Second World War
The Letter That Never Arrived
A military camp letter returned from France during the collapse of 1940 (AQOH-S003)
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The Ship That Ended World War II
A commemorative launch cover for USS Missouri opens the door to one of the most symbolic naval stories of the twentieth century. (AQOH-S001)
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A Good Place to Start
Second World War
The Letter That Shrank to Cross an Ocean
A rare surviving original V-Mail form and its delivered copy reveal how wartime letters were photographed, reduced and carried across the world. (AQOH-S004)
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World War Two
The Missing Airman of Stalag Luft IV
An airmail cover and newspaper clipping trace the wartime journey of Staff Sergeant C. L. Hester from Texas to captivity in Germany. (AQOH-S006)
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Second World War
The German Letter from Belfast
A wartime letter posted in Northern Ireland in 1944, written in German and passed by a British censor. (AQOH-S005)
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Second World War
The Pink Card of Capture
A prisoner of war capture card records the moment a German soldier, Kurt Triebel, was formally registered in Allied captivity in June 1945. (AQOH-S007)
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Second World War
Eric Dowdall Prisoner of War Cover
A prisoner of war airmail cover addressed to British prisoner Eric Dowdall at Stalag VIIA, Germany. (AQOH-S002)
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Document Libraries
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Experiments
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