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World War II Documents
Primary source material from the Avalon Project at Yale Law School.

American Memory
"American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience."

America from the Great Depression to World War II
Documentary photographs from the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection.

War Poster Collection
A collection of 78 posters from World War I and II. Searchable, and browsable by topic from the University of Washington Libraries. Use the pull-down menu on the left side to view posters from a specific war.

Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
"Guns, tanks, and bombs were the principal weapons of World War II, but there were other, more subtle forms of warfare as well." Presented by the National Archives.

Last Expression: Art from Auschwitz
An exploration of the art created by the prisoners at the concentration camp Auschwitz.

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Exhibits, photographs and history of the holocaust.

Decoding Nazi Secrets
Companion Web site to the NOVA special that chronicles how the Allies succeeded in cracking the infamous German message-coding machine, the Enigma.

Navajo Code Talkers
The story of the most significant and successful military code of World War II.

Shtetl: Righteous Gentiles
Read accounts of gentiles who refused to stand by while their neighbors disappeared.

The Atomic Age Begins
Historical documents and reports that have shaped the Atomic Age, from the Manhattan Project to the present.

British History 1700-1950
A detailed overview of the Second World War (part of the Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia), compiled in Great Britain. Be sure to scroll down to table with subject listings.

Historic Government Publications from World War II
See U.S. Government brochures and reports from the World War II era.

They Drew Fire: Combat Artists of World War II
Profiles of the artists who "depicted war as they experienced it" and a gallery of their works.

The Perilous Fight
"Witness World War II through rare color film, and read letters from a nation redefining itself." Companion to the PBS series.

War Relocation Camps of World War II
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order that moved nearly 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans into 10 isolated relocation centers. The National Register of Historic Places presents a lesson and information about two of those centers: Manzanar and Rowher.

Japanese-American Relocation Digital Archives
A project of the U.S. Institute of Museum & Library Services which provides access to over 10,000 images and 20,000 pages of electronic transcriptions.

Fly Girls: Women Air Force Service Pilots of WW II
In the midst of World War II, women with flight experience were needed by the U.S. military. This is the companion to the PBS American Experience episode telling their story.

The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It
The story of the 40,000 Americans who refused to take up arms because their consciences would not allow them to kill another human being.

Destination D-Day Game
In 1944, to prepare for the D-Day invasion of Europe, agents of the British SOE (Special Operations Executive) were working alongside the Resistance in France. Can you complete a sabotage mission behind enemy lines?

The Battle of the Atlantic Game
Have you got what it takes to defeat the U-boats and lead a convoy across the perilous North Atlantic during World War II?

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