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Information Resources Selected for
Mr. Girt's Assignment On the
Major Battles of World War II


You may click on the topic to go to its section on this page below:
General Resources   |  Maps   |   Attack On Poland   |   Attack On Finland   |   The Phoney War

Battle of Britain   |   Tobruk  |   Operation Barbarossa   |   Pearl Harbor   |   Bataan
Battle of Coral Sea   |   Midway  |   Guadalcanal   |   El Alamein   |   Operation Torch
Battle of Stalingrad   |   Conquest of Sicily  |   D-Day   |   Battle of the Bulge   |   Iwo Jima

Broad General World War II Resources

Timeline of 20th Century History (1925-49)
World War II: Timeline
World War II Timeline (1939–1945)
World War Two: Summary Outline of Key Events (BBC - History)
Chronology of the Pacific War
World War Two (BBC - History)
War Letters: Gallery (American Experience)
Women Come to the Front
U-boat Operations - Convoy Battles
World War II Casualties

World War II Maps

Europe on the Eve of World War II

Europe on the Eve of World War II
World War II Maps by Date
World War II Maps
Interactive Map of World War II: The European Theater
Interactive World War II Battle Map: The Pacific Theater
Maps: Pacific Theater in World War II
Maps of The European Theater (Battles)
Maps of The Pacific Theater (Battles)
War in the Pacific NHP: Park Brochure
WW2: Animated Campaign Maps (BBC - History)
Map - Alliances of World War II

Attack On Poland

Poland 1939
Poland - World War II (The Outbreak of War)
Invasion of Poland (Discovery Channel - WW2)
Invasion of Poland (BBC - History)
History of Poland (The act of war: 1939)
The campaign in Poland, 1939 (from World War II) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Air Power:World War II Begins

Attack On Finland

Winter War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
History Today: The educational archive of articles, news and study aids for teachers, students and enthusiasts - Britain's Arctic Gamble: The Russo-Finnish War 1939-40 - Britain's Arctic Gamble: The Russo-Finnish War 1939-40
The Baltic states and the Russo-Finnish War, 1939-40 (from World War II) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Finnish-Russian War. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Battles of the Winter War
Maps of Continuation War (Finland)
The Winter War 1939-1940
Finland - Encyclopedia of the History Channel UK
The front-line in the Karelian Isthmus during the Winter War
Maps of The Winter War (Finland)

The Phoney War

Phony War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BBC ON THIS DAY | 3 | 1939: Britain and France declare war on Germany
The Phoney War: AD 1939-1940
The Phoney War
Spectator, The: When the phoney war ended
The political consequences of the Phoney War
Britain Prepares for War (during Phoney War)

Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battle Of Britain - Encyclopedia of the History Channel UK
BBC - History - World War Two
The Battle of Britain (from World War II) -- Encyclopædia Britannica

Tobruk

Tobruk - Encyclopedia of the History Channel UK
Siege of Tobruk 1941
Fact File : Siege of Tobruk
Army: King's Own Royal Regiment, Lancaster - 2nd Battalion

Operation Barbarossa

The Soviet-German War 1941 - 1945 (BBC History)
Military History Online - Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Operation Barbarossa (Discovery Channel - WW2)
Operation Barbarossa: Interactive (Discovery Channel - WW2)
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa
The Soviet-German War 1941 - 1945 (BBC - History)
Stalin and the Betrayal of Leningrad (BBC - History)
The Battle of Britain (BBC - History)
World War Two: Summary Outline of Key Events (BBC - History)

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor Raid, 7 December 1941
HyperWar: War Warning Message
Pearl Harbor -Encyclopedia of the History Channel UK
Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" Speech
U.S. Declaration of War on Japan
Pearl Harbour
Pearl Harbour- Intercative
Pearl Harbor: A Rude Awakening (BBC - History)
The Myths of Pearl Harbor.

Bataan

Bataan - Encyclopedia of the History Channel UK
Map of Japanese Landings on Bataan
Bataan: Capture and Death March
Bataan Death March
Battle for Bataan: History of Bataan Battle
Battle for Bataan: MIlitary Experience
Timeline: World War II in the Philippines
People & Events: The Bataan POWs
People & Events: The Moment of Liberation
Bataan Table of Contents
Philippine Islands (7 December 1941-10 May 1942)
Luzon (15 December 1944-4 July 1945)

Battle of Coral Sea

Coral Sea - Encyclopedia of the History Channel UK
Battle of the Coral Sea - Wikipedia
Map of Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of the Coral Sea, 4-8 May 1942 [Australian War Memorial]
Battle of the Coral Sea, 4-8 May 1942 - Japanese intentions [Australian War Memorial]
Campaigns of the Pacific War: The Battle of the Coral Sea
USN Combat Narrative: The Battle of the Coral Sea
WAPA Photo Gallery - Coral Sea / Midway
Battles of Coral Sea and Midway, 1942
U.S.S. Lexington--Action Report of the Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of the Coral Sea: Timeline
A Priceless Advantage: U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence and the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, and the Aleutians--Part One

Midway

Midway: Brief Description
Midway - Encyclopedia of the History Channel UK
Battle of Midway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Photo Gallery - Coral Sea / Midway
Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway: Overview and Special Image Selection
Midway Islands Map
Battle of Midway: Action Report: Cruisers, Pacific Fleet
Decision at Midway: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, Part V [Chapter 1]
Japanese Plans: Toward Midway and the North Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, Part V [Chapter 2]
Midway Girds for Battle: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, Part V [Chapter 3]
Midway Versus the Japanese, 4-5 June 1942: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, Part V [Chapter 4]
Battle of the Carrier Planes, 4 June 1942: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, Part V [Chapter 5]
Battles of Coral Sea and Midway, 1942
A Priceless Advantage: U.S. Navy Communications Intelligence and the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway, and the Aleutians--Part One

Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal - Encyclopedia of the History Channel UK
Battle of Guadalcanal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Guadalcanal Chronology & Order of Battle
Guadalcanal Naval Battles
The Turning Point: Guadalcanal: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, Part VI [Chapter 1]
Guadalcanal, 7-9 August 1942: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, Part VI [Chapter 2]
Guadalcanal, Map
Pacific War Maps
Guadalcanal, Battle Map
Guadalcanal: The First Offensive
"I've Done My Time in Hell": The Struggle for Guadalcanal

Battle of El Alamein

El Alamein - Encyclopedia of the History Channel UK
Alamein, El. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein (Discovery Channel -WW2)
The Battle of El Alamein- Interactive (Discovery Channel -WW2)
World War Two: The Battle of El Alamein (BBC - History)
Second Battle of El Alamein (BBC - History)
The Battle of El Alamein- Interactive (BBC - History)
El Alamein 1942 Eyewitness Stories
El Alamein and Torch Landings 1942
Events in North Africa June 1942 - The Gazala Line and the Fall of Tobruk
Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Rommel, Erwin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05

Operation Torch

Operation Torch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Operation Torch
First Fire of Operation Torch
Operation Torch: North African Invasion
Operation Torch
Operation Torch Data: Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library
Operation Torch - Invasion of North Africa
Operation Torch: USS GUNNEL SS-253 / First War Patrol
Operation Torch: USS Augusta - War Diary 11/42
Operation Torch - USS Augusta Action Report
Eyewitness account of Operation Torch (USS Augusta CA-31)
A Different War: Marines in Europe and North Africa (Operation Torch)
The Second World War Experience Centre - El Alamein and Torch Landings 1942
The Second World War Experience Centre - Events in North Africa June 1942 - The Gazala Line and the Fall of Tobruk

Battle of Stalingrad

Volgograd - Encyclopedia of the History Channel UK
Battle of Stalingrad --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Battle of Stalingrad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Military History Online - Battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad 1942-1943
Stalingrad - Phase One
The End at Stalingrad (The Chronological Atlas of WWII)
Stalingrad Campaign. Chapter 1
Stalingrad: History of the Battle on the Volga

Conquest of Sicily

Allied Landings in Sicily (BBC - History)
The Second World War Experience Centre - Operation Husky, the Invasion of Sicily - July 1943
The Conquest of Sicily - Veterans Affairs Canada
WWII Campaigns: Sicily
Army Air Forces in World War II
Omar Nelson Bradley, General of the Army

D-Day

World War II Military Situation Maps - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
WWII D-Day The Invasion of Normandy
D-Day: Beachhead (BBC - History)
Operation Overlord: D-Day to Paris (BBC - History)
D-Day Timeline (BBC - History)
D-Day - The Untold Story (BBC - History)
Voices of D-Day (BBC - History)
The D-Day Landings- Animation (BBC - History)
Cross-Channel Attack- Overlord Revised

Battle of the Bulge

Battle of the Bulge. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Battle of the Bulge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battle of the Bulge: Overview (BBC - History)
The Battle of the Bulge (BBC - History)
Timeline: The War in Europe, After D-Day
Cronkite: The Battle of the Bulge Remembered
The Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge, 60th Anniversary Special - U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Army - Battle of the Bulge - 60th Anniversary
Battle of the Bulge (US Army)
The War of Attrition - 1944
Air Power in the Battle of the Bulge