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.
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: Stories From the Reunion
Stories captured during the National World War II Reunion over Memorial Day weekend in 2004.
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: 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...
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.
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.
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.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Brothers in Arms
An article on a little known African American tank battalion that served in World War II. Site includes a long excerpt from the book "Brothers in Arms" by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Zookeeper's Wife
Ira Flato talks with Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper's Wife, a new book about the Holocaust, World War II, and the Warsaw Zoo.
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: 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.
Library of Congress
Loc: Experiencing War: Courage, Patriotism, Community
A collection of audio files of veterans talking about their moments of courage, patriotism and community.
Library of Congress
Loc: Experiencing War: Sweethearts, Family Ties, Buddies
Audio and video files of soldiers telling their stories about sweethearts, family ties and their soldier buddies.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Role of President Pt. 15: President as Commander in Chief
One of the President's roles is as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, and this power has been used by every president since World War II to send troops to other countries.
American Public Media
American Public Media: Radio Fights Jim Crow
A report on early radio programs that were used by the federal government and civil rights activists to ease racial tensions during World War II.
15 Minute History
15 Minute History: European Imperialism in the Middle East, Part I
In this podcast you will discover the development of the relationship between the European, North African and Southwest Asian nations pre and post World War II. Find out how Europe became an imperial and colonized area. [21:10]
BBC
Bbc: History: The Sounds of Sirens
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...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Kate Nolan, Wwii Combat Nurse
A personal memoir of an Army nurse, Katherine F. Nolan, describes the Christmas of 1944 when she and her fellow nurses set up a makeshift hospital to tend to the wounded.
Library of Congress
Loc: After the Day of Infamy: "Man on the Street"; Interviews
From the American Folklife Center, this compilation of recordings of "Man on the Street" interviews in the two days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and then a month later bring an important understanding of the viewpoints of ordinary...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: A Video Interview With Lois Lowry
Lois Lowry was born in the Territory of Hawaii in 1937, but spent much of her childhood in her mother's hometown in Pennsylvania. During World War II, Lois' father served abroad as an army dentist. After the war, the entire family moved...
BBC
Bbc: Siege at Leningrad
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.
Other
Marketplace: How the Gi Bill Changed the Economy
Listen to an interview (28:45 min.) with an historian and a WW II veteran about the GI Bill and its benefits to those thousands of soldiers returning from World War II.
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