Home›Historical Documents›Creation Era›By Decade›1940sBrowse By1940sThis dimension groups historical documents by the era in which they were created. Wikipedia notes that a primary source is "an artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study." Browsing by creation era lets a visitor compare documents created in the same period.1940sComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)1940sFilter Results20 entriesDocument TypeAllConference protocol (1)Declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (1)Foreign policy doctrine (1)Instrument of surrender (3)Intergovernmental collective security agreement (1)Joint statement (1)pact (1)Proclamation (1)telegram (1)Treaty (2)Original LanguageAllArabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish (1)English, French (1)English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish (1)EraAllThe Contemporary Period (15)The Late Modern Period (4)Holding RepositoryAllGovernment of the United States of America (depositary) (2)Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, Berlin (1)Medium or SupportAllPaper (7)Parchment or Vellum (2)Origin PlaceAllBerlin, Germany (1)Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States (1)Deck of USS Missouri, Tokyo Bay (1)Moscow, Soviet Union (1)Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France (1)Placentia Bay, Newfoundland (1)Potsdam, Germany (1)Rio de Janeiro (1)San Francisco, California, United States (1)Tokyo Bay, aboard USS Missouri (1)Yalta, Crimea, Soviet Union (1)Group TreeAllConstitutions, Charters and Statutes of the Cold War Era, 1946 to 1989 (1)Declarations and Manifestos of the Cold War Era, 1946 to 1989 (2)Declarations and Manifestos of the World Wars Era, 1914 to 1945 (4)Diplomatic Correspondence and Secret Agreements of the Cold War Era, 1946 to 1989 (2)Diplomatic Correspondence and Secret Agreements of the World Wars Era, 1914 to 1945 (1)International Agreements and Pacts of the Cold War Era, 1946 to 1989 (2)International Agreements and Pacts of the World Wars Era, 1914 to 1945 (5)Peace Treaties and Territorial Settlements of the World Wars Era, 1914 to 1945 (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 201943 Cairo Declaration1940sAtlantic Charter1940sBasic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany1940sBretton Woods Agreement1940sCharter of the International Military Tribunal1940sCharter of the United Nations1940sGerman Instrument of Surrender1940sInter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance1940sJapanese Instrument of Surrender1940sLong Telegram1940sNorth Atlantic Treaty1940sNovikov telegram1940sPotsdam Agreement1940sPotsdam Declaration1940sProclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam1940sSurrender of Japan1940sTripartite Pact1940sTruman Doctrine1940sUniversal Declaration of Human Rights1940sYalta Agreement1940sComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.