is saying that the British need to fight back after this attack and he is also saying that Britain had not been attacked by any kind of foreign invader in hundreds of years. This speech is important because it shows what Churchill thought about this invasion of Britain and what he said to the public in response to this invasion.
In this slideshow, there are four items that are from or have to do with the concentration and/ or death camps. The first item is a doll that belonged to one of the people in the camps, the second item is the very first edition of the Diary of Anne Frank. The third item in this powerpoint is a letter that was written by a women who helped hide Anne Frank's family for two years. Finally, the fourth item is a picture of what the people in the concentration camps had to wear. The one item that I personally found to be the most powerful is the first photograph in this slideshow. This is a picture of a doll that belonged to a girl who was in one of the concentration camps. As you can see in this picture, this doll has also been repaired with two pieces of fabric that was used for concentration camp clothing. The reason why this item was the most powerful to me was because it reminded me of the fact that, some of the people in the concentration camps were just children and they were forced to live in these conditions and most likely be killed along with the rest of their family.
In this photograph, which was taken from the Museum of World War II (located in Natick) website, it shows one page of the Munich Agreement which has some of Hitler's comments written on it. This document was written in German, because it was written in Germany. The Munich Agreement was a document that outlined Hitler's demands for not starting World War II. On the copy that is in the World War II Museum, it has comments that were written by Hitler.
In this photo, you can see what is called and enigma code machine. These were used to de-code secret messages during the war. Early models of enigma code machines were used by military and government services. For example, before and during World War II enigma machines were used by Nazi Germany.
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