The Axis in Defeat: A Collection of Documents on American Policy Toward Germany and Japan
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1945. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Wraps. v, [1], 118 pages. Wrap. Illustration. Department of State Publication 2423. Name written on front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. The Axis powers, also known as the Axis and the Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, were the nations that fought in World War II against the Allied forces. The Axis powers agreed on their opposition to the Allies, but did not completely coordinate their activity. The Axis grew out of the diplomatic efforts of Germany, Italy, and Japan to secure their own specific expansionist interests in the mid-1930s. The first step was the treaty signed by Germany and Italy in October 1936. Benito Mussolini declared on 1 November that all other European countries would from then on rotate on the Rome–Berlin axis, thus creating the term "Axis". The almost simultaneous second step was the signing in November 1936 of the Anti-Comintern Pact, an anti-communist treaty between Germany and Japan. Italy joined the Pact in 1937. The "Rome–Berlin Axis" became a military alliance in 1939 under the so-called "Pact of Steel", with the Tripartite Pact of 1940 leading to the integration of the military aims of Germany and its two treaty-bound allies. At its zenith during World War II, the Axis presided over territories that occupied large parts of Europe, North Africa, and East Asia. There were no three-way summit meetings and cooperation and coordination was minimal, with a bit more between Germany and Italy. The war ended in 1945 with the defeat of the Axis powers and the dissolution of their alliance. CONTENTS General Policy Anglo-American Conference, 1941 Atlantic Charter, August 14, 1941 Anglo-Soviet-American Conference, Moscow, 1943 Declaration on General Security, Released November 1, 1943 Declaration on German Atrocities, Released November 1, 1943 Anglo-Sino-American Conference, Cairo, 1943 Declaration, Released December 1, 1943 Anglo-Soviet-American Conference, Tehran, 1943 Declaration, December 1, 1943 Anglo-Soviet-American Conference, Crimea, 1945 Joint Report (Excerpts), February 11, 1945 President Roosevelt's Report (Excerpts), March 1, 1945 Anglo-Soviet-American Conference, Berlin, 1945 Joint Report (Excerpts), Released August 2, 1945 President Truman's Report (Excerpts), August 9, 1945 Surrender GERMANY Instrument of surrender of all German armed forces in Holland, in northwest Germany including all islands, and in Denmark, May 4, 1945 Act of Military Surrender, May 7, 1945 Act of Military Surrender, May 8, 1945 President Truman's Radio Address and Proclamation, May 8,1945 JAPAN Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender (Potsdam Declaration), July 26, 1945 Japanese Offer of Surrender, August 10, 1945 Japanese Acceptance of Potsdam Declaration, August 14, 1945 Japanese Surrender Documents, September 1-2, 1945 President Truman's Radio Address, September 1, 1945 Occupation GERMANY Directive to Commander in Chief of United States Forces of Occupation Regarding the Military Government of Germany, April 1945 (Released October 17, 1945) American Organizational Plans for Military Government of Germany, Released May 11, 1945 Declaration Regarding Defeat of Germany and Assumption of Supreme Authority by Allied Powers, June 5, 1945 Zones of Occupation Arrangements for Control of Germany by Allied Representatives, September 20, 1945 Military Government in Germany: Employment of Nazis in United States Zone, September 26, 1945 Displaced Persons in Germany Present Operations, Released May 25,1945 Report of Earl G. Harrison, Released September 29, 1945 Reply of General Eisenhower, October 8, 1945 German Reparations: Statement by Edwin W. Pauley, Released August 30, 1945 JAPAN United States Proposal for Establishment of Far Eastern Advisory Commission, August 21, 1945 (Released October 10, 1945) U.S. Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan, August 29, 1945 Authority of General MacArthur as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, September 6, 1945 Directive of General MacArthur to the Japanese Government, October 4, 1945. Condition: Good.
Keywords: WWII, State Department, Military Surrender, German Atrocities, Tehran Conference, Potsdam Declaration, Military Occupation, Military Government, Displaced Persons, Atlantic Charter, Zones of Occupation, Earl Harrison, Reparations, Douglas MacArthur
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