Read this harrowing account of a German-American farmer whose nativist neighbors suspected his alliegiance to the United States after the country entered the war against Germany in World War I.

There is a wealth of information here. Get detailed overviews of the war and then scroll down the page to sections on pilots and designers, machines of war, a World War 1 history quiz and much more.

Take a look at the history of tanks in the list of weaponry utilized during World War I.

An introduction to the military uniforms worn in World War I. Identify the details of each branch of the service on the uniforms and know what the most common color is on a military uniform.

Pictorial history with captions of World War II spanning the years 1939-1940.

This learning module gives students the opportunity to view and listen to hundreds of interviews with people who experienced first hand the Korean and First and Second world wars. This is an excellent teaching resource that helps...

This site has the story of an anti-Nazi resistance movement in Germany during World War 2 written by one of the participants. Includes primary documents on the trials held after their capture.

Volunteers have begun an effort to transcribe the pages of more than 2,000 diaries written by ordinary people during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Their voices, filled with anxiety, isolation and uncertainty, resonate...

View the iconic "I Want You" poster, versions of which were used to recruit forces for the U.S. armed services during both world wars. Also view the poster in context, with other posters and broadsides used to send Americans to war.

Summarizes the major causes for the outbreak of World War I.

A great story about the brindle pup who was the mascot of the 102 Infantry, 26th Yankee Division. Find out about the exploits of this extraordinary dog in World War I.

A brief biography of Sgt. Alvin York, one of the most famous infantrymen fighing in the American Expeditionary Force in World War I.

This article provides a description of what a poison gas attack was like.

Describes what happened to Germany at the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War, how it was divided into East and West Germany with the construction of the Berlin Wall. Western countries worked to rehabilitate their half of...

Information on the aerial aspect of the war on the Eastern Front during WWI. Includes links to lists of each country's flying 'aces.'

This site from The History Place provides the text of a speech by French premier,Edouard Daladier, from January of 1940 following the fall of Poland. In the speech Daladier clearly implied that the policy of appeasement had been a failure.

This ibiblio.org exhibit discusses in detail the history of the Soviet Union. The site is grouped into two main categories with several sub-headings. One is Internal Workings of the Soviet System including: Repression and Terror: Stalin...

An article about one of Russia's steel mills that has, like many other industries in Russia, fallen on hard times in the new free-market economy.

This site explains how Germany resuming unrestricted submarine warfare contributed to the US entering WWI. Site is well-written, informative, and contains great details.

An overview of America's economy in the decade and a half after World War II. Discusses the sources for this economic growth and the factors that impacted social and economic patterns.

A summary of the key events of East Asia from 1800-1914 discusses the decline and eventual takeover of the Qing Dynasty, civil war uproar in China, and the Meiji Restoration.

Learn about the life and career of Carl Rowan, an American journalist, writer, and radio and television commentator, who was one of the first African American officers in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Information is provided about the Victorian Army and its role in protecting the British Empire.