World War II — The Double V Campaign
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The "double war" of World War II -- segregated units fought fascism abroad and discrimination at home.
Posted in: African American History, World War II
Category: World War II
Hiroshima, 75 Years Later: A Survivor’s Account, Now at the Library
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Haruo Shimizu survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and gave a harrowing narrative of that day to Bill Floyd, an American soldier stationed in post-war Japan. Floyd's family recently donated his papers, including the manuscript, to the Library.
Posted in: Manuscripts, Today in History, World War II
World War II — Through Patton’s Lens
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Library collections preserve photos taken by George S. Patton, the brilliant World War II commander on campaigns through North Africa and Europe. His family donated his papers to the Library after his death in 1945.
Posted in: World War II
World War II: Voices of War
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Diaries, letters and oral histories reveal the hardships and heartbreak of wartime service. They're captured in the Library's Veterans History Project.
Posted in: Veterans History Project, World War II
The Veterans History Project: Remembering V-E Day
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The Library's Veterans History Project marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day -- the end of World War II in Europe -- newest installment of the online exhibit, Experiencing War.
Posted in: Veterans History Project, World War II
Japanese Pilot’s Map of Pearl Harbor Attack Now at Library
Posted by: Neely Tucker
The remarkable story of how the Japanese post-raid assessment of their attack on Pearl Harbor came to be held by the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Geography and Maps Division, History, World War II
Love Letters Straight to Your Heart
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
Love letters dot the Library of Congress's collections — centuries of devotion, passion, longing, regret and heartbreak put down on paper.
Posted in: Civil War, Manuscripts, U.S. Presidents, Veterans History Project, World War II
‘Lost Girls’ Artwork from the Holocaust
Posted by: Mark Hartsell
A small collection in the Library’s Manuscript Division preserves drawings created by children who survived Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
Posted in: Holocaust, Jewish American History, Women's History, World War II
The Nazi War Atlas of Operation Barbarossa
Posted by: Neely Tucker
A Nazi commemorative atlas of Operations Barbarossa was captured by U.S. troops after the fall of Berlin in World War II. The only one known to exist, it is housed in the Geography and Maps Division.
Posted in: History, Maps, World War II