Diplomatic & Political Documents
of World War II

Peace and War: United States Foreign Policy, 1931-1941, U.S. Department of State (1943).
(Includes 274 documents: memoranda regarding coversations between Sec. State Hull and various ambassadors; telegrams between Hull and US ambassadors in Japan, Germany, Italy, etc.; press releases and speeches delivered by FDR and Hull; Congressional resolutions (eg: Neutrality Acts, Lend-Lease, etc.); treaties and declarations of war; and more.)

The Axis in Defeat: A Collection of Documents on American Policy Toward Japan, U.S. Department of State (1946).
(The three sections cover General Policy (declarations from the various international conferences), Surrender, and Occupation.)

Foreign Relations of the United States: (U.S. Deptment of State series)

Grand Strategy and the Allied Conferences from a Military Viewpoint:

U.S. Europe Asia
Pre-War (< 1 Sep 1939)
Neutrality Act of August 31, 1935

Neutrality Act of February 29, 1936

"Peace in our Time", Neville Chamberlain (1938)

Yellow Book: French Diplomatic Papers from September 29, 1938 to September 3, 1939

The Spanish Government and the Axis: Documents

 
Early War (< 7 Dec 1941)

Destroyers for Bases Agreement, 2 September 1940

The Four Principles

Lend-Lease Act, 11 March 1941

Proclamation of Unlimited National Emergency; May 27, 1941

The Atlantic Charter

Joint Resolution of the U.S. Congress Reafirming the Principles of the Monroe Doctrine

Germany's Statement regarding Poland, 1939

France's Reaction to Invasion of Poland, 1939

England's Reaction to Invasion of Poland, 1939

Franco-German Armistice: June 25, 1940

Destroyers for Bases Agreement, 2 September 1940

The Tripartite Pact: Sep 27, 1940

Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-1941

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

Joint Message of Assistance to the Soviet Union from President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill: August 15, 1941

War Trade Between Switzerland and the Axis Powers

Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact
War-time

Documents Relating to the Pearl Harbor Attack

FDR's "Day of Infamy" Speech, December 8, 1941

U.S. Declaration of War on Japan, December 8, 1941

German Declaration of War with the United States: December 11, 1941

U.S. Declaration of War on Germany, December 11, 1941

Declarations of a State of War with Japan, Germany, and Italy

The Washington Conference: 1941-1942 - Documents

The United Nations Pact

Anglo-American Mutual Aid Agreement: February 28, 1942

Mutual Aid Agreement Between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: June 11, 1942

Declaration by the Secretary of the Treasury on Gold Policy; February 22, 1944

Coordinated Control of Merchant Shipping; August 5, 1944

The United Nations Pact

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

FDR's Statement on North Africa, 17Nov42

The Quebec Conference, August 17-24, 1943

Casablanca Conference

Cairo Declaration

Tehran Conference

Moscow Conference

Yalta Conference

The United Nations Pact

Potsdam Conference, July 17-August 2, 1945

Soviet-Japanese Neutrality and Denunciation

Soviet Declaration of War on Japan, 8Aug45

Surrender and Occupation
 

Armistice Agreement with Italy; September 1943

Armistice Agreement with Rumania; September 12, 1944

Armistice Agreement with Bulgaria; October 28, 1944

Armistice Agreement with Hungary; January 20, 1945

Allied Control Commission in Hungary; January 20, 1945

Agreement for the Provisional Administration of Venezia Giulia; June 9, 1945

Control Machinery in Austria; July 4, 1945

German Surrender Documents

Directive to Commander-in-Chief of United States Forces of Occupation Regarding the Military Government of Germany; April 1945

Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany and the Assumption of Supreme Authority by Allied Powers; June 5, 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

Nuremberg War Crimes Trial

Imperial Rescript of 15Aug45 -- Hirohito surrenders

Japanese Surrender Documents

Judgment of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East--Tokyo War Crimes Trial

Miscellaneous

FDR speeches

The Avalon Project: World War II Documents [Yale U.]



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