World War II
Links on the Internet
(Remember that links sometimes come and go on the Internet. Information contained in these websites does not necessarily represent the views of Dr. David L. Snead or Texas Tech University)
Organization:
I) General
A)
Maps
B)
Overviews
C)
Pictures
D)
Primary Sources
II) Theatre
A)
Europe
1)
Battle of the Atlantic
2)
Battles, Campaigns, and Information on the Eastern
Front
a)
Operation Barbarossa
b)
Battle of Stalingrad
c)
Battle of Kursk
d)
Miscellaneous
3)
Battles, Campaigns, and Information on the Western
Front (including North Africa)
a)
North African Campaign
b)
Battle of France and other battles of 1940
c)
Battle of Britain
d)
Operation Overlord and D-Day
e)
Operation Market Garden
f)
Battle of the Bulge
4)
Holocaust
B)
Pacific
1)
Battles/Attacks (in Chronological Order)
a)
Battle of the Philippines (1941-42)
b)
Pearl Harbor, Doolittle Raid, Battle of Coral Sea,
and Battle of Midway
c)
Battle of Battle of the Solomons
d)
Battle of Tarawa
e)
Battles of the Marshall Islands
f)
Battle of Saipan
g)
Battle of Peleliu
h)
Battle of Leyte Gulf
i)
Battle of Iwo Jima
j)
Battle of Okinawa
2)
China-Burma-India Theatre
3)
Development and Use of the Atomic Bomb
III) Miscellaneous
A)
Airborne
B)
Airplanes, Air Forces, and Air Power
C)
Anti-tank Weapons, Artillery, Tanks, and Other
Armored Vehicles
D)
British Military
E)
German Soldiers
F)
Intelligence
G)
Japanese-Internment Camps
H)
Merchant Marine
I)
Prisoners of War
J)
Propaganda – U.S.
K)
Ships and Navies
L)
Sinking of the Indianapolis
M)
Women at War
General
Maps
http://www.indstate.edu/gga/gga_cart/gecar127.htm
This
site, produced at Indiana State University, contains maps from almost every
theater and battle of World War II.
http://www.onwar.com/maps/wwii/
This
is an excellent site for finding various operational maps for both theatres of
World War II.
Overviews
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm
This
is a wonderful site that is organized as a timeline of World War II.
It contains a listing of the major events starting with the end of
World War I. There are links to
many of these events that offer more explanation and some excellent
photographs.
www.gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mainpage.html
This
site contains a list of links to many issues in World War II.
It is excellent source for basic information on key leaders, campaigns,
and battles. Most of the material
was drawn from the Encyclopedia Americana.
http://www.euronet.nl/users/wilfried/ww2/ww2.htm
This
link provides a detailed history of the war using an almost day-by-day format.
It has excellent links for most days.
Pictures
http://search.gallery.yahoo.com/search/corbis?p=world+war+ii
This
site contains 635 different images pertaining to World War II.
These images are available for purchase.
Primary Sources
This
is the website for the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience at
Florida State University. The
Institute’s objective is to collect as many records of the American
experience in World War II, in particular letters and diaries, as possible.
There is a very good section of photographs.
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/index.html#eto
This
is an invaluable source for links on almost every aspect of the American war
effort. It provides access to
primary documents, photographs, official military histories, and many other
topics.
http://fas-history.rutgers.edu/oralhistory/orlhom.htm
This
site has over 170 oral histories from servicemen and women who served in World
War II. Most had been students at
Rutgers University or Douglass College.
http://historicaltextarchive.com/
This
site provides links on various subjects including World War II.
It contains links to primary sources and photographs.
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm
This
is a great site for finding on-line primary sources on various historical
subjects. This link takes you to
a collection of World War II documents drawn up by the Allied leaders
regarding the Axis powers.
http://www.freeport-tech.com/WWII/000_admin/000oob.htm
This
fabulous site provides links to the orders of battle and organizations from 30
different countries in World War II.
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/1084/fuehrer_directives.htm
This
web page includes links to Hitler’s directives. These are in English.
Theatres
European Theatre
Battle of the Atlantic
This
site describes the German U-boats and the war against them.
It actually contains links to information for 1,168 specific U-boats.
Battles, Campaigns, and Information on the Eastern Front
Operation Barbarossa
http://students.washcoll.edu/Student.Pages/Karen.Sieger/war/war.htm
This
site gives the details of Operation Barbarossa including the overall history
and the movements of Army Group North, Center, and South.
It is particularly good because it contains a list of sources.
Battle of Stalingrad
http://www.stalingrad.com.ru/history/history.htm
This
site provides a basic description of the Battle of Stalingrad.
While some of the links for photos do not work, the ones that do are
quite good.
Battle of Kursk
http://web.mitsi.com/zhukov/Kursk.htm
This
site offers an introduction to this battle.
It is rather limited.
Miscellaneous
http://www.geipelnet.com/war_albums/otto/ow_011.html
This
website contains a photo essay written by a German soldier on the Eastern
Front. The pictures are
outstanding.
This
site contains information on General Georgi Zhukov
and brief summaries of major operations on the Eastern Front.
http://members.spree.com/ojoronen/lendlse.htm
This
site addresses Lend-Lease equipment given to the Soviet Union by the United
States and Great Britain in through 1944.
It includes a link to an internal Soviet memorandum from May 1944
describing the types and value of the equipment.
Battles, Campaigns, and Information on the Western Front (including North Africa and Italy)
North
Africa Campaign
http://www.topedge.com/panels/ww2/na/
This
site provides a pretty thorough introduction to the North African Campaign.
Battle of France and other Battles of 1940
http://www.euronet.nl/users/wilfried/ww2/1940.htm
This
site offers a timeline of events in Europe in 1940 with links to other web
pages for more specific information.
Battle of Britain
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/bobhome.html
This
is the RAF’s official site on the Battle of Britain from July to October
1940. It includes the daily
reports of air actions from July 10 to October 31, 1940.
It also has descriptions of the key airplanes and leaders who were
involved in the battle.
http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/4143/
This
site provides a good introduction to the Battle of
Britain. It contains some
excellent photographs.
www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/gustin_military/strength.html
This
site offers a technical comparison of the British RAF and the Luftwaffe during
the Battle of Britain.
Operation Overlord and D-Day
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/normandy/normandy_home.htm
This
site details West Point’s virtual staff ride of Normandy and Operation
Overlord. It contains excellent
maps and photographs. It also
provides a revealing look at some the geographic obstacles the invasion forces
had to overcome.
http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/d-day
This
is a wonderful site for examining various topics related to D-Day.
It has links to articles on numerous topics and oral histories.
Some of the oral histories are available in audio format.
http://www.highrock.com/JohnGBurkhalter/D-day.html...
This
is very brief but interesting site containing a letter written by a chaplain
on D-Day. It contains an
excellent picture of a landing craft on its way to the beach.
http://www.geocities.com/paddyjoe_m/index.html
This
site provides a good introduction to Overlord.
Its pictures are particularly good.
This site is maintained by the Encyclopedia Britannica and built
around a narrative written by John Keegan.
It contains details concerning the planning, buildup, and actual
invasion of Normandy, and the ultimate breakout. The pictures and colorized maps are excellent.
Operation Market Garden
This sight explains, in detail, Operation Market Garden.
It contains over 300 pages of information.
http://www.crosswinds.net/~marketgarden/old.html
This
site offers an introduction to Operation Market Garden.
It has some excellent colorized maps.
Battle of the Bulge
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/7-8/7-8_CONT.HTM
This
is a link to The Ardennes:
The Battle of the Bulge by Hugh M. Cole.
It was published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History.
Holocaust
http://www.fmv.ulg.ac.be/schmitz/holocaust.html
This is an excellent source for pictures of the Holocaust.
As a warning, the pictures are quite graphic and disturbing.
This
is the official site of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
http://holocaust.umd.umich.edu/
This site contains oral histories from Holocaust survivors. Dr. Sid Bolkosky at the University of Michigan-Dearborn took the oral histories. He has interviewed 150 survivors. Eleven of the interviews are currently available on-line.
http://www.holocaust-history.org/
This site contains documents, photographs, recordings, and essays
regarding the Holocaust. The
information is quite good.
http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/
This is a summary of the Holocaust with a glossary of terms that
allows you to see a concentration camp, read survivor stories, and even take
an online quiz to see how much you know about the Holocaust.
This
is an excellent source for information on the Holocaust.
It offers in-depth information and meticulously dispels Holocaust
revisionism.
Pacific Theatre
Battles/Attacks
(in chronological order)
Battle of the Philippines (1941-42)
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-PI.html
This
is a link to Louis Morton’s United
States Army in World War II: The
War in the Pacific: The Fall of
the Philippines (1953). It is
the Army’s official history of the fall of the Philippines.
Pearl Harbor, Doolittle Raid, Coral Sea and Midway
http://www.execpc.com/~dschaaf/mainmenu.html
This site gives detailed information about the attack on Pearl
Harbor. It includes a list of all
the sailors who were killed on the Arizona.
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Bunker/2206
This
site includes descriptions and photographs of Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, and
Midway. The site provides a brief
introduction to each battle and information on key individuals and equipment.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/98/midway/
This site includes pictures of the sunken U.S.S Yorktown.
There is also a short account of the Battle of Midway, the events
leading up to it, and survivor stories.
www.centuryinter.net/midway/midway.html
This
site offers detailed information on the Battle of Midway, especially from the
American perspective. It contains
information on many of the pilots who flew in the battle.
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/dtr.htm
This
site contains information on the Doolittle Raid and what happened to the
pilots who participated.
Battle of Guadalcanal
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Guadalcanal.html
This is a link to an official Marine Corps history of the Battle of Guadalcanal. It was written by Henry Shaw as part of the fifty-year anniversary of World War II.
http://www.djjp.demon.co.uk/Guadalcanal.htm
This
site provides a pretty in-depth historical overview of the entire campaign to
seize Guadalcanal.
Battle of the Solomons
http://www.westnet.com/~ssherman/usmc_boyington.html
This
site examines Major Gregory R. "Pappy" Boyington and the Black Sheep
Squadron.
Battle of Tarawa
http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/Betio.html
This
site provides a basic history of the Battle of Tarawa.
Battles of the Marshall Islands
http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/wwii/facts/marshlls.txt
Battle of Saipan
http://www.nps.gov/amme/wwii_museum/d-day_saipan/d-day_saipan.html
This
site describes the Battle of Saipan and its use as a base of operations
against Japan.
Battle of Peleliu
http://www.peleliu.net/Battle/Battle.htm
This
site describes the horrors of the battle for this island.
It has some pretty impressive pictures of the landing and battle.
Battle of Leyte Gulf
http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/LUTZ/leyte.html
This
site offers a chronology of the Battle of Leyte Gulf with pictures and maps.
Battle of Iwo Jima
http://www.jatoga.net.au/~witman/index.html
This
site provides a brief history of the Battle of Iwo Jima.
The pictures are the best part of the site.
Battle of Okinawa
http://metalab.unc.edu/hyperwar/PTO/FinalBattle
There
is surprisingly little information on the Battle of Okinawa on the web.
This site gives an overview of the battle.
China, Burma, India Theatre
This
site provides links to articles on the China-Burma-India theatre of
operations.
Development and Use of the Atomic Bomb
http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/albums/palbum/p06/a0321p5.html
This
site contains a photo's of Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project.
http://www.dannen.com/decision/trin-eye.html
This
site provides information on the Trinity test and links to the observations of
nine eyewitnesses.
http://www.oneworld.org/gallery/hiroshima/hiroshima_top.html
This is a picture gallery of the devastation in Japan after the
atomic bombs were dropped. Most
of the pictures are of Nagasaki.
www.nasm.edu/galleries/gal103/gal103.html
This
site has images and highlights from the famous Enola Gay exhibit at the
Smithsonian.
http://www.theenolagay.com/index.html
This
site explores Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, World War II, and the Enola Gay.
Miscellaneous
Airborne
www.thedropzone.org/index.html
This
site is dedicated to preserving the history of primarily American airborne
efforts in World War II.
Airplanes, Air Forces, and Air Power
This
site offers the technical specifications and pictures of various allied and
Axis planes, mainly fighters and bombers.
http://www.marksindex.com/aviation/aviation.html
This site contains information on Japanese aviation during World
War II.
http://www.ixpres.com/ag1caf/usplanes/
This is an excellent site on American aircraft in World War II.
You would be hard pressed to find an aircraft that is not described.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/1956/
This
is an excellent source for information and photographs concerning the US Air
Corps in World War II. One of the
most fascinating aspects of this site is its section on “PIN UPS”,
containing brief biographies and pictures of the actresses of this period.
http://www.danshistory.com/ww2/index.html
This
site is an excellent for air operations in World War II.
It provides descriptions of air campaigns, specific planes, types of
bombs, and many other topics.
http://www.valourandhorror.com/BC/Raids/Firebomb1.htm
This
site contains accounts of the firebombing of Hamburg by allied forces.
Anti-tank Weapons, Artillery, Tanks, and Other Armored Vehicles
This
website gives you some historical as well as technical information about tanks
in World War II.
This
site contains general information about Russian tanks and artillery used in
World War II.
http://www.geocities.com/Augusta/8172/panzerfaust.htm
This
site describes German anti-tank weapons.
It has some excellent photos of their use in combat.
British Military
This site contains a wealth of information on the British armed
forces in all modern wars including World War II. It is a little confusing to work through, but it is
definitely worth the effort.
German Soldiers
http://www.axess.com/users/pete/
This
site examines the German soldier and the weapons he used in the war.
It contains a range of information including a list of the rations of
the average soldier.
This
site provides everything you need to know about the SS.
Intelligence
http://www.nsa.gov/museum/tour.html
This site provides some general information on intelligence warfare
during the war.
http://mprofaca.cro.net/navajo.html
This
web page was created to honor Navajo and other Native American code talkers
who provided invaluable service during the war.
Japanese-American Internment Camps
http://www.qnet.com/~earthsun/manzanar.htm
This site is a documentary on Manzanar, the Japanese-American
internment camp in California.
www.geocities.com/Athens/8420/camps.html
This
site is a good general reference to Japanese Internment camps in the United
States during the war. It
includes maps and pictures.
Merchant Marine
This
site thoroughly examines the U.S. Merchant Marine in World War II.
Prisoners of War
http://home.att.net/~merkki/index.html
This site is about allied pilots and aircrews who were captured and
sent to Stalag
Luft I in Barth, Germany. It contains oral histories of many of the prisoners.
Propaganda – U.S.
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/powers/powers.html
This site contains a collection of over thirty propaganda posters
used by the United States.
http://www.openstore.com/posters/index.html
This site contains a collection of thirty-one propaganda posters.
Ships and/or Navies
http://www.combinedfleet.com/kaigun.htm
This
site describes the Imperial Japanese Navy in great detail.
You can find technical specifications on just about every class of
ships used in the Japanese navy as well as on technology like naval aircraft,
radar, and torpedoes. It also includes brief biographical sketches and pictures of
some of the central Japanese naval leaders.
This
site describes the American PT Boats in World War II.
http://www.members.global2000.net/~macminn/index.html
This
site describes USS LST (Landing Ship
Tank) 794. While providing a history of only one of the LSTs that served
in the Pacific, it does provide a glimpse at an often-neglected category of
ships.
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/4289
This
site provides pictures, descriptions, and technical information concerning
U.S. battleships in World War II.
This
is a wonderful site for finding information on World War II Cruiser
Operations. It places an emphasis
on British operations but is still very good for other countries.
There are also links to some excellent photos.
http://ussubvetsofworldwarII.org
This
site offers extensive information about U.S. submarines and crews lost during
World War II. It contains
pictures of each of the submarines that were lost as well as a brief history.
Sinking of the Indianapolis
http://www.ussindianapolis.org/main.htm
This
site contains the story of the USS Indianapolis. It is maintained by some of the survivors of the sinking.
One of its stated purposes was to win exoneration for their captain.
This happened in October 2000.
Women at War
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/
This is an interesting site because it focuses on American women
journalists during the war.
http://pratt.edu/~rsilva/sovwomen.htm
This site traces the careers of Soviet Women Pilots in World War II.
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