National WWII Museum
Harry S. Truman's Atomic Bomb Address - August 9, 1945
The United States' decision to implement the atomic bomb in 1945 is still a source of debate today. Learners listen to the audio from President Truman's speech to address the nation to better understand why the United States resorted to...
National WWII Museum
Franklin Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address - December 8, 1941
The audio of President Franklin Roosevelt's speech regarding Pearl Harbor teaches pupils about the attack and its impact on the United States' involvement in World War II.
Imperial War Museums
Imperial War Museums: Voices of the First World War: The Christmas Truce
As part of a series of podcasts featuring the remembrances of veterans of World War I, this podcast tells the inspirational story of the Christmas Truce in December 1914, when the soldiers from both sides met in No Man's Land to...
Library of Congress
Loc: American Leaders Speak: Recordings From World War I
A collection of recorded speeches by American leaders during World War I. Listen to speeches by General John J. Pershing, Samuel Gompers, and James Gerard.
Imperial War Museums
Imperial War Museum: Voices of the First World War
Hear about the First World War from those who were there. Discover how the war affected everyone who lived through it in these podcasts, featuring original recordings from IWM's sound collection. The series takes you from the outbreak of...
University of Oxford (UK)
University of Oxford: First World War Digital Poetry Archive: Audio Collection
The Audio Collection contains accounts of the First World War from veterans, their families and people who served the war effort at home. You can search the archive or use the keywords provided on the site to search the recordings.
Library of Congress
Loc: Veterans' History Project: We Were Pirates: A Torpedoman's Pacific War
Listen to a panel discussion including a U.S. Navy submariner, Robert Hunt, and the two authors who told his story about his missions in a submarine during World War II in the Pacific in the book, We Were Pirates: A Torpedoman's Pacific...
Library of Congress
Loc: Experienceing War, Forever a Soldier
37 tales of servicemen and women who served our country in every major war from World War I through the current conflict in Iraq.
Library of Congress
Loc: Experencing War, Voices of War
Relates war through the eyes of 60 veterans and civilians caught up in the momentous conflicts of the 20th century.
Library of Congress
Loc: Stories From the Reunion
Stories captured during the National World War II Reunion over Memorial Day weekend in 2004.
Other
Audio: Mercury Theatre's War of the Worlds
The 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds threw many people into a panic. Listen to the original radio broadcast available as an MP3 from this site. This audio-only link requires Quicktime.
Library of Congress
Loc: Experiencing War: Merrill's Marauders
The China-Burma-India Theater is often ignored in the study of World War II. Read the stories of some of the daring men who fought in Merrill's Marauders, a guerilla fighting group, and listen to lengthy interviews describing their...
Veterans Affairs Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada Department: Artillery
A description of the powerful new weaponry of WWI, the heavy artillery. Goes into detail about how artillery was used in the first world war, and what this new technology meant for war.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Rhetoric: American Leaders Speak 1918 1920
This is a searchable collection of recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election, 1918-1920, entitled "American Leaders Speak." It includes recordings by Warren G. Harding, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt and many more.
A&E Television
History.com: Letters of Love From Ww2
From North Africa, back to Britain and through Europe, Letters of Love in WW2 tells a unique story of the Second World War from the perspective of two people that lived through it. This podcast includes 13 episodes.
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: Truman Presidential Audio Collection
Hear some of President Truman's speeches, including the surrenders of Germany and of Japan, from the Harry S. Truman digital archive. Other speeches cover post-war issues such as price controls, and the opening of the United Nations.
Backstory Radio
Back Story Radio: The Great War: The Long Shadow of Wwi
BackStory Radio episode on the sometimes overlooked WWI, it's legacy, and the debate about how it will be remembered. Audio and transcript are provided.
BBC
Bbc History: World Wars: World War Two: Voices of D Day
Listen to the stories of eight eye witnesses to the D-day invasion.
BBC
Bbc History: World Wars: World War Two: Voices of Dunkirk
Listen to the stories of eight eye witnesses present at the evacuation from Dunkirk. Transcripts of the recordings and useful introductions to each account included.
BBC
Bbc History: History Trails: Wars and Conflict: Home Life During World War Two
A series of nine RealAudio clips featuring the reminiscences and memories of average British citizens who lived through food rationing, housing issues, women working in the factories and much more. The clip from one man who as a child...
Library of Congress
Loc: War Ends Vj Day
Letters and stories from soldiers as the recall and record their feelings on the day Japan surrendered.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Soldier Against Soldier: The Story of the Bonus Army
Listen to an NPR interview with author Paul Dickson, whose book, The Bonus Army: An American Epic, recounts the demands of World War I veterans and the violence against them at their encampment in Washington, D.C. There is also a short...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Veterans Recall Service at Nation's War Memorials
The National Mall in Washington, D.C. contains many monuments and memorials to American servicemen. From NPR, listen to an account of how we remember our wars and veterans and hear details about the specific memorials.
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: Gas Rationing, 1942
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.
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