Insights into many aspects of WW2, including government policy, the war in the Pacific, and the war in Europe

Highlights of this collection include: the papers of the SOE, the secret British organisation whose mission was to conduct espionage, sabotage and subversion behind enemy lines in Europe; the private papers of General Robert L Eichelberger, commander of the Amphibious Eighth during the Pacific War and second in command to General Douglas MacArthur; and the diaries of James V Forrestal, US Secretary of the Navy, 1944-1947, and First Secretary of Defense, 1947-1949.

Here we focus on first-hand experiences of American troops as prisoners of war. This material is also presented as a digital exhibit: Doodles of World War II Prisoners.