American History Sources for Students:
Wars of the 20th Century
WWI
Trenches on the Web - excellent listing of WWI sources
WWI Document Archive - official and personal documents
World War I - great set of varied subject links
World War I Propaganda - helped to forge the nation into a strong fighting whole.
EyeWhitness of Wrold War I - about eight accounts of important events
The Great War - excellent information to parallel the PBS program
The Great War Series - articles, images, information and memoirs from people like "the Red Barron."
WWI - great link list covering all the important aspects of the war
World War I Cartoons - reflect the feelings of the time
The Treaty of Versailles - succinct information
The Treaty of Versailles - the complete treaty plus cartoons, images, and more
British Posters - It is interesting to study this site and the one above for comparison and contrast.
World War I and II Posters - copyright free US governemnt posters
WWII
World War 2 Timeline - extensive listing by area
The Rise of Hitler - well organized
Today in History - short hyperlinked information
Modern World History - good information from the BBC
World War II - excellent set of links covering the topic
World War II - information is updated quarterly
World War II Series - articles, interviews, videoclips, and more
World War II in Europe - time line format
Attack at Pearl Harbor - background with eyewitness information
Pearl Harbor Remembered - links to varied information
One Sunday in December - great detailed information
People at War - from the National Personnel Records Center
What did you do in the War, Grandma? - oral history of WWII from the woman's side
Redstone's WWII Female Production soldiers - war work at the Redstone Arsenal
Women Come to the Front - the story of journalists, photographers, and broadcasters
World War II Poster Database - search from about 300
Ad*Access: World War II - Check out the ads that appeared during that time. They give interesting insights.
Powers of Persuasion - Posters from the NARA
Rarey's... Sketchbook Journals - an illustrated remembrance
Diary of a War Artist - interesting daily accounts
U-boats - information on each and every one of them
Decoding the Nazi Secrets - the NOVA companion site
Nazi Occupation of Poland - eyewitness account
Pearl Harbor - excellent links
Radio News - listen to original broadcasts
Normandy - look, listen, and learn
Guide to the Holocaust - great information and activities
Holocaust Timeline - many pictures
WWII Oral History - lots of accounts
World War II Documents - comprehensive
Radio Days - listen in on the important news as it was delivered
The Drop Zone - more great first hand accounts
Dad's War - has many recollections
Fighters on the Farm Front - explains the use of POWs and others
Internment of Japanese During WWII Maps. photos, and facts
Internment of San Francisco Japanese extensive materials from the Museum of the City of San Francisco
Internment and Evacuation of San Francisco Japanese 1942 newspaper articles
The Atomic Bomb Decision Here are the documents.
Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy - Hiroshima - comprehensive primary sources
Hiroshima Archive - part of the 50th anniversary commemoration
Voice of Hibakusha - eye witness accounts of the bombing of Hiroshima
Berlin Airlift - facts figures, photos, and more
Korean War
Korea - Recollections of the Korean War - Sound bites and more from the Imperial War Museum
The Korean War Project - database and categorized information
Combat Actions in Korea - 19 chapters of information
Eye-Witness - a North Korean Remembers
Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy - from Mount Holyoke College
Vietnam
Women in Vietnam - primary and secondary sources
The War in Vietnam: A Story in Photographs - from the National Archives and Records Administration
Investigating the Vietnam War
The American Experience/Vietnam - well done PBS companion site
History of the Vietnam War 101 - a discussion forum
'Nam Album - excellent photos
Vietnam - ezine form of the magazine
The Vietnam War Resource Guide - huge and varied list of links
Persian Gulf War
Desert-Storm.com - created by a student to honor those who served.
Operation Desert Storm Debriefing Book - facts, figures and faces behind the Persian Gulf War of 1991
Frontline - PBS Companion site
Gulflink - A guide to Intelligence Documents - primary sources
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