Describes the successes of the Axis Powers as they expand their reach across Europe, Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union, and the entry of the United States into the war after Pearl Harbor is attacked. [12:12]

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Official film [35:10] from the War Department published in 1944 on the construction of the Alaskan Highway.

This four-lesson curriculum unit will examine the nature of what Winston Churchill called the "Grand Alliance" between the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union in opposition to the aggression of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

This elaborate site provides insight into D-Day, as told through the voices of the people who participated in the planning and execution of the invasion and the battle for the Normandy beaches. Content includes a focus on the paratroopers, as well as letters sent home from the men who fought on D-Day.

This is the accompanying site to the PBS film "Victory in the Pacific." Information provided includes maps by which students can trace the war, eyewitness stories, and discussions by historians.

Footage [57:27] published in 1945 on the history of World War II operations in the Pacific Theater from the fall of Corregidor to surrender at Tokyo Bay.

Site from Yale provides detailed information about the radiation sickness that swept through the bombed areas of Japan after WWII. Detailed and thorough analysis.

Website encompasses every aspect of World War II with particular emphasis on British roles and viewpoints. Resources include a range of audio, visual, and interactive media. Content coverage highlights include the war at sea, the air war, codebreaking, war propaganda, the Holocaust, strategic battles, political and battlefield leadership, and more.

Original film [21:27] of the battle for control of beaches in the Pacific and European areas.

1942 video [26:42] published by the Department of Navy gives a detailed analyses of Battle of Midway strategy and events.

Provides an overview of the events that led up to the outbreak of World War II beginning with the conflicts in Asia in the decades preceding the war. [7:55]

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This lesson highlights the changing relationship between the city center and the suburb in the postwar decades, especially in the 1950s. Students will look at the legislation leading up to and including the Federal Highway Act of 1956. They will also examine documents about the history of Levittown, the most famous and most important of the postwar suburban planned developments.

The article listed is a German Propaganda Article from the archives at Calvin College.

Video [1:21:02] published in 1945 by the Department of War in conjunction with British Government surveys entire WWII campaign in Western Europe from just before D-Day to the surrender of Germany in May 1945.

Table broken down by country showing estimated numbers of Jewish people killed in each area during World War II.

Here you will find a video and photo gallery of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb. This is the online version of the former exhibition of the plane.

In the years after World War I Americans quickly reached the conclusion that their country's participation in that war had been a disastrous mistake, one which should never be repeated again. During the 1920s and 1930s"”recognized as the Interwar Period (1921-1939)"”U.S. officials pursued a number of strategies aimed at preventing war.