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4 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage.
Oral history audiocassettes from the Stuart Eizenstat papers, 1979, 1989-2001
683 audiocassettes (670 microcassettes, 11 minicassettes, 2 standard audiocassettes). -- Recorded Sound Research Center, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Recorded oral history and research interviews, conducted by Stuart Eizenstat, concerning: the presidency of Jimmy Carter; attempts to seek restitution for confiscations of Jewish property in Europe during World War II.
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United States Strategic Bombing Survey : [reports]
109 items. -- Science, Technology, and Business Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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During World War II, the United States undertook massive aerial attacks against cities and industrial areas in the European and Pacific Theaters to destroy German and Japanese military forces. To study the effects of the bombing, the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) was organized in November 1944. The USSBS was assigned two tasks: to establish a basis for evaluating the importance and potential of air power as an instrument of military strategy; and to plan the future development of the armed forces. The survey was originally conducted in Europe [European War reports]; the Pacific survey [Pacific War reports] was added after the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945, by the order of President Harry S. Truman.
Stuart Eizenstat papers, 1929-2003
50,000 items. 214 containers plus 2 classified and 17 oversize. 88.4 linear feet. 804 digital files (45.34 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Lawyer, ambassador, adviser to the president of the United States, and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, transcripts of interviews, notebooks and notes, subject files, speeches, writings, reports, briefing books, press releases, clippings, calendars, photographs, printed matter, and other material in both physical and digital formats relating chiefly to Eizenstat's writings.
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United States Strategic Bombing Survey : [reports]
212 items. -- Science, Technology, and Business Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
During World War II, the United States undertook massive aerial attacks against cities and industrial areas in the European and Pacific Theaters to destroy German and Japanese military forces. To study the effects of the bombing, the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) was organized in November 1944. The USSBS was assigned two tasks: to establish a basis for evaluating the importance and potential of air power as an instrument of military strategy; and to plan the future development of the armed forces. The survey was originally conducted in Europe [European War reports]; the Pacific survey [Pacific War reports] was added after the surrender of Japan on August 15, 1945, by the order of President Harry S. Truman.
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Some or all content stored offsite.