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Documents Declassified - Major Conflicts

Find databases and collections of declassified documents from WWII to the present, including Vietnam, Korea, the Cold War, the Gulf War, and even the War of Terrorism.

World War II

Avalon Project - WWII Documents
Yale Law School's collection of WWII documents includes transcripts of documents from all major events throughout the war including the Nuremberg war crimes trial, Japanese surrender documents, the Yalta Conference and many others.

NARA - Interagency Working Group (IWA)
Founded in 1999, the IWA was charged with the assignment to locate, declassify and make available all classified documents relating to Nazi war crimes and criminals. The collections include tales of espionage and intrigue and now encompass Japanese Imperial records, as well.

Cold War

CIA - Special Collections
Declassified documents relating to official intelligence estimates of the Former Soviet Union, international communism, and "selected free world countries."

Cold War International History Project
Woodrow Wilson Center International Center for Scholars presents a comprehensive look at the history of the cold war from many perspectives through the examination of documents and original source material from the nations involved. Includes highlights, recently released materials, scholarly perspectives and a searchable database.

Vietnam War

Khe Sanh Declassified Documents
Includes over 350 declassified documents outlining the battle at Khe Sanh, the largest joint effort of allied forces in Vietnam. Find memoranda from LBJ, and communications and documents from W.W. Restow and William Westmorland.

University of Texas - The Vietnam War Declassification Project
Collection comprised of over 40,000 documents relating to the Vietnam War. View highlights and learn how to obtain documents available through the University of Texas' Ford Library which houses the archive.

Gulf War

GulfLINK
Examine a wealth of recently declassified documents concerning the Gulf War and Gulf War Illness. Find direct links to Gulf War documents from the DoD, CIA, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Central Command and each branch of the U.S. military.


Contributed by Military.com Researcher Matthew Markovich.