World War II

Amateur Color Films from World War II Now Available

Thanks to a 2013 grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation, five unique amateur films from the William P. Miller papers have been preserved. Those films, made from approximately 1943 to 1945, feature footage of the North African and European theaters during World War II.

Hoover Institution Press Releases Book Highlighting Herbert Hoover’s Examination of World War II and Its Cold War Aftermath Freedom Betrayed, edited by George H. Nash

The Hoover Institution Press today released Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover’s Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath, edited with an introduction by George H. Nash. Freedom Betrayed is the culmination of an extraordinary literary project launched by Herbert Hoover during World War II: a memoir that evolved into a comprehensive critique of US foreign policy during this war and the ensuing early years of the Cold War. Although Hoover completed his manuscript almost fifty years ago, it has never before been published or made available for research. It is now being made public for the first time. Click here to read an NRO article about the book.

Ernest Easterbrook's World War II China-Burma-India Theater Diaries Available Online

Ernest Easterbrook began this account of his experiences in the China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater in 1944, when he became General Joseph W. Stilwell's executive assistant in Burma. Later, as commander of the 475th Infantry Regiment, he led it behind enemy lines to clear northern Burma and reopen the Burma Road.

New Finding Aids for World War II Philippines Collections Posted Online

Finding aids to the collections described below, which contain information on Japanese internment camps in the Philippines during World War II, are now available through the Online Archive of California.

"MERRILL'S MARAUDERS: GENERAL STILWELL'S INFANTRY FIGHTING WORLD WAR II IN BURMA, 1944"

The exhibit will showcase information regarding General Stilwell's infantry fighting in Burma, in 1944

Longtime Ties with Poland Refreshed as Copies of World War II Documents are Repatriated

Newly Digitized Sound Recordings from World War II in Hoover Archives Reading Room

Listening copies of spoken word and musical recordings from World War II and the postwar years are now available in the Hoover Archives reading room.

Hugh Gibson’s Diaries Documenting Herbert Hoover’s Post-World War II Food Mission Available Online

Gibson wrote this daily journal when he accompanied Herbert Hoover around the world on the so-called food mission to assess needs and coordinate efforts in alleviating the famine caused by severe droughts and the devastation wrought by World War II.

Hoover Institution Library and Archives Host Exhibition “Shattered Peace: The Road to World War II”

STANFORD—Next year marks the seventieth anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. “Shattered Peace,” an exhibition by the Hoover Institution Library and Archives, chronicles the events leading up to the war by drawing on their rich holdings.