NATICK, Mass. (AP) — A suburban Boston museum with a huge trove of World War II-era items acquired two key documents, including one from the Germans demanding the U.S. surrender.
NATICK, Mass. (AP) — A suburban Boston museum with a huge trove of World War II-era items acquired two key documents, including one from the Germans demanding the U.S. surrender.
The Natick-based Museum of World War II says the latest additions “epitomize the American spirit at the end of the war.” The museum says it acquired the English version of a German letter demanding the U.S. surrender at Bastogne, Belgium, in 1944.
The museum says it’s also acquired an original and previously unknown mimeographed period copy of the Potsdam Proclamation, which called for Japan’s unconditional surrender.