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General World War II Resources from Larry W. Jewell with documents from the Pearl Harbor Working Group and from the former Byrd Archive, including FDR speeches World War II Discussion List Archives from WWII-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU since 1993 World War II links from Canadian Forces College in Toronto Hyperwar from Patrick Clancey with collections of government documents and military histories World War II on the Web and extensive list of links from Mark Conrad World War II Plus 55 David H. Lippman Documents from the Avalon Project at Yale Law School Documents at Mississippi State University from the war era Documents at Wiretap.spies.com World War I and Cold War links
A-bomb Leo Szilard home page with links to other atomic bomb pages Trinity Atomic Test Site and HEW Archive (U.S.) Hanford Enola Gay Perspectives Fifty Years from Trinity special supplement from Seattle Times The man who dropped the bomb. Chicago Tribune's Bob Greene talks to Paul Tibbets, 83, the pilot of the Enola Gay.Here are his columns on Tibbets' recollections.
Aviation Elevon with Aviation History documents by Emmanuel Gustin and Joe Baugher formerly at the Byrd Archive The Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum , home of the International B-24 museum Spitfire & Hurricane Museum at RAF Manston in Kent A short history of the Boeing aircraft company A P-38 page from pilot "Wild Bill" Boyd George Rarey's cartoon journals of the 379th Fighter Squadron of P-47 Thunderbolts Descriptions of WWII planes from the game Air Warrior include the North American P51 Mustang and the Republic P-47D Thunderbolt and the Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat Pictures of more planes in various archives listed in the aviation image index at Harvard American Aircraft of World War II is a reference site on over 140 U.S. aircraft used or designed by the U.S. in WWII. Photos and info. Search by name, type, or manufacturer. The Naval Air War In The Pacific is a visual history of U.S. Navy and Marine air units in WWII Pacific. Includes photos, paintings, and text covering the men, aircraft, carriers, tactics, and battles. A Tribute to the Cactus Air Force is about the U.S. Marine, Navy, and Army Air Corps pilots who defended Guadalcanal from August-November 1942. Includes: history, photos, paintings, references. Black Cat PBY Catalinas is a history of U.S. Navy PBY squadrons in the WWII Pacific that painted their Catalina flying boats flat black and attacked Japanese ships at night. Battle-damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses is a photo gallery of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers that managed to get back to their bases despite serious battle damage during WWII. B-29 Superfortress by Gerd Eles and Paolo Pizzi from NavisMagazine The United States Strategic Bombing Survey Summary Report (Pacific) 1 July 1946 and European from Chuck Anesi Bomber Command from the Canadian site The Valour and the Horror Battles by Date 1937 - Nanking Massacre 1938 - Kristallnacht from the U.S. Holocaust Museum 1940 - Battle of Britain from David Matusek 1940 - Battle of Britain's airplanes features at the Spitfire & Hurricane Museum at RAF Manston in Kent 1941 - Pearl Harbor 1941 - Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal Vol. I of the History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II 1941 - The Defense of Wake Dec. 10-23, Marines in World War II Historical Monograph 1941 - A Magnificent Fight: Marines Marines in the Battle for Wake Island Marines in World War II Commemorative Series 1992 1942 - Multimedia exhibit on the fall of Singapore and the 70-day Malayan campaign in 1942 from the National Museum of Singapore 1942 - North African Campaign 1942 - Philippine Islands 7 December 1941-10 May 1942 from CMH 1942 - Battling Bastards of Bataan from Richard M. Gordon 1942 - Midway from John Crossen 1942 - Return to Midway from National Geographic Online features the expedition led by Dr. Robert Ballard that discovered on May 19, 1998 the wreck of the Yorktown (6/1/98) 1942 - Marines at Midway, Marines in World War II Historical Monograph, 1948 1942 - Aleutian Islands 3 June 1942 - 24 August 1943 from CMH 1942 - The Aleutians Campaign June 1942--August 1943, United States Navy Combat Narrative, Naval Historical Center 1993 1942 - China Defensive 4 July 1942-4 May 1945 from CMH 1942 - Papua 23 July 1942-23 January 1943 from CMH 1942 - First Offensive: The Marine Campaign For Guadalcanal Marines in World War II Commemorative Series 1992 1942 - Guadalcanal 7 August 1942-21 February 1943 from CMH 1942 - The U.S. Army Campaigns in World War II: Guadalcanal from CMH 1942 - Guadalcanal Online The Campaign on Guadalcanal, August 7, 1942 - February 9, 1943. Featuring the 1st Marine Division. 1942 - Guadacanal Diary of J. R. Garrett 1942 - Pacific Counterblow The 11th Bombardment Group and the 67th Fighter Squadron in the Battle for Guadalcanal 1942 - Third Battle of Savo, November 14-15, 1942. Excerpt from: Operational Experience of Fast Battleships: World War II, Korea, Vietnam. Second Edition, compiled and edited by John C. Reilly, Jr., Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, Washington: 1989, pp 61-67. 1943 - Death of Yamamoto April 18, 1943 1943 - Tarawa Nov. 20-23, 1943 1943 - Bougainville Nov. 1943 1943 - Sicily 9 July-17 August 1943 from CMH 1943 - Central Pacific 7 December 1941-6 December 1943 from CMH 1944 - The Marshall Islands Campaign January 31, 1944 - Feb. 8, 1944 1944 - Naples-Foggia 9 September 1943-21 January 1944 from CMH 1944 - Anzio 22 January-24 May 1944 from CMH 1944 - Rome-Arno 22 January-9 September 1944 from CMH 1944 - Normandy 6 June-24 July 1944 from CMH 1944 - Normandy: 1944 from Encyclopedia Britannica 1944 - In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 from from the Canadian site The Valour and the Horror 1944 -50th Anniversary of D-Day from nando.net 1944 - Guts and Glory documentary on D-Day from American Experience 1944 - Cross-Channel Attack - Army "Green Book" from CMH 1944 - Omaha Beachhead (6 June-13 June 1944) from CMH 1944 - Utah Beach to Cherbourg (6-27 June 1944) with maps, from CMH 1944 - St-Lo (7 July - 19 July 1944) from CMH 1944 - Paris Liberation is an online chronology of the events of August 1944 in France 1944 - Operation Market Garden of 1944 from Pegasus in the Netherlands 1944 - Scheldt 1944 - Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge - Army "Green Book" from CMH 1944 - NavisMagazine article on photo sequence of the US Navy attack on the Japanese fleet and battleship Musashi (Yamato's sistership) in the Sibuyan Sea on October 24, 1944, one of the chapters of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. 1944 - North Apennines 10 September 1944-4 April 1945 from CMH 1945 - Po Valley 5 April-8 May 1945 from CMH 1945 - Luzon 15 December 1944-4 July 1945 from CMH 1945 - Okinawa US Army in Northern Ireland, 1941-1945 from CMH Defense of the Americas 7 December 1941-2 September 1945 from CMH The Army Nurse Corps in World War II from CMH The Women's Army Corps in World War II from CMH U.S. Army Special Operations in World War II from CMH Books World War II Seminar bibliography and recent book list CMH Publications on-line from U.S. Army Center of Military History Scenes from the End: The Last Days of World War II in Europe by Frank E. Manuel from Steerforth Press, published February 2000. CD-ROMs World War II Global Conflict and Sources & Analysis from Mentorom (see article by Lawrence Magid) Almanac of World War II from Beachware World War II, Selected Images from the National Archives from Harcourt Brace Day After Trinity from Voyager (see review by B. Richard Latner) Their Sacrifice from Australia Remembers and State Library of South Australia World War I and World War II and War in the Pacific from Flagtower World War II from IMSI World War II Encyclopedia from Attica Cybernetics World War II from Quanta (see review by R. Michael Smith) The Holocaust from Quanta (see review by Stanley S. Seidner) Battle of the Bulge from Quanta (see review from CD-ROM Today) Wings Over Europe from Discovery Channel D-Day: 100 Days of Destiny, and Normandy: Cradle of Liberty from Gazelle Technologies
Countries Library of Congress Area Handbook studies of countries of the world CIA World Factbook with maps Maps from the large collection at the University of Texas
Britain Canada China Finland Germany Italy Japan Poland Russia Documents Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and the Casablanca Conference by Simon Appleby is based on his dissertation at Trinity College, Cambridge, UK. (10/6/98) Spearheading with the Third Armored Division, narrative written in 1945 (Feb. 14, 1999) Symbol - The Casablanca Conference from Simon Appleby including chapters from his book and essays such as the SS 419th Field Artillery Battalion,10th Armored Division with action reports of Col. Robert McCabe 1 Dec. 1944-5 June 1945 in Europe, from Joanna Gebhardt (Mar. 29, 1999) Papers of Admiral Richard W. Bates are on-line in pdf format from the Naval War College. Bates commanded the cruiser USS MINNEAPOLIS (CA-36) in the bombardment of Wake Island, participated in the invasion of the Gilbert Islands and sank the Japanese light cruiser KATORI off Truk in April 1944. During May-August 1944, Bates was on the staff of the Commander in Chief Pacific Fleet. In September he served with the Seventh Fleet during the Philippine Islands campaign and in December was Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander Battleship Division Two and was involved in the Lingayen-Luzon and Okinawa operations. (Nov. 18, 1999) Diary of Emmett L. Newell, one of the 1200 construction workers on Wake Island in 1941 and POW in China until 1945, from Jody Newell (Nov. 18, 1999) Espionage Bletchley park Home Page with pictures of Enigma and Colossus and a mailing list for those interested in WWII cryptography Codebreaking and Secret Weapons in World War II articles from Nautical Brass magazine National Cryptologic Museum from the National Security Agency Bletchley Park web site at Cranfield University and home of the Bletchley Park mailing list; also the Bletchley Park Trust official website for the code-breaking museum in Milton Keynes, UK (1/18/99) Enigma and WWII Cryptography Bibliography from Bill Momsen Holocaust Holocaust links from Mark Conrad Holocaust history from the U.S. Holocaust Museum Index of Bulgarian Jews in WWII. Varian Fry saved thousands from the Holocaust in 1940 France The Holocaust on Trial from Atlantic Monthly Feb. 2000 Homefront Mobilization in World War II from CMH Exhibit of photos from a German POW camp in Oregon. Camp Aliceville History of the German POW camp in Aliceville, Alabama Fighters on the Farm Front is an exhibit from the Oregon state archives. War Relocation Authority Camps in Arizona, 1942-1946 Japanese-American internment camps at Tule Lake and Topaz Camp Harmony was the Puyallup Assembly Center for Japanese-Americans near Seattle. Produce for Victory: Posters on the American Home Front (1941-45) from Smithsonian Images of the Home Front: The World War II Experience in America from Primary Sources Network World War II and the American Dream: How Wartime Building Changed A Nation exhibit from the National Building Museum Profile of Carl Vinson Library of Congress American Memory home page or list by historical eras America From the Depression to World War II: Photographs From the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945 Library of Congress Area Handbook Country Studies Maps CIA World Factbook with maps Omaha Beach Intelligence Assault Map from Michael Richards World War II maps from CMH at UT World War II Maps from World War II Timeline Maritime Aircraft Carriers USS Lexington (CV16) and USS Wasp (CV18) and escort carrier USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) American Merchant Marine at War Battleships USS Missouri and USS North Carolina and USS Alabama and USS New Jersey Battleships Carriers And All Other Warships Battleship Page from the Iowa Class Preservation Association Cruisers USS Augusta Destroyers On Line Full Fathom Five: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan German Uboats in the Battle of the Atlantic 1939-45 Liberty Ships SS John W Brown and SS Jeremiah O'Brien LST 454 Home page from Scott A. Molski, Anthony V. Giglio Maritime Disasters of World War II from George Duncan North Atlantic U.S. Military Bases Pacific Naval Battles map Pacific War from Michael Haenel (in German), focusing on Hokkaido Bay and the waters north of Tokyo PT Boat page Submarines USS Bowfin in Pearl Harbor and USS Cavalla in Galveston and USS Cod in Cleveland and USS Cobia and USS Crevalle in Portsmouth and USS Pampanito in San Francisco and USS Silversides in Muskegon, Michigan, and German U-505 in Chicago U-boat Net from Gudmundur Helgason United States Naval and Shipbuilding Museum has the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships United States Navy in WWII: Primary Source Documents U.S. Navy in the Pacific War 1941 - 1945 from Tim Lanzendoerfer Warships Associated With World War II in the Pacific by Harry A. Butowsky, online book from National Park Service History Division, May 1985 World War II "Silent-Service" from Subnet Mass Media Atlantic Monthly stories: Ernie Pyle's stories about Capt. Waskow and Frontlines in Italy from 36th Division Association Ernie Pyle Wanderlust Documented from TrueAmerica Picturing the Century: One Hundred Years of Photography from the National Archives, includes gallery for The Great War and the New Era, The Great Depression and the New Deal, A World in Flames (World War II), Postwar America, and Century's End Picasso's Guernica Unveiled shows details of the famous painting, from Alan Carter They Drew Fire: Combat Artists of World War II from PBS World War II Navy Art: A Vision of History from The Navy Art Gallery Dr. Seuss Went to War provides the entire collection of 400 editorial cartoons drawn 1941-43 by Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) when he was the chief editorial cartoonist for PM newspaper in New York, from the Mandeville Special Collections Library at the University of California, San Diego. War of the Worlds transcript and articles on the 1938 radio broadcast Audie Murphy Memorial Web Site Military Aviation Movie List compiled by Marshall Cram from Flightline II 10 Best American Movies of World War II from American Heritage magazine, Feb. 1999. Filmnotes for the Hollywood feature films The Bridge on the River Kwai and A Bridge Too Far and Casablanca and Das Boot and Enemy at the Gates and The English Patient and The Fighting Seabees and The Fighting Sullivans and Flying Tigers and Foreign Correspondent and The Glenn Miller Story and The Last Emperor and The Longest Day and Mission to Moscow and Mrs. Miniver and Patton and Pearl Harbor films and Ramparts We Watch and Sahara and Saving Private Ryan and They Were Expendable and To Hell and Back and U-571 Museums & Exhibits A-Bomb WWW Museum American Air Museum in Duxford, England, opened in 1997 American Battle Monuments Commission schedule of ceremonies observing the 55th anniversary of D-Day Arizona Memorial Museum Association and USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Caen Memorial at Caen, France Canadian War Museum Ernie Pyle State Historic Site from Scripps Howard Foundation grant FDR Memorial in Washington, DC Imperial War Museum in London MacArthur Memorial at Norfolk, Va. Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum in Savannah National D-Day Memorial Foundation in Bedford, VA, to open May 31, 2000, funded in part by a grant from Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schultz National Iwo Jima Memorial Monument from the Iwo Jima Survivors Association National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola Florida National World War II Memorial is planned for the Mall in Washington DC Seabee Museum at Port Hueneme, CA Tvrz Bouda at Kraliky, Czech Republic War in the Pacific National Historical Park on Guam World War II Through Russian Eyes from the Historical Achievements Museum, the traveling exhibit of artifacts from the Russian Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow opened August 6, 1998 in the Ronald Reagan Building and Center for International Trade, Washington, D.C., through September 1 (Washington Post article and RFE article ), then to Memphis through Jan. 31, 1999, will be in San Diego in Balboa Park from March 12 through July 4, 1999 (San Diego Union article ) Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Israel Yahoo index of WWII Museums and Memorials National Archives National Archives home page Powers of Persuasion and A People at War are from the Exhibit Hall NAIL recently added collections National Archives photos from the Grolier WWII Commemoration site Propaganda Propaganda Leaflets of World War 2 from Hans Moonen World War II Poster Database at Northwestern Old Eagle's Posters Archive EarthStation1: The Radio Propaganda Sounds & Pictures Page Propaganda from NSDAP Museum German Propaganda Archive from Randall Bytwerk at Calvin College Special Subjects 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment from Dominic T. Biello (8/26/98) Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Winston Churchill is now immortalized on the web by theInternational Churchill Societies Navajo Code Talkers New Deal Network Tanks! Armoured Warfare Prior to 1946 from Bill Kirk (Dec. 11, 1999) Wendell Willkie from Tim Walker (July 27, 1999) World War II links from Jim West (Nov. 18, 1999) World War II U.S. Veterans page from Dick and Dave Berry The WWII Sounds and Pictures Page from Jim Kaelin U.S. Government National Security Agency has on online tour of some exhibits in the National Cryptologic Museum White House tour shows theDiplomatic Reception Room where FDR made his Fireside Chats House of Representatives provides WAIS searches of legislation U.S. Military U.S. Army U.S. Navy U.S. Navy Submarine Centennial U.S. Naval Air Stations U.S. AirForce U.S. Marines U.S. Marines (unofficial) Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base U.S. Coast Guard The U.S. Army's Center of Military History and Army Nurse Corps History DOD Dictionary of Military Terms Naval Historical Center and FAQs on topics USAF Museum Air Force Historical Research Agency is the repository for Air Force historical documents. The official magazine of the U.S. Army Soldiers has had articles on WWII: What's New World War II links from Tracey Osborn (Apr. 5, 2000) Hawaiian Newspapers, War Records, and Trust Territory Image Collections from the University of Hawai'i System Libraries has 10,000 digital images 1848-present Hannah Arendt Papers at the Library of Congress Foreign Relations of the United States includes online volumes 1900-01 and 1903-18 and since 1945 The Nanking Atrocities is based on the Master's thesis by Masato Kajimoto at the University of Missouri-Columbia and documents the Japanese occupation of Nanking in 1937-38. A Joint Study of the Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945 from Harvard University lists archival and bibliographic sources Battle of Britain from the Royal Air Force (RAF) to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Britain (July 10 to October 31, 1940) DHM Picture Archive from the German Historical Museum Dunkirk Remembered from the BBC , in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Dunkirk Enola Gay and the Atomic Bomb from NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) has excerpts of the script from the Smithsonian Institution exhibit, "The Last Act: The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II," proposed for 1995 but never shown Imperial War Museum Online Exhibitions include Battle of Britain and Enigma and Gallipoli 1915 MI5 (Security Service) records related to World War II from the UK Public Record Office Nuremberg War Crimes Trials Proceedings from the Avalon Project at the Yale Law School includes all 22 volumes of the International Military Tribunal proceedings at Nuremberg in 1946 The Canadian Letters and Images Project from the History Department at Malaspina University College is a digital archive of the Canadian war experience Tour a U2540 Type XXI German submarine from 1945 using QuickTime VR, presented by Zeitraum GmbH World War II photographs of the 10th Mountain Division , ski troops based in Colorado who saw action in Italy. Stalag Luft I Online - 8,939 Allied Airmen were imprisoned during World War II as Prisoners of War by the Germans at Stalag Luft I in Barth, Germany The American Ex-Prisoner of War Organization
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