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1. 36TH DIVISION IN WORLD WAR II
http://www.kwanah.com/txmilmus/36division/archives.htm A pictorial history of the 36th Division in the war. Includes numerous photos of their battles (and life in between) in Italy, France, Germany and Austria. Excellent 2. “A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY” – LESSON PLAN
http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/fdr/infamy.html A lesson plan for JS students on Roosevelt’s war
declaration. Includes the
background, objectives, Teaching Activities, links to the relevant document,
Listening Skills with links to audio files, and Further Investigations.
Excellent 3.
THE ANNE FRANK CENTER USA
NEW!!
http://www.annefrank.com/index1.html An
educational site on Anne Frank, her life, her times and her impact on those
who know her story. Sections:
Anne Frank-Her Life & Times, Students, Teachers (including a bibliography,
curriculum and downloadable materials) and more.
The Students section includes a Scrapbook with an illustrated version
of her diary and a Virtual Tour of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.
Excellent 4.
“DAD”
RAREY’S SKETCHBOOK JOURNALS OF THE 379TH FIGHTER SQUADRON
NEW!! During
his service in the Army Air Corps, cartoonist George Rarey kept a cartoon
journal of daily life in his fighter squadron.
This site has the sketches with commentary by his colleagues and
family. Sections: Cadet Life,
Volume I, Volume II, Volume III, Volume IV, Volume V, Nose Art, and Artifacts.
Outstanding. Excellent 5.
THE
DECISION TO DROP THE BOMB – WEBQUEST
NEW!! http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests/wwii/bomb.html A
webquest in which students discuss the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on
Japan. “Imagine
it is 1945 and World War II has just come to a conclusion. Just before the end
of the War, the Atomic Bomb was dropped on and Nagasaki. Many wonder whether
dropping the bomb was necessary but others think it was in order to limit the
amount of Allied casualties and bring the long arduous war to an end. A
community in California is getting together to discuss the reason for dropping
the bomb. Four teams of people representing a Japanese citizen, President
Truman's advisor, the Secretary of Defense, and a nuclear physicist will
congregate to debate this controversial issue. Your role as one of these
people is to research your particular point of view and decide whether
dropping the Atomic Bomb was necessary or not.”
Excellent 6.
DECODING NAZI SECRETS
NEW!!
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding/ Companion
to a Nova program on the Allies successful decoding of German codes and
ciphers. Sections: Crack the
Ciphers (ciphers for you to decipher), Send a Coded Message (use a replica
Enigma machine to email a secret message), A Simple Cipher (learn the tricks
of the code breakers), Are Web Transactions Safe? (cyber-codes), Mind of a
Code breaker, and How the Enigma Works.
Excellent 7. THE DROP ZONE VIRTUAL MUSEUMClick on What’s New and visit the section on audio and video clips. Also includes photos, photos of artifacts, and more. Outstanding clips. Excellent 8.
EYEWITNESS TO WORLD WAR II
NEW!!
http://www.ibiscom.com/w2frm.htm First-person,
eyewitness accounts of key events of the war.
Sections: Blitzkrieg, 1940; Air Battle Over London, 1940; The London
Blitz, 1940; Attack at Pearl Harbor; Attack at Pearl Harbor-The Japanese View;
The Battle of Midway, 1942; Attack on an Arctic Convoy, 1942; A GI’s Trip to
London, 1944; The Nazi Occupation
of Poland; “Loose Lips Sink Ships”; Shot Down Over France, 1944; Sunk by
Submarine, 1944; Normandy Invasion, 1944; The Forced Suicide of Field Marshal
Rommel, 1944; Iwo Jima, 1944; The Fall of Berlin, 1945; The War Ends in
Europe, 1945; Hiroshima, 1945. Excellent 9. FRANKEL-Y SPEAKINGA detailed narrative of the war by Stanley A. Frankel. Frankel served mostly in the south Pacific and many of his letters home were published as news articles. This outstanding account of the war reads more like a novel than a reminiscence and describes military actions. Includes a few photos. Excellent 10.
GERMAN
CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY HITLER
NEW!!
http://www.joric.com/Conspiracy/Center.htm For
six years, those in Germany who opposed Hitler attempted to assassinate him.
This graphics-heavy site discusses the conspirators, the attempts, and
more. Excellent
11. HARRY
TRUMAN ON TRIAL – UNIT PLAN
NEW!!
A
unit for grade 11 in which students research President Truman’s decision to
use the atomic bomb on Japanese cities in World War II, the consequences, the
policies and more. Very thorough.
Excellent 12.
THE HOME FRONT 1939-1945 (BRITAIN)
NEW!!
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/wwar.htm A
site for students on life on the Home Front in Britain from 1939-1945.
Even those not in the military were involved in the war effort.
Sections: Children at War, Rationing, Women in War, Messages of War,
Music in War, and a Teacher’s Section.
Excellent 13. HYPER WAR – A HYPERTEXT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR - A GATEWAY SITE
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ A huge list of links to the text of diplomatic and political papers from World War II. Includes documents, treaties, historical pamphlets and more. Includes sections on the Army, the Army Air Force, the Marines, the Navy, the Pacific Theater of Operations, the European Theater of Operations and more. Excellent 14.
LIFE INTERRUPTED: THE
JAPANESE-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN WWII ARKANSAS
NEW!!
http://www.lifeinterrupted.org/ Explores
the internment of Japanese-Americans during the war.
Two of the camps were located in Arkansas.
Sections: History, Education, Multimedia, Maps and Links.
Includes a Scrapbook of Archive Photos, Press Articles, Posters and
Panoramic Views of the Camps. Excellent 15. LOST IMAGES OF WORLD WAR II ADDIT. INFO!
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Camp/8605/ Original images of World War II in Europe taken by
the author’s grandfather during his years of overseas duty.
(Note: Includes graphic scenes of the devastation of the war).
Sections include: Lost Images, Past & Present, Lost History,
Memorial, Related Links. Excellent 16. MARKET GARDENA brief history of the war leads to the story of Operation Market Garden, an airborne Allied invasion intended to push the Allied advance through Holland and into Germany. Follow the story which includes photos, maps, audio clips, video clips and documents. There are also detailed battle reports, rolls of honor, a photo gallery, brief biographical sketches of the leaders, veterans’ memories and much more. Note: At Home Page, click on “Arnheim17km” to enter. Then click on “A Bridge Too Far”. A very extensive site. Excellent 17. THE MIDNIGHT WATCH
http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/meltingpot/oxford/330/mwindex.html A site dedicated to the thousands who served on the British homefront during the war and the over 60,000 men, women and children who lost their lives. Sections include: Air Raid Precautions, Evacuation, the Fire Service, Home Guard Pages, National Registration, Rationing in Wartime, Women’s Voluntary Service, Photo Gallery, Homefront Badges, and Homefront links. The section on rationing is especially informative. An outstanding site. Excellent 18.
MODERN WORLD HISTORY: KEY EVENTS
THAT SHAPED THE 20TH CENTURY
NEW!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/modern/ From
the BBC Education department. Sections:
Treaty of Versailles, Russia in Revolution, Fascism in Italy, The
Rise of Hitler, The Wall Street Crash, Nazi Germany, Stalin,
The Road to War, Axis Success, People at War, Propaganda,
and Allied Victory.
Each section has three parts and there is an Exercise at the end of
each section for review. Includes a Quiz, a
Timeline and a Teacher’s section with Tips on using the site in the
classroom. Includes over 30
animated maps. Excellent 19.
OPEN DIRECTORY – WORLD WAR II
SITES
NEW!!
http://dmoz.org/Society/History/By_Time_Period/Twentieth_Century/Wars_and_Conflicts/World_War_II/ Over
800 links to sites on World War II. Sections
include: Air Forces; Documents, Manuscripts and Other Primary Sources; Naval
Forces; People; Theaters of Operations; and more.
Excellent 20.
POSTCARD TO THE PRESIDENT - ACTIVITY
NEW!!
http://www.successlink.org/great/g161.html A
high school classroom activity in which students examine the decades after
World War I and compose a postcard to the President giving their position on
“isolationism” and the opposition to U.S. involvement in the war.
Excellent 21.
POWERS OF PERSUASTION – POSTER
ART IN WORLD WAR II – LESSON
NEW!!
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion.html Students
examine online poster art from propaganda posters of World War II to see how
they were used to influence the American people to support the war.
Excellent 22.
PRISONER IN ONE’S OWN HOME –
LESSON PLAN
NEW!! http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19991025monday.html?searchpv=learning_lessons A
lesson plan for grades 8-12 on the internment of Japanese Americans during
World War II. “students
examine the causes and effects of the internment of 120,000 Japanese-Americans
during World War II. Students develop research questions examining the
historic, legal and psychological impacts of the internment camps. They then
investigate the answers through a focused research project with the results of
their research becoming part of a class-wide exhibit on this tragedy in
American history.” Excellent 23. PRIVATE ART – WORLD WAR II LETTERS TO AND FROM THE HOMEFRONTAn extensive archive of letters to and from a soldier in the war. Private Art Pranger served with the Army in the U.S. and Europe. His letters to and from home have been archived by the date they were written. Click on “The Home Front” at the bottom to get started. Sections include: Meet Private Art, Letter Archive, Private Art Remembers (present-day memories), Soldier Scrapbook (photos of artifacts) and more. An outstanding site. Excellent 24. RUTGERS ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVES OF WORLD WAR II
http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/oralhistory/orlhom.htm An archive of interviews with men and women veterans of World War II who served both at home and overseas. There are 258 interviews. Sections include: Interviews, Units They Served In, Picture Gallery, Patches, Medals, Memorials, and more. Excellent 25.
THE SECOND WORLD WAR AUDIO & VIDEO
NEW URL & INFO! http://www.earthstation1.com/wwii.html A huge archive of sound and video clips from the war. Sections include: Christmas Broadcasts, North Africa, Aircraft, Orphan Ann (Tokyo Rose), General “Hap” Arnold, Asia and the Pacific, Atomic Bombings, General Omar Bradley, Propaganda Broadcasts, War Cartoons, the Fall of Corregidor, D-Day, Martin Dies, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Europe’s Liberation, Admiral James Forrestal, Admiral “Bull” Halsey, Homefront, Iwo Jima, Japanese Internment, Henry Kaiser, Admiral Earnest King, Charles Lindburgh, General Douglas MacArthur, General George Marshall, Battle of Midway, Edward R. Murrow, Admiral Chester Nimitz, the O.S.S., General George Patton, Pearl Harbor Attack, Propaganda Posters, Remagen Bridge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Sound Effects, Harry S. Truman, General Jonathon Wainwright, Wake Island, Warships, Miscellaneous. An outstanding site. Excellent 26.
THE SECOND WORLD WAR ENCYCLOPEDIA
NEW!!
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm An
extensive site for students to research every aspect of World War II.
Sections include: Background to the War, Major Offensives, Home Front,
The Resistance, Nazi Germany, Women in the War, and Weapons and Tactics.
Note: Scroll down to find the list of sections.
Teachers: Explore the Teaching History Online section for lesson plans
on history. Excellent 27. SONGS OF WORLD WAR II
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/ww2.html#top Dozens of songs from World War II with the lyrics and history of the song. Some have sound files attached. Excellent 28.
SPYWATCH
NEW!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/lookandread/intro.htm Students
go back in time to the 1940s to see if they can catch the spy.
There are clues to follow, suspects to investigate and more.
Fun sounds and graphics. Includes
a Teacher’s section. Students
must complete sentences, rhymes and more to find the clues.
Excellent
http://www.thirdreichruins.com/ Presents photos of sites in Germany’s Third Reich (1933-1945) and how they appear today. Sections: Berchtesgaden and Obersalzberg, Nurnberg, Berlin, Munich, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Adolf Hitler Visits His Homeland, Schweinfurt, Buchenwald, Nordhausen, Flossenburg, Mauthausen, Ebensee, Underground Sites in Thuringen, End of the War for s.PzJg.Abt.653, U.S. Army Posts, Miscellaneous, and also some Cold War sites. Also includes a very good list of links. Excellent 30.
VOICES OF WORLD WAR II: EXPERIENCES FROM THE FRONT AND AT HOME NEW!!
http://www.umkc.edu/lib/spec-col/ww2/ Hear
the sounds our grandparents heard through music, news bulletins, war reports,
and much more. Here the popular
music of the times while reading about the daily circumstances of life during
the war. Each audio clip is
captioned with information about when it was broadcast, who’s speaking or
singing and what was happening in the war.
Sections: 1939-1941, Pearl Harbor, Europe & D-Day, Home Front,
Pacific Theater, Post-War World and This Project.
OUTSTANDING!! A great way
to start your unit! Note: Click
on “Enter Multimedia Version of This Exhibit”
if the button is green. Excellent 31.
WAR AND REMEMBRANCE: EXPLORING THE
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ARTIFACTS AND HISTORY LESSON PLAN
NEW!!
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20010510thursday.html?searchpv=learning_lessons A
lesson plan for grades 8-12 in which “students
explore the controversy surrounding the ban of Nazi memorabilia and other
hate-related artifacts from online auction sites. They then work in groups to
design exhibits for a war museum, analyze the relationship between artifacts
and history, and react to a ban on the trade of some of these objects.” Excellent 32.
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS – WEBQUEST
NEW!!
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquests/ww2news/t-index.htm A
webquest for high school students on the different perspectives in the United
States, Germany and Japan on World War II and its causes. “In this project it will be the students' job to create an
editorial article from one of the three (the United States, Germany and Japan)
countries. The students will also put together a PowerPoint presentation
describing a day in the life of an American, German and Japanese citizen,
before and after World War II. Their final objective will be to create a
positive propaganda poster for one of the other two countries. In
writing the editorial and making the poster, it is important for the students
to take the unique perspective of that country through the eyes of its
citizens (the PowerPoint should help them do this). In order to do this
the students will study one of four aspects of life during the war.”
Excellent 33.
WAS THE UNITED STATES READY FOR
PEARL HARBOR? – LESSON
NEW!!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/13/g912/ready.html A
lesson plan for grades 9-12 in which students examine the preparedness of the
United States military for an attack by Japan. Students then write to the
American military commanders as though it were the summer of 1941, making
suggestions on what they might do to prepare for an attack.
Excellent 34. WORLD HISTORY LESSON PLANS
http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/World.html#WWII A list of lesson plans for K-12 students on World War II and the Holocaust. Excellent 35.
WORLD WAR I AND II WEBSITES -
A GATEWAY SITE
http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib6d.htm A huge list of links to everything from battles to bios to virtual museums and veterans. A gateway site. Excellent 36. WORLD WAR II COLOR PICTURESAlthough few people realize it, color film was developed at the end of the 1930’s and many developments in color photography were made with military use. This site shows color photos of the war. Sections include: Naval, Today, Aerial, Black & White, Ground, Various, and Propaganda. Photos include pictures of weapons, planes, people and artifacts. Several of the photos were taken by the Germans including photos of Hitler and propaganda rallies. This site offers a new prospective on a war most of us have only seen in black and white. Outstanding. Excellent 37. WORLD WAR II COMMEMORATION
http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mainpage.html The Grolier online section on World War II includes the Story of World War II, Biographies & Articles, Air Combat Films, Photographs, World War II History Test, and Links. Excellent 38.
WORLD WAR II – IN DEFENSE OF
FREEDOM WEBQUEST
NEW!!
http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Lincoln_HS/Burleson/Lessons/WW2/ A
webquest for high school students in which they research and analyze the
causes of World War II and U.S. involvement in the war and write an essay on
the “Four Freedoms”. Excellent 39. WORLD WAR II LINKS -
A GATEWAY SITE http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/WWII.html#To A huge list of links on World War II. Search by topic. START HERE Excellent 40. WORLD WAR II RESOURCES - A GATEWAY SITELinks to primary source materials on the web: Words of Peace, Words of War (speeches, declarations, treaties); The Color Books (British War Blue Book); Diplomatic Documents; Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-1941; Chronology of International Events; the Japanese Monographs; Time Line of WW II; Major Conferences of World War II; The Pearl Harbor Attack Hearings; and many, many more. A huge site with link to hundreds of documents. Outstanding. Excellent
http://connections.smsd.org/veterans/wwii_sites.htm A
huge page of links to World War II sites divided into Student and Teacher
Sites. Sections: The Rise of
Fascism-Germany, Italy and Japan; Holocaust; Pearl Harbor and America’s
Response; D-Day and the War in the Pacific; The Home Front; Plans for Peace
and the Atomic Bomb; Personalities; Literature; Propaganda; Women in the War;
and Miscellaneous. Outstanding. Excellent 42. WORLD WAR II, THE HOLOCAUST AND THE ATOMIC BOMB LESSON PLANS
http://www.proteacher.com/090075.shtml A list of links to 34 lesson plans on World War II. Follow the links to the lesson plans for the Holocaust and for the Atomic Bomb. Covers lesson plans with all sorts of activities and approaches. Excellent 43. WORLD WAR II TIMELINE
CHANGED INFO!
A timeline of World War II from 1939 to 1945,
covering every day. Includes nine
areas of combat: The Americas, Asia & the Pacific, War in Europe, War at
Sea, War in the Desert, and The Holocaust. Each major section has subsections.
Note: Click on Timelines on the Home page, then the area of interest,
then the year. Excellent 44.
WORLD WAR II TIMELINE
NEW!!
http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/start.html A
timeline of World War II and the events leading to it.
Includes 1917-1945. Sections:
By Date, By Topic, Links, Pictures, Maps, Documents, and Bibliography.
Sections include: articles,
photos, key events and players and more. Note:
We found a couple of broken links on this site.
Excellent 45.
WORLD WAR II – UNIT PLAN
NEW!! “Students
will be able to recognize the pattern and inductively arrive at generalizations
about the immense geographic scope and the human and monetary costs of World War
II. This will provide insight into which countries bore the brunt of the
fighting. The huge civilian losses will demonstrate that civilians were targeted
as combatants. The second chart will further demonstrate that civilians were
targeted by the warring parties and will introduce the Holocaust by showing that
the Germans essentially destroyed the European Jewish population.”
Excellent 46.
WORLD WAR II – A WEBQUEST
NEW!!
http://www.rede-nonio.min-edu.pt/es/sebgama/worldwar/index.html A
webquest in which students must set up a celebration of the 55th
anniversary of the end of World War II. They
must include a round table on the use of weapons of mass destruction, interviews
with survivors of the Holocaust and the Blitz in Britain, an exhibit on the
major events and leaders of the war, and a conference on wartime propaganda.
Students are divided into groups of four and each chooses one of these
roles: An American Soldier, A Survivor of the Holocaust, A British Citizen
Coping with the Blitz, An American Woman on the Home Front, A Supporter of the
Atomic Bomb, An Eyewitness to the Destruction of Hiroshima, and a Wartime
Propaganda Officer. Excellent 47.
WORLD WAR II WEBQUEST – A
SOLDIER’S PERSPECTIVE
NEW!!
http://www.stnorbert.org/wwiiwebquest.htm A
webquest that immerses students into the lives of soldiers and civilians in
World War II. Students choose a
role and use the Internet to research that person’s life and war experiences.
Very thorough. Excellent
48.A
DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY – TEACHING WITH DOCUMENTS LESSON PLAN
NEW!!
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/day_of_infamy/day_of_infamy.html A
lesson plan using the typed draft of President Roosevelt’s request to Congress
for a declaration of war against Japan in response to the attack on Pearl
Harbor. Includes the typed speech,
a photo of Roosevelt signing the Declaration of War Against Japan and audio
files of his speech. Click on
Teaching Activities for classroom activities.
Very Good 49. AFRICAN
AMERICANS IN WORLD WAR II
http://www.coax.net/people/lwf/ww2.htm A site dedicated to the military service of African
Americans in World War II. Includes
photos, narratives, personal accounts and more. Very Good. 50.
AFTER THE DAY OF INFAMY: “MAN ON
THE STREET” INTERVIEWS FOLLWING THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR
NEW!!
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afcphhtml/afcphhome.html An
American Memory collection with
“approximately
twelve hours of opinions recorded in the days and months following the bombing
of Pearl Harbor from over two hundred individuals in cities and towns across the
United States. On December 8, 1941 (the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor.” Includes
how the recordings were made, biographies of those who arranged and conducted
the interviews and complete transcripts of the interviews.
Very Good 51.
ALEUTIAN WORLD WAR II NATIONAL
HISTORIC AREA –FOR KIDS
NEW!!
http://www.nps.gov/aleu/ForKids.htm Few
are aware that the Japanese bombed and invaded the Aleutian Islands, an
archipelago which is part of Alaska. This
is the story of that time. It includes an Area Overview, World War II in the
Aleutians, Aleut, Internment and Restitution, National History of the Aleutians,
Photo Album, Then and Now, and a For Kids Section.
The For Kids section includes Harriet’s Story, Coloring Pages and An
Aleutian World War II Quiz. Very
Good 52. BATTLE OF MONTE CASSINO
http://www.accessweb.com/users/rbereznicki/over.html-ssi Four separate battles over five months in 1944 led to the capture of Rome by Allied forces. They are collectively referred to as the Battle of Monte Cassino. Includes: History of the Battles, Interactive Photo Gallery, History Quiz, Photo Puzzle, Cassino Quiz, and an Interactive Diary of a Transport Driver (students can test their skills at getting the supplies through to the troops). Very Good 53. THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II LESSON PLAN http://www.col-ed.org/cur/sst/sst195.txt A lesson plan for grades 10-12 on the causes of World War II. Very Good
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1978/3/78.03.05.x.html A
lesson plan for high school students on the events and policies that led to the
United States’ involvement in World War II.
Not a lesson plan exactly but provides narrative, classroom objectives,
discussion questions and an outline and more.
Very Good 55.
GETTING INVOLVED IN WAR LESSON PLAN
NEW!!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/13/g68/involved.html A
lesson plan for grades 6-8 on how the United States became involved in World War
II. Very Good 56. A GUADALCANAL CHRONOLOGY
http://www.friesian.com/history/guadal.htm A history of the Guadalcanal Campaign, a series of land and sea battles in the south Pacific from August 7, 1942 to March 6, 1943. There is both a narrative and a timeline of events with maps and additional information. Very Good 57.
“I” WITNESS TO HISTORY LESSON
PLAN
NEW!!
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/19981207monday.html?searchpv=learning_lessons A
lesson plan for grades 8-12 in which “students
read a first-hand account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor as a
springboard for researching a significant historic event and writing a set of
diary entries from the perspective of a person involved in that event.”
Very Good 58.
IWO JIMA – WEBQUEST
NEW!!
http://edtech.suhsd.k12.ca.us/inprogress/suh/GForand/IwoJima.htm A
webquest for senior high students on the battle for Iwo Jima in 1945.
“This
webquest …, will strictly focus on one of the major battles fought by
U.S. Marines during World War II -- the battle of Iwo Jima. After having
completed this project you hopefully will have a better understanding of what
combat was like for the hundreds of thousands who fought and died to preserve
freedom. So --- fall-in, right face, and forward march back in time to February
of 1945. OOH-RAH.” Note:
We found some broken links in this site. Very
Good 59.
JULY
1942: UNITED WE STAND
NEW!!
http://americanhistory.si.edu/1942/index.html In
order to promote patriotic spirit, in July 1942, magazines across the country
displayed the U.S. flag on their cover. This online exhibit shows these magazine
covers and Smithsonian museum objects demonstrating the use of the American flag
during World War II. Sections: The
Campaign, Magazine Cover Gallery, After July 1942, Behind the Designs, The Flag
in World War II and Search the Covers. Very
Good 60. OPERATION OVERLORD – D-DAY
http://www.geocities.com/paddyjoe_m/index.html A history of the major turning point of the war in Europe, the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944 by Allied troops. Includes: Preparation, the Day, Aftermath, Weapons, Biographies, photos, personal accounts, maps and more. Very Good 61.
THE OSCAR SCHINDLER STORY
NEW!!
http://www.oskarschindler.com/ The
true story of the remarkable German who saved 1200 Jews from the Nazi death
camps. Sections: Prewar, The War, Rescue, Aftermath, Survivors,
Emilie Schindler, Schindler-Why?, The Entire List, Spielberg’s Film, Rescuer
Books, Schindler Photos, Holocaust Photos, and Links.
Very Good 62. PEARL HARBOR REMEMBERED
http://www.execpc.com/~dschaaf/mainmenu.html Information about the Pearl Harbor memorial, the attack, a timeline of events, map of attack, survivor’s recollections, and audio clips. There is also a link to a live webcam overlooking the U.S.S. Arizona memorial. Very Good 63.
THE RACE
TO BUILD THE ATOMIC BOMB
NEW!!
http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/abomb/ Learn
about the race between the United States, Germany and Japan to build an atomic
bomb. Sections: U.S./Eng. Timeline,
The Competition, Exodus of Scientists, Physics, Those Responsible, Research,
Lesson Plans, and Resources. Very Good 64.
THEY
DREW FIRE – COMBAT ARTISTS IN WORLD WAR II
NEW!!
http://www.pbs.org/theydrewfire/ During
the war, civilian and military artists served as “combat artists” to record
the war as they experienced it. This
PBS companion site to the program has a gallery of a selection of the artworks,
biographies of the artists, and resources.
Very Good |