From Versailles to NATO : 1918-1949

Collections of Documents
  • The Atlantic Conference : August 9-12, 1941
  • British War Blue Book; 1934-1939
  • Correspondence Between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and the German Government August, 1939
  • French Yellow Book : Diplomatic Papers from September 29, 1938 to September 3, 1939
  • Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939 - 1941
  • Nuremberg War Crimes Trial; 1945-1946
  • The Spanish Government and the Axis : Documents; August 8, 1940 - December 15, 1943
  • The Washington Conference : 1941-1942 - Documents




  • The Downward Spiral
  • The Treaty of Versailles; June 28, 1919
  • Kellogg-Briand Pact; August 27, 1929
  • German-Japanese Agreement; November 25, 1936
  • Supplementary Protocol, Signed at Berlin; November 25, 1936 (Anti-Comintern Pact)
  • Protocol Concluded by Italy, Germany, and Japan, at Rome, November 6, 1937
  • Hossbach Memorandum; November 10, 1937


  • Munich : The Price of Hope
  • The Munich Pact; September 29, 1938
  • Annex to the Agreement; September 29, 1938
  • Declaration; September 29, 1938
  • Supplementary Declaration; September 29, 1938
  • Composition of the International Commission; September 29, 1938
  • The Meetings of the International Commission
  • Minutes of the First Meeting; September 30, 1938
  • Minutes of the Second Meeting; October 1, 1938
  • Minutes of the Third Meeting; October 1, 1938
  • Minutes of the Fourth Meeting; October 3, 1938
  • Minutes of the Fifth Meeting; October 4, 1938
  • Minutes of the Sixth Meeting; October 5, 1938
  • Minutes of the Seventh Meeting; October 6, 1938
  • Minutes of the Eighth Meeting; October 13, 1938
  • Minutes of the Ninth Meeting; November 21, 1938
  • Franco-German Declaration : December 6, 1938


  • The Politics of Cynicism : Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia
  • Treaty of Nonaggression Between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, August 23, 1939
  • Secret Additional Protocol; August 23, 1939

    The Wehrmacht Unleashed : The Destruction of Poland
  • German Directive No. 1 for the Conduct of the War; August 31, 1939
  • Proclamation by Adolf Hitler to the German Army, September 1,1939.
  • Address by Adolf Hitler, September 1, 1939.
  • Address by Neville Chamberlain,September 1, 1939.
  • Address by Edouard Daladier,September 2, 1939.
  • Address by Edouard Daladier,September 2, 1939.
  • Communication from the German Government to the British Government, September 3, 1939
  • Proclamation by Adolf Hitler, September 3, 1939.
  • Address by Neville Chamberlain,September 3, 1939.
  • Radio Address by Neville Chamberlain, September 3, 1939.
  • Statement by Edouard Daladier, September 3, 1939


  • The Politics of Cynicism Part 2: Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia
  • German-Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty; September 28,1939
  • Confidential Protocol; September 28,1939
  • Secret Supplementary Protocol; September 28,1939
  • Secret Supplementary Protocol; September 28,1939
  • Declaration of the Government of the German Reich and the Government of the U.S.S.R. of September 28, 1939


  • Europe in Flames : 1940-1945
    1940
  • Franco-German Armistice : June 25, 1940
  • Three-Power Pact Between Germany, Italy, and Japan, Signed at Berlin, September 27, 1940.
  • 1941
  • Joint Resolution of the U.S. Congress Reaffriming the Principles of the Monroe Doctrine; April 10, 1941
  • Pact Of Neutrality Between Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics And Japan; April 13, 1941
  • Declaration Regarding Mongolia; April 13, 1941
  • Proclamation of Unlimited National Emergency; May 27, 1941
  • St. James Agreement; June 12, 1941
  • Treaty of Friendship Between Germany and Turkey; June 18, 1941
  • Agreement Between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : July 12, 1941
  • Polish-Soviet Union Agreements : July 30, 1941
  • Atlantic Charter
  • The Atlantic Conference - August 9-12, 1941 : Documents
  • Joint Message of Assistance to the Soviet Union from President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill : August 15, 1941
  • President Roosevelt's Message To Congress on the Atlantic Charter; August 21, 1941
  • Inter-Allied Council Statement on the Principles of the Atlantic Charter : September 24, 1941
  • Night and Fog Decree (Nacht und Nebel Erlass); December 7, 1941
  • Declarations of a State of War with Japan, Germany, and Italy; December 8-11, 1941
  • German Declaration of War with the United States : December 11, 1941
  • Pact Between the Axis Powers Barring a Separate Peace with the United States or Great Britian; December 11, 1941
  • The Washington Conference : 1941-1942 - Documents


  • 1942
  • Declaration by the United Nations, January 1, 1942
  • Wannsee Protocol, January 20, 1942
  • Casablanca Conference; February 12, 1942
  • Master Lend-Lease Agreement; February 23, 1942
  • Anglo-American Mutual Aid Agreement : February 28, 1942
  • Twenty-Year Mutual Assistance Agreement Between the United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : May 26, 1942
  • Mutual Aid Agreement Between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics : June 11, 1942
  • F. D. Roosevelt's Statement on North African Policy; November 17, 1942
  • 1943
  • The Stroop Report : The Warsaw Ghetto is No More; April - May 1943
  • The Quebec Conference, August 17-24, 1943
  • Armistice with Italy; September 3, 1943
  • Employment and Disposition of Italian Fleet and Merchant Marine (Cunningham-de Courten Agreement); September 23, 1943
  • Italian Instrument of Surrender; September 29, 1943
  • Letter from Commander in Chief of Allied Forces to Head of Italian Government; September 29, 1943
  • Moscow Conference; October 1943
  • Amendment of the Italian Instrument of Surrender; November 9, 1943
  • Employment and Disposition of Italian Fleet and Merchant Marine; November 17, 1943
  • Cairo Conference; December 1, 1943
  • Tehran Conference; December 1, 1943
  • War Trade Between Switzerland and the Axis Powers : Exchange of letters at London December 19, 1943
  • 1944
  • Declaration by the Secretary of the Treasury on Gold Policy; February 22, 1944
  • The Bullet Decree (Kugel Erlass); March 4, 1944
  • Coordinated Control of Merchant Shipping; August 5, 1944
  • War Trade Between Switzerland and the Axis Powers : Exchange of letters at London August 14, 1944
  • Armistice Agreement with Rumania; September 12, 1944
  • Armistice Agreement with Bulgaria; October 28, 1944
  • 1945
  • Allied Control Commission in Hungary; January 20, 1945
  • Armistice Agreement with Hungary; January 20, 1945
  • The Yalta Conference; February 13, 1945
  • War Trade Between Switzerland and the Axis Powers : Exchange of letters, with annexes, at Bern March 8, 1945
  • Directive to Commander-in-Chief of United States Forces of Occupation Regarding the Military Government of Germany; April 1945
  • War Trade Between Switzerland and the Axis Powers: Red Cross - Exchange of letters at Bern April 5, 1945
  • Soviet Denunciation Of Pact With Japan; April 5, 1945
  • German Instrument of Surrender; May 4, 1945
  • German Act of Military Surrender; May 7, 1945
  • Orders by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, Relating to Army and Air Forces Under German Control; May 7, 1945
  • Special Orders by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, to the German High Command Relating to Naval Forces; May 7, 1945
  • German Act of Military Surrender; May 8, 1945
  • Proclamation by the President of the United States of America; May 8, 1945


  • Post-War in Europe
  • Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany and the Assumption of Supreme Authority by Allied Powers; June 5, 1945
  • Justice Robert H. Jackson's Report to President Truman on Atrocities and War Crimes; June 7, 1945
  • Agreement for the Provisional Administration of Venezia Giulia; June 9, 1945
  • Control Machinery in Austria; July 4, 1945
  • London Agreement of August 8, 1945
  • Soviet War Declaration On Japan; August 8, 1945
  • Potsdam Conference, July 17-August 2, 1945
  • Statement by Justice Robert H. Jackson on War Trials Agreement; August 12, 1945
  • Agreement Between the Governments of the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the Provisional Government of the French Republic on Certain Additional Requirements to be Imposed on Germany; September 20, 1945


  • Conferences on the Peace Settlement; September 1945-June 1949
  • First Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, London
  • Interim Meeting of Foreign Ministers, Moscow
  • Second Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Paris
  • Paris Peace Conference, July 29 to October 15, 1946
  • Third Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, New York
  • Fourth Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Moscow
  • Fifth Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, London
  • Sixth Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, Paris


  • North Atlantic Treaty, April 4, 1949