- Navajo Code Talkers - http://mprofaca.cro.net/navajo.html
Tells the story of the Navajo volunteers who served in communications security roles in the Pacific Theater.
- What Did You Do In The War, Grandma? - http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/WWII_Women/tocCS.html
Oral histories of Rhode Island women during World War II, written by high school honors students.
- Grolier Online: World War II Commemoration - http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mainpage.html
Includes the story of the war, biographies and articles, photographs, air combat films, and interactive test. Designed for students.
- Aleutian World War II National Historic Area - http://www.nps.gov/aleu/home.htm
Tells the story of the islanders evacuated by the U.S. government just six months after Pearl Harbor. Includes a special section just for kids with a survivor's story and coloring pages.
- Rudolf Hess - http://www.members.aol.com/LeonardIngrams/index.html
The story of Rudolf Hess's attempt to make peace with the Allies during World War II.
- Buck's War - http://members.aeroinc.net/breners/buckswar/index.html
Photos and text tell the story of one young American who fought on the European front.
- Tweedale's War - http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/janemarshallworld/TweedalesWarPages%201-35.htm
The beginning chapters of an R.A.F. signalman's personal memories of the War in the East. Profusely illustrated with genuine mementos.
- Encarta: World War II - http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761563737
Encyclopedia provides an overview of the war along with related media items.
- Lest We Forget: World War II - http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/9764/
Essays, pictures, timelines, and speeches dealing with all aspects of the war in all theatres.
- BBC: WW2 People's War - http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/
People share their experiences of the war. Includes accounts from both soldiers and those at home in the United Kingdom.
- D-Day: American Experience - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/
Participants describe the planning and execution of the Normandy invasion during World War II, and the battle for the French beaches. Includes a map and a timeline.
- George C. Marshall - http://library.thinkquest.org/17692/
Introduces the man behind the Marshall Plan, the strategy that reshaped Europe after the war.
- ThinkQuest: Hiroshima: A City of Peace - http://library.thinkquest.org/J0111422/
Tells the story of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima and the damage done by the atomic bomb. Includes book reviews, poems, and interviews relating to peace and victims of the atomic bomb.
- ThinkQuest: Justice at Last!? The Holocaust Reparation Story - http://library.thinkquest.org/C0120164/
A joint project by German and American high school students and their coaches. Deals with the forced labor under the Nazi regime and the compensation process of the victims. Includes a teacher's section, map of camps, and links to other sites.
- Number the Stars - http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0310721/
Grade 5 students present an illustrated summary of Lois Lowry's book "Number the Stars" and present some basic facts about World War II and the holocaust as an introduction.
- ThinkQuest: The Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy - http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/
Award winning site by American high school students. Includes accounts by survivors, a summary, a timeline, audio clips of Holocaust survivors, several interactive features, a camp layout, and quizzes.
- World War II: The Homefront - http://library.thinkquest.org/15511/
Simulation follows a typical American family through a school year during the war, covering day-to-day life and period culture, such as television, movies, and toys. Illustrated timeline charts events leading up to the war through the end of the conflict.
- World War II - http://library.thinkquest.org/19090/
Presents information on the conflict from its origins to the final outcomes. Includes biography of Adolf Hitler and a brief overview of Germany prior to the war, a look at the technology of war, and an analysis of the aftermath.
- ThinkQuest: Mission Europe Hostilities - http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212881/
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to learn about European countries during World War II. Includes information, photos, and quizzes on seven European countries involved in the war.
- The World War II Page - http://library.thinkquest.org/13831/
Includes a look at major battles in the Pacific and Europe, as well as detailed statistics and information about the various planes used in the war.
- The Second World War: the Pacific Theatre - http://library.thinkquest.org/18106/
Provides a one-page summary of the war in the pacific, a timeline of critical events grouped by years, in-depth articles about major battles, photographs, and interviews with four veterans.
- ThinkQuest: Hitler's Rage - http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112882/
Learn about Hitler, the survivors in concentration camps, and about Anne Frank. Includes a list of books to read on the Holocaust.
- Dad Rarey's Sketchbook - http://www.rareybird.com/
A young cartoonist and commercial artist kept a cartoon journal of his daily life as a fighter pilot in the 379th Fighter Squadron.
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