PBS
Pbs: The War: Firebombing and Allied Air Attacks on Germany and Japan
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," find a write-up about WWII Allied air attacks on Germany and Japan. With links to related resources, including archive photos and series video.
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library: "The Four Freedoms"
In his pivotal inaugural address in January 1941, FDR readies the nations for what he sees as our inevitable involvement in WWII. Read the full text of this infamous speech to understand the nation's mindset at this point in history.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The German Invasion of Poland
September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland beginning WWII. View primary sources curated by the Holocaust Museum to better understand the agony of this time period in Poland. Sources include videos, photographs, interviews, diary entries,...
Virginia History Series
Virginia History Series: Virginia State History 20th Century (1921 1940) [Pdf]
The Roaring Twenties was a time of great prosperity in America and Virginia. However, it ended with a bust that shook our country to its core. Imagine the culture of this time with the help of pictures, charts, and maps. This slideshow...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Society: World War Ii in the Pacific
This interactive timeline takes you through the war in the Pacific during WWII. Vibrant pictures, primary source videos, and explanations accompany each important date. Follow the war in the Pacific from events leading to war to the...
Other
Htrc: Adolf Hitler: A Study in Tyranny
This resource describe the life of Adolf Hitler, including his rise to tyranny and the fall of the German Empire during WWII.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Here Their Stories Will Be Told
Each Jewish community during WWII had its own individual story to tell. This online exhibit highlights 12 of these communities. Select a community and read about life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Testimony from survivors is...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Murder of Jews in Romania
Romania had a long history of anti-Semitism and was an ally of the Nazis. Around 400,000 Jews were killed in Romanian-controlled areas during the war. Read a summary on Romania during WWII and view primary sources such as photos,...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Critical Reading as a Learning Strategy
This tutorial focuses on critical reading using a downloadable PowerPoint presentation, "Critical Reading 101," which includes separating fact from opinion, 6 propaganda techniques, and 6 common fallacies in reasoning. Also provided is...
Auburn University
Auburn University Archives: Rickenbacker Papers
"Historical Sketch of Eddie Rickenbacker." Includes information on his childhood, his involvement in WWI and WWII, and his life at home. Also includes webpages on his family.
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Rules of War: Choices: Truman, Hirohito, and the Atomic Bomb
Lesson and activity on rules of war and the decision to drop the atomic bomb during WWII.
Yale University
Yale Avalon Project: Radiation Injuries in Japan
Site from Yale provides detailed information about the radiation sickness that swept through the bombed areas of Japan after WWII. Detailed and thorough analysis.
Ohio State University
Osu History Teaching Institute: The Manhattan Project
Students will discuss the role of technology of the atomic bomb and explore the destruction of Nagasaki and Hiroshima during WWII. Students will then outline some of the social and political changes that resulted from the Manhattan Project.
Curated OER
Wwii Flight Nurse Attends a Wounded Soldier in Prestwick, Scotland, 1944
This brochure was printed to commemorate and capture the history of the Army Nurse Corps. Read about their amazing adventures in WWII while looking at pictures and learning amazing facts about these women.
Curated OER
Wwii Army Nurses at Work in the Postoperative Ward, Grandvillers, France, 1944
This brochure was printed to commemorate and capture the history of the Army Nurse Corps. Read about their amazing adventures in WWII while looking at pictures and learning amazing facts about these women.
TES Global
Blendspace: Wwii/holocaust Additional Resources
A learning module with thirty-three links to videos, websites, texts, and slideshows about the Holocaust.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Wwii Resources
A large site that provides links to various topics of WWII. For example: "Words of Peace, Words of War, Treaties, Declarations, Speeches, etc."; "Nazi-Soviet Relations, 1939-1941, Documents from the Archives of the German Foreign...
PBS
Pbs: Total War
An excellent site from PBS explores on a personal level what the concept of Total War means. Read and listen to interviews from people who lived through WWII.
Other
Db Trains: Epoch Iii (1945 1970)
This is a very interesting history of the development of trains in Germany after WWII. An aspect of history that is overlooked, rebuilding the transportation infrastructure in Germany was a big and important project for the occupying...
PBS
The War: Save Waste Fats for Explosives
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," view a poster from WWII aiming at recycling fat for ammunition.
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