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435 items in this album on 22 pages.


Directive No. 21 'Fall Barbarossa', 18 Dec 1940, page 5 of 9	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.	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	Memo from Australian Secretary to the War Cabinet Frederick Shedden to John Curtin, the first formal advice to the Prime Minister that the HMAS Sydney was believed lost, 25 Nov 1941

'AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL' radio message received by USS Ranger, 7 Dec 1941. Ranger was in the Atlantic approaching Norfolk, Virginia at the time.	'AIRRAID ON PEARLHARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL' radio message received by USS Wasp, 7 Dec 1941. Wasp was anchored at Bermuda at the time.