World War II Resources
Updated 02/04/04

 

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.

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.

Enola Gay Perspectives

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

Totalitarianism & 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."

Holocaust Rescuers

This bibliography (including some links to online resources) lists works in English which discuss the lives and actions of rescuers during the Holocaust. Individuals, groups, and in the case of Denmark, almost an entire country, reached out. Bulgaria was also active in protecting its Jewish population.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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..