Desa: September 2, 1945

On September 2, 1945, Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Hanoi?s Ba Dinh square. The first lines of his speech repeated verbatim the famous second paragraph of America?s 1776 Declaration of...

The source documents of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, September 12, 1945, are provided at this site from the University of Oklahoma.

Find a reproduction of the official instrument of surrender signed aboard the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945.

Warsaw, Poland, suffered much of the blunt of World War II—but according to Polish letters from the early days of Nazi occupation, other parts of the country were much worse off. High schoolers use the letters and contemporaneous...

This brochure from the Army's Center of Military History gives an extensive account of the little-reported on American theater of World War II. Read about the preparations for hemispheric defense, the few breaches of the defense, and the...

High schoolers "discover" top secret documents that describe the "Patriot" program. They are assigned the task of educating the American people about the threat of Soviets taking over America, including the key points of the Truman...

Students study a piece of Japanese contemporary history. In this democratic values instructional activity, students listen to their instructor lecture on the implementation of democratic government in Japan. Students respond to...

Set the stage for a study of The Diary of a Young Girl with a resource that includes background information about Anne Frank's early years, the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, her Secret Annex hiding place, and her capture and...