World War II Resources

`World War II Resources From the Chico High School Library`

The World At War: General Resources

Tuskegee Airmen: Lonely Eagles to Red Tail Angels

The African American pilots who served in World War II are featured here.

A famous image to World War II was "Rosie the Riveter", a woman who got the job done on the home front.

"An Adventure Despite Hard Times", the story of Mildred Chatalian's contributions during World War II.

Collection of links to websites that offer information about World War II.

This exhibit highlights the contributions of the thousands of Americans, both military and civilian, who served their country during World War II. World War II Links

Large, well-organized collection of links to information about World War II, and its causes.

World War II on the Web

Links to information about WWII.

World War II Web Ring

Collection of links to websites dedicated to World War II. Many of them offer non-U.S. views of the war.

Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters

Spotlights eight women who succeeded in "coming to the front" during the war, drawn from private papers and photographs primarily in Library of Congress collections

Women at War: Redstone's WWII Female "Production Soldiers"

The role of women in the manufacture of munitions at the Redstone Arsenal is documented in text and images.

The U-boat War 1939-1945

Submarines and their WWII use.

Nazi & Soviet Art

WWII art of Germany and the Soviet Union.

Zeppelin

Information about the German blimps used in WWII.

Air Ships and Zeppelins

History of the use of the Zeppelins and blimps.

World War II German AFV Page

Military emphasis, with aircraft, tanks and weapons.

Die Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe, the German air force, is "captured" here.

Battles

Focus is on the Battle of the Bulge and D-Day, the Normandy invasion.

Enola Gay Perspectives

"The War in the Pacific: A Brief History and Timeline" is the theme and information made available from this website.

They Still Draw Pictures: Drawings Made by Spanish Children During the Spanish Civil War

Exhibition of 609 drawings made by school children in Spain and in refugee centers in France during the Spanish Civil War.

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The Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy

Students created this ThinkQuest project which seekls to ptovide a wide variety of resources related to understanding the Holocaust.

The "Final Solution"

"The origin of the "Final Solution," the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people, remains uncertain. What is clear is that the genocide of the Jews was the culmination of a decade of Nazi policy, under the rule of Adolf Hitler. The "Final Solution" was implemented in stages."

Cybrary of the Holocaust

Collection of links to many online websites related to The Holocaust. From here you can browse many other sites related to this topic, grouped under a number of subtopics (e.g., Survivors, Liberators, Victims, etc.) Begins coverage in the Thirties.

L'CHAIM: A Holocaust Web Project

Notice: "L'Chaim is divided into three sections. While this site is educational in nature, it has images that may disturbing to younger children. While we encourage children to learn, we hope that parents will be there to help explain certain events to those to young to complexity behind what they might read and see."

The Warsaw Uprising August 1, 1944 - October 2, 1944

The story of the Polish Resistance fighters tragic uprising against the Nazi occupation army near the end of WWII.

Elisabeth Cassutto

"These pages are dedicated to my parents, who by their faith and determination to live, survived one of the greatest genocides in human memory. After they experienced the events described herein, these two courageous people told their story to the world for two reasons: to share with others the faith their tribulations had given birth to, and also to raise the consciousness of their fellow human beings so that events like the Holocaust should never happen again."

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Virtual Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre v(1937-1938)

Photos and other documentary evidence of Japan's acts of genocide in China during WWII.

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`Espionage and Spying`

Women of the OSS (Spies)

"It takes courage to be a spy. The women who volunteered to be spies and came to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) unit attached to the 36th Infantry Division--with which I was serving in the Vosges Mountains of France in the fall of 1944--had plenty of courage."

The Influence of ULTRA in the Second World War

An English spying and espionage network of the Btittish during WWII is explained by one of the people who worked on the codes used to send secret messages.

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`War Propaganda`

Powers of Persuasion

"Guns, tanks, and bombs were the principal weapons of World War II, but there were other, more subtle, forms of warfare as well. Words, posters, and films waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the American citizenry just as surely as military weapons engaged the enemy."

German posters

Large exhibition of German WWII propaganda posters, in color.

Pre-World War II Propaganda Posters

Three Nazi posters issued during the build-up to the war.

World War II Poster Database

"The Government Publications Department at Northwestern University Library has a very comprehensive collection of over 300 posters issued by U.S. Federal agencies from the onset of war through 1945." You will need to search this collection by key word, or use the subject option at the bottom of the page..

WWII Propaganda Posters

Patriotic in nature, these posters were supposed to stir up pro-American feelings, and help mobilize citizens to support the War movement.

Propaganda Posters

More propaganda posters.

Propaganda leaflets

Even more propaganda posters.

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