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LII Links for WWII
WWII links from Web Sites by Dewy Number
History World
"An ever expanding history resource helping to make history make sense. Everybody's articles and images can be set in a world, national and local context."
The Avalon Project : A Decade of American Foreign Policy 1941-1949
Collection of primary documents from 1941 to 1946, divided into sections on WWII, United Nations and its agencies, inter-American relations, Palestine, atomic energy, arms control, and war crimes. Part of Yale University Law School's Avalon Project.
Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
The National Archives and Records Administration Web site Powers of Persuasion exhibit offers posters from WWII.
Produce For Victory
An exhibition of posters related to World War II, Posters on the Home Front (1941-45), includes brief descriptions and links to related Web sites. From the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution.
NOVA Online : Holocaust on Trial
Online companion to NOVA program originally aired in Oct. 2000 examining a Holocaust denial trial in Britain. Features a time line of Nazi abuses, a narrative of the trial, a section on historical revisionism, links, and teacher's guide.
Documents Related to World War II
Hundreds of documents related to World War II are cataloged by year. Prepared by a professor of international affairs at Mount Holyoke College.
Imperial War Museum - the national museum of war and conflict
Web site of the Imperial War Museum in London, a unique museum in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Great Britain and the Commonwealth, from WWI to the present day.
U.S. Army Center of Military History
Extensive, searchable collection of information on military history and operations. Provides exhaustive statistical data and archival documents for all major military events since the American Civil War and bibliographic citations for earlier events.
Deutsches Historisches Museum, German Historical Museum
Extensive Web site of the German Historical Museum in Berlin, with a limited English-language version offering collection highlights. The German version includes an outstanding virtual museum of modern German history ("Lebendiges Museum Online").
The National World War II Memorial
Background on the World War II Memorial being built in Washington, D.C. Describes the project's purpose and development. Includes pictures of the design and of the building site. Maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
The Drop Zone Virtual Museum - Dedicated to preserving WWII Airborne History
The Drop Zone Oral History Project, created to preserve and share the legacies of America’s WWII Airborne and Ranger veterans, provides oral histories from veterans and photos illustrating their experiences. Based on a book by Patrick O'Donnell.
Cold War: Postwar Estrangement
Part of a larger online Soviet Archive Exhibit, presented by the Library of Congress, this site covers the relationship between the USSR and the United States.
Historical Text Archive
Extensive resources for the study of world history, divided into sections "Articles," "E-books," and "Links," with segments on several subject categories, continents, and countries. From history professor Don Mabry at Mississippi State Univ.
Clare Boothe Luce
Photographic images concerning Luce's wartime journalism, from the Library of Congress exhibit 'Women Come to the Front,' on women journalists, photographers, and broadcasters during World War II. Some biographical information.
HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web
History of World War II, focusing on military/service histories, politics and diplomacy, and the Pacific and European theaters. Includes an extensive bibliography and a glossary.
World War II Resources
Hundreds of transcripts of primary-source documents on World War II: includes speeches, declarations, treaties, protocols. A part of this notable Web site is dedicated to the Pearl Harbor attack.
The History Place - World War Two in Europe Timeline
Comprehensive time line of World War II in Europe, with photos and links to articles on specific topics. From the History Place, an educational Web site offering a wealth of materials on U.S. and European history.
American Experience / War Letters
Materials accompanying the film 'War Letters,' aired in 2001 by the Public Broadcasting System, include a film synopsis, transcript, bibliography, U.S. military time line, and text of select letters featured in the film.
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