In this video from the American Masters and VOCES co-presentation of Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer's Journey, Guerrero discusses his reasons for enlisting in World War II. Like many children of immigrants, Guerrero felt a...

Investigate the effect that World War II-"total war"-had on a generation of young people, in this excerpt [2:26] from World on Fire, Masterpiece. When two young people, who had fallen in love just as the war began, meet up unexpectedly a...

In which John Green teaches you about World War II. John will teach you how the United States got into the war, and just how involved America was before Congress actually declared war. John will actually talk a little about the military...

A collection of eight Realaudio clips from average British citizens who experienced the "Blitz", the terror bombings of London and other cities by the Germans in 1940-41. In addition, there are interviews with British citizens who...

A five minute interview of a woman who lived through the Battle of Leningrad. Click on Speaker Icon under "Siege of Leningrad." Real Audio Plugin required. Archived.

Letters and stories from soldiers as the recall and record their feelings on the day Japan surrendered.

The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, between 1933 and 1945. Jews were the primary victims - six million were murdered. Roma (Gypsies),...

This film was produced by the Department of War and was overseen by film great John Ford. This full length version was cut to a half an hour for release because it concentrated too much on analysis and history and also because it...

World War II film covering the education and training of African Americans in agriculture, design & manufacturing, and more at Howard, Tuskegee, Hampton Roads, and more. [8:00]

Newsreel marking the end of the war in Europe as Germany succumbs to the allied invasion. [2:00]

BBC News features a picture gallery with accompanying audio that tells the story of VE Day and Germany's surrender. [3:00]

At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," watch a video documentary of D-Day.

At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," watch a "U.S. Government-produced film defending the World War II internment of Japanese-American citizens."

At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," watch video of internment camps as "Susumu Satow and Asako Tokuno recall life in the internment camps."

Companion website to the NOVA program on Colditz and those who tried to escape from it during World War 2. Includes plans on the "glider" escape where prisoners made a Glider to "fly" out of the prison.

At the online companion of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," watch a clip from the series that describes the different approaches to the air war taken by the British and the Americans.

Learn how the U.S. Government worked with the Fed to ensure interest rates stay low in order to finance World War II in this video. Also learn about the Federal-Treasury Accord which was reached to help the Fed strive to achieve low...

Students investigate gas rationing after the attack on Pearl Harbor and America's entrance into the war. The resource consists of an audio clip of Jack Benny, Gracie Allen, and Eddie Cantor humorously describing gas rationing in 1942.

A Newsreel short film from 1945 showing Pacific Fleet Commander, Admiral Nimitz sending an armada of 1,400 vessels to Okinawa during World War II.

Describes the successes of the Axis Powers as they expand their reach across Europe, Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union, and the entry of the United States into the war after Pearl Harbor is attacked. [12:12]

In this Crash Course video, John Green teaches you about World War II, aka The Great Patriotic War, aka The Big One. So how did this war happen? And what does it mean? We've all learned the facts about World War II many times over,...

A video [1:19] of the speech by Adolf Hitler at the campaign rally in Waldenburg, Germany in 1932.

A video [0:40] of James Wright telling of his experience as he witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Fmr. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses the transformation of diplomacy from 18th-century diplomacy, government talking to government, to 20th-century diplomacy, government talking to government and the people [10:04]