World War II Commemoration, Resource and Link Library
Home page of personal site with huge link library organized into Army, Navy, Air Force and Home Front
World War II - Notes
University of Oregon cyberschool online textbook site. Graphic Organizer exploring concepts of Domination, Measures of Success and Cause and Effect
The PEARL HARBOR ATTACK HEARINGS
Official document collection from UNC's Public Library Digital Archive
Pearl Harbor: Official Lies in an American War Tragedy?
alternative interpretation of Pearl Harbor from the Independent Institute
After the Day of Infamy: 'Man-on-the-Street' Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor: Home Page
newspaper archives from the Library of Congress
Pearl Harbor History: Why Did Japan Attack? Eyewitness Accounts, Casualty List, Background from Pearl Harbor.org
Summary of the attack with links to more information
National Geographic: Remembering Pearl Harbor--history, maps
Articles, maps, images and video from National Geographic
The Other War: FDR's Battle Against Churchill and the British Empire
Kamikaze Images
American and Japanese images of kamikaze pilots differ greatly. This web site explores diverse portrayals and perceptions of the young men who carried out suicide attacks near the end of World War II.
The Pacific War - War Times Journal
Articles and resources
Nihon Kaigun -Imperial Japanese Navy Page
Personal site, yet extensive information on fleet, officers, guns, battles, etc.
Bataan Rescue
Companion site for American Experience documentary with articles, timeline and links to resources
United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Summary Report (Pacific War)
Official Site of the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Billed as the Web's Most Comprehensive Pearl Harbor and World War II Site, it might just be - a treasure trove of materials. Make sure to look at the site map to see all that's here
Battle of the Atlantic Exhibition
American Aircraft of World War II
This is a reference site with photos, data, and info on all American aircraft designed or used in World War II.
D-Day PBS
Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film
US Army in World War II - Center for Military History (US Army)
The United States Army in World War II series describes the organization, plans, and operations of the War Department and the Army, in the zone of interior and in all of the Army's five theaters of operations from 1939 to 1945.
Battle of the Bulge PBS
Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film
The National D-Day Museum
World War II Military Situation Maps - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
The World War II Military Situation Maps contains maps showing troop positions beginning on June 6, 1944 to July 26, 1945. Starting with the D-Day Invasion, the maps give daily details on the military campaigns in Western Europe, showing the progress of the Allied Forces as they push towards Germany. The collection consists of 416 printed maps and 115 reports, the originals of which reside in the Library of Congress' Geography and Map Division
Map of Pearl Harbor
Showing placement of boats and naval base
Losses in World War Two
Map showing total loses, interesting for comparisons. For example, compare the number of Soviet deaths to American. Does this explain American wealth in the 1950s?
The United States in World War II: “The Proper Application of Overwhelming Force”
EdSitement lesson plans
Japanese in Turn of the Century America
Images, political cartoons and songs from the University of Indiana
Rabbit in the Moon
Companion site to PBS documentary. Fifty years later acclaimed filmmaker Emiko Omori asks her older sister and other detainees to reflect on the personal and political consequences of internment. From the exuberant recollections of a typical teenager, to the simmering rage of citizens forced to sign loyalty oaths, Omori renders a poetic and illuminating picture of a deeply troubling chapter in American history
Internment of German Americans in the United States during World War II
This web site contains research materials on the wartime treatment of U.S. and Latin Americans of German ancestry for serious researchers, students and persons seeking general information
Camp Harmony Exhibit
This exhibit tells the story of Seattle's Japanese American community in the spring and summer of 1942 and their four month sojourn at the Puyallup Assembly Center known as "Camp Harmony
Evacuation and Internment of San Francisco Japanese - Newspaper Articles
Excellent collection of newspaper articles in San Francisco newspapers from the spring of 1942
A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the Constitution
Interactive galleries that combine music, text and first-person accounts. Based on 800 artifacts in Smithsonian collection