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477 items in this album on 24 pages.


Directive No. 21 'Fall Barbarossa', 18 Dec 1940, page 6 of 9	Directive No. 21 'Fall Barbarossa', 18 Dec 1940, page 7 of 9

Directive No. 21 'Fall Barbarossa', 18 Dec 1940, page 8 of 9	Directive No. 21 'Fall Barbarossa', 18 Dec 1940, page 9 of 9; note Hitler's signature

Central Bank of China 100 Yuan note, series 1941, front and back	Commonwealth of the Philippines One Peso note, series 1941, front and back

Diagram of the early DUKW from the US Army Service Manual	First version of the Blood Chit issued by the Chinese government to members of the First American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers), 1941. Note the red 'chop' stamp of the Chinese Commission on Aeronautical Affairs.

Line drawing of the E15K Shiun “Norm.”	Line Drawing of the LCVP landing craft or Higgins Boat.

Plan of Deschimag indicating that each of the building ways could be a double slip as needed, Bremen, Germany, 1941	Plan of Deschimag, Bremen, Germany, 1941

Blood chit carried by pilots of the American Volunteer Group 'Flying Tigers'; note serial number 0543	Official document signed by Joachim Ribbentrop, Galeazzo Ciano, Hiroshi Oshima, and Bogdan Filov, entering Bulgaria into the Axis alliance, 3 Jan 1941

Inaugural program of Franklin Roosevelt and Henry Wallace, 20 Jan 1941	Letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn seeking appropriations of 7 billion dollars to fund the Arsenal of Democracy, 12 Mar 1941.

Ceremonial cover for Franklin Roosevelt’s Executive Order No. 8802 signed 25 Jun 1941.	Technical drawings related to the frequency-hopping system design by Hedy Lamarr (as Hedy Kiesler Markey) and George Antheil, 1941

Poster commemorating the 4th anniversary of the 'holy crusade' in China, published by the Japanese Army Department, Jul 1941	Basic drawing for the proposed new class of United States aircraft carrier, a variation known as Design 9F, that would essentially be adopted for the Essex and the Essex-class, 23 Sep 1941