American Experience . The Bombing of Germany | PBS
Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film
American Experience . Victory in the Pacific | PBS
Companion site for American Experience documentary with articles, timeline and links to resources
World War I and II War Posters and Postcards
Over 5,000 postcards and posters that are multi-national in scope and cover veterans' benefits, war bonds and loans, military recruitment and morale, civil defense, industrial production, freedom and loyalty campaigns, international welfare organizations, prices and rationing, transportation, health and safety, labor organizations, films and theatre, food production, sports and leisure, recruiting of women in military and non-combatant organizations, special events, anti-war movements, and other topics
A Biography of America: World War II
Companion site to documentary, be sure to check out maps, transcripts and "Webography" links to primary documents from Annenberg Media
1940s Fashion History. 1940-1950 Costume History Utility to New Look
ooks at women's costume and fashion history and analyses the mood of an era. Changes in technology, leisure, work, cultural and moral values. Homelife and politics also contribute to lifestyle trends, which in turn influence the clothes we wear. These are the changes that make any era of society special in relation to the study of the costume of a period
Choices: Truman, Hirohito, and the Atomic Bomb
Lesson from the Constitutional Rights Foundation. Concise article, including choices available to Truman
Fourth Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Third Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Inaugural Address of Harry S. Truman
Part II: World War II: The “Good War”
One page summary of the War
The Authentic History Center: World War II
Remembering D-Day, 66 years ago
Great collection of photographs from - The Big Picture - Boston.com
NEH Summer Institute on Churchill and America at Ashland University
Lesson Plan
World War 2 Famous Quotes
Organized by year and country of speaker, this is an excellent collection of quotes
Home Affairs: HOW TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS FROM THE JAPS - TIME
Excerpt from Time magazine in December of 1941 demonstrates the American reaction to Pearl Harbor.
Hiroshima, 64 years ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Series of high quality images documenting the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Korematsu v. United States, U.S. Supreme Court Case Summary & Oral Argument
Court rules on the curfew, although most believe it was ruling on the interment
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb Documents
Catalog of documents organized on timeline. Instead of just sending students out on their own to do their own research preparing for the "Atomic Bomb Debate" send them to this tightly focused archive of primary source documents and have them invest their energy on analysis instead.
ALIC - Japanese Relocation and Internment
US National Archives directory of resources
Chronology of the Japanese American Internment
Timeline of events
The Decision to Drop the Bomb; Davidson and Lytle
Excerpt from the Book After the Fact
Hiroshima: The Harry Truman Diary and Papers
Harry Truman: POTUS
POTUS summary site with basic information (elections, cabinet, Supreme Court appointment) and links to other materials
Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Executive orders signed by President Harry S Truman
List of all executive orders signed by President Truman while in office with links to the text of each
Biography of Harry S Truman
Brief biography from the White House
Dwight David Eisenhower
Biographical booklet from the U.S. Army Center of Military History
National WWII Memorial
Site commemorating national monument in Washington DC. Links to registry, photos and dedication
Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers and Broadcasters during World War II
Stories from the Library of Congress