Records of American Defense, Harvard Group, 1940-1945.

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Records of American Defense, Harvard Group, 1940-1945.

American Defense, Harvard Group was organized by a small group of Harvard faculty members to alert Americans to the dangers posed by the Axis powers after the fall of France in June, 1940 and to marshall aid to American allies in Europe and Asia. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the Group helped mobilize support for America's war effort. The records are organized in the following series: Reports, Records of officers, Committee files, American Defense, Harvard Group News Bulletin.

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Harvard University Archives.

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