Armed Services

Airborne/Aircraft/Pilots

American Aircraft of World War II

...reference site with photos, data, and info on all American aircraft designed or used in World War II.

The Drop Zone Virtual Museum Oral History Project

...exists to preserve and share the legacies of America's WWII Airborne and Ranger veterans through oral histories and snapshots--an on-line tour through the history of the unique men and mission of the American Army's paratroopers and glidermen.

Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum

...contains thousands of historical objects for use in research, education, and exhibition. These include three-dimensional items ranging from flight gear to materials crafted by veterans during their stay in POW camps. This site also gives the history of the Eighth Air Force; has online exhibits, artifacts, photographs and stories from their collection illustrating character traits; and gives other historical resources on the story of American air power.

Planes and Pilots of World War II: An Online World War Two Aviation History Magazine

...provides the following:  a forum for WWII veterans to publish their own experiences to preserve the individual history of each veteran; an accurate source of aircraft data; an accurate history of persons, units, and events pertaining to WWII aviation; and entertainment for the reader.
Marines
HyperWar: Condition Red:  Marine Defense Battalions in World War II
...gives the role of the Marine defense battalion played during World War II.
Navy
Q-Ships during World War II
...this site gives the origin and history of q-ships used in World War I and II.
Seebees
...find the formation of the Seebees and their role in World War II.

Chemical Warfare
Federation of American Scientists: Special Weapons Primer -- Chemical Weapons
...gives information on the development of chemical warfare in warfare.
History of Chemical Warfare and Current Threat
...a handbook that presents the history of chemical warfare throughout history, chemical agent terms, definitions of five different types of chemical agents, and medical management of casualties.
Historical Aspects and Current Control Mechanisms of Chemical Warfare Agents
...table of different chemical and biological agents as to when they were used in warfare, when they were invented, and their names/symbols.
Huntsville's World War II Army Architectural Legacy
...gives information concerning Huntsville, Alabama, and the chemical war munitions installation, Huntsville Arsenal.

Codebreaking
Codebreaking and Secret Weapons in World War II
...fact sheet and information about the code talker dictionary.
IWM - Enigma and the Codebreaker
...find out about codes in wartime, how they were used and how the German Enigma code was broken during the Second World War.
Navajo Code Talkers: World War II Fact Sheet
...a fact sheet about Navajo code talkers and how they took part in every assault the US Marines conducted.
NOVA Online: Decoding Nazi Secrets
...companion Website to "Decoding Nazi Secrets," a two-hour NOVA special that chronicles how the Allies succeeded in cracking the infamous German message-coding machine, the Enigma.

Documents
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: World War II Documents
...click on "20^th Century" button, and then type in World War II in the search box to find documents on World War II.

French Resistance
French Resistance
...gives background information on the French Resistance plus links to other WWII websites.
French Resistance (from Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia)
...gives background information on the French Resistance and different Resistance Groups.
Jean Moulin and the French Resistance
...biographic information on Jean Moulin, considered by many as one of the greatest heroes in France, and his role in the French Resistance.

General
American Memory: Collection Finder
...click on history.  Type in "World War II" to find information on many aspects of World War II.
BBC World War II History
...find in-depth articles, multimedia (like games, virtual tours and animations) as well as bite-size material like timelines and short biographies of historic figures.
Eyewitness to History: World War II
...your ringside seat to World War II happenings through the eyes of those who lived it.
The History Net: World War II
...gives all sorts of links to information about World War II, individuals, groups, and places.
The History New: World War II in Europe
...has timeline with photos and text.
Institute on World War II and the Human Experience: Recognition and Remembrance
...focuses on the everyday life of men and women, military and civilians alike, who experienced the pressures of World War II.
The Story of World War II
...read all about the conflict, its causes, its heroes, and its long-term impact on history. Articles are drawn from Encyclopedia Americana.
The United States Army Air Forces in World War II -- USAAF Air Force/Division/Wing Histories
...exists to help you research the United States Army Air Forces, its personnel, units, and aircraft.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
...type in "World War II" in the Search box and find all kinds of information such as documents (some of which are the original documents), sound recordings of speeches and broadcasts, all types of lists, photographs, etc.
The Veterans History Project
...collects the memories, accounts, and documents of war veterans and of those who served in support of them during World War I, World War II, and the Korean, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf wars, and to preserve their stories of experience and service for future generations.
The World at War, History of War 1939-1945
...search site by typing in term(s); also, includes a message board and a year-by-year timeline.
World War II Commemoration Air Combat Films
...has three World War II air war mini-documentaries. Download each and watch history unfold in the skies over Europe.
World War II on the Web
...provides information on World War II of interest to collectors, historians and researchers.
World War II Photographs
...photographs from the National Archives illustrate both the triumph and tragedy of war.
World War II Resources by Pearl Harbor History Associates
...has extensive collection of primary source documents and links from official sources on World War II. Includes the British War Blue Book, the French Yellow Book, treaties, declarations of war, speeches, surrender documents, congressional hearing reports, documents from the archives of the German Foreign Office, and more. Also provides related links.
 Yahoo! Directory Military History: World War II
...links to many Websites covering World War II -- search by topic or country/region.

Holocaust
20th Century History: The Holocaust
...links to information about the Holocaust that occurred during World War II (photographs, timeline, glossary, concentration camps, and articles).
United States Holocaust Museum
...offers background to the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. plus one can view vicariously the museum itself,  their permanent exhibitions, online exhibitions such as "Life in the Shadows: Hidden Children and the Holocaust" (requires Flash Player 6.0), FAQs,  and much more. 

Internment Camps
Japanese Relocation Centers
...gives information concerning internment or relocation of Americans of Japanese descent living in the United States as a result of Pearl Harbor being bombed by the Japanese.

Interviews and Personal Accounts
Kidsread.com -- World War II: The War That Shaped Our Lives
...features an interview/conversation with historian and biographer Stephen E. Ambrose, author of Band of Brothers and some thirty other books concerning World War II and the American West.
Memories of War
...exists to preserve and share the memories of the generation that fought for all of us in World War II. Veterans are urged to use this site as a place to display their stories for the benefit of researchers, writers, students, anyone who wants to learn more about our history.
Oral History Archives of World War II
...records the personal experiences of the men and women who served on the home front and overseas beginning with an initial target group of Rutgers College alumni and Douglass College alumnae (formally, New Jersey College for Women).
Yahoo! Directory of World War II Personal Accounts
...links to their most popular site listings of biographies, personal experiences and memorabilia, and also gives an alphabetical list of links to personal accounts.

Maps
Picindexmaps: World War II Maps by Date
...has index to maps on the History Department of the University of San Diego server, for the use of faculty and students in class projects. These pictures may be used for research and educational purposes but may not be published or sold in any way.

Memorials
National World War II Memorial
...first national memorial dedicated to all who served during World War II that will honor all military veterans of the war, the citizens on the home front, the nation at large.  Members of the World War II generation can be honored at this Website by enrolling them in the World War II Registry.
Normandy Allies
...information concerning the efforts of Normandy Allies, an organization dedicated to preserving the historical memory of the Allied liberation of Normandy; also included is a historical overview of the essential military divisions involved in the invasion, along with personal remembrances from veterans.

Music
Belfer World War II Song
...shares a collection of World War II songs by title or topic/theme with a brief commentary of each song and a 30 second audio sample of each.

Nuclear Weapons
Nuclearfiles.org
...devoted to the history of the Nuclear Age. By providing background information, such as timelines, biographies of important persons of the Nuclear Age and their relationship to the nuclear era, the Manhattan Project, plus analysis and access to primary documents, this site is an educational resource exploring the political, legal and ethical challenges stemming from the continued existence of nuclear weapons.

Photographs
World War II: Preparing for Battle
...various photographs of various groups of soldiers and civilians as they were preparing for the war.

Posters
Powers of Persuasion: Poster: Art from World War II
...exhibit from the National Archives that compares the subtle and not-so-subtle psychological approaches used in rallying public support for the war.
World War II Poster Collection
...the Government Publications Department at Northwestern University Library has a comprehensive collection of over 300 posters issued by US Federal agencies from the onset of war through 1945.

Prisoners of War
Education World: World War II Prisoners of War
...has almost 200 biographies of American World War II ex-prisoners of war.

Role of Women
Rosie the Riveter
...website for women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II.
WERI: The Women's Research and Education Institute -- Women in the Military
...gives interesting historical facts about American women and the military from the Revolutionary War to the present time.

Timelines
World War II Factbook
...features a year by year timeline as well as statistics.
World War II Timeline
...search by date, topic, pictures, maps, and great Internet links on all sorts of topics.
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