World War II Research

Welcome to History Link 101's World War II Research Page. History Link 101 is a site developed for World History Classes, by a World History Teacher.

Air Force

    Glider Pilot Regiment Site with pictures and descriptions of uses of Gliders in World War II.
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    Organization and Tactics of the Luftwaffe Some interesting information. Some tables are completely in German but interesting reading.
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    504 Parachute Division Essays on major battles and campaigns of this division.
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    Aircraft Strengths and Losses in the Battle of Britain Statistics from both sides of the conflict.
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German Navy and Army

    Organization of German Navy Information on ships and other things.
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    Organization of the German SS Information of the military units which made up the German SS.
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    German Panzer Very large site detailing the different model and uses of this German tank.
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Statistics

    German War Statistics Great Stats!! One page which includes population leading up to war, numbers in different branches of German military and casualties.
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    Statistics on the European Theater Large set of statistics of World War II in the European Theater.
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    Western Front Statistics
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    Campaign Summaries of WW II
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    Statistics of World War II Has interesting stats of troops and strengths during different battles. Click on left for year and scroll though pages to see the different statistics.
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First Hand Stories

    Eyewitness Accounts of World War II Over thirty short eyewitness accounts from World War II.
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     Background and Stories of Men from Bomber Groups Offers stories and background on bomber crew members.
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    A Pilots Journal Includes a Raid on Munich and his capture and time in German prison.
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    Private Art C Large collection of letters from a private to his family during the war. Window will pop up - Click on dog tags on bottom to see letters from 1943 to 1945. Click on calendar to see correspondence of the different days.
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    Memories of World War II Contributions from many soldiers indexed alphabetically.
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    Stories of Dutch Describes 4 day battle with Germans. Includes two galleries of planes.
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    World War II Stories Told in Their Own Words Large collection of stories by a wide variety of contributors.
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    Accounts of D-Day Firsthand account of the battle by PBS.
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    First hand Account of D-Day
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    Accounts of Nurses in World War II Four accounts by PBS.
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    Historical Text By Don Mabry. Collection of different writings and documents from World War II.
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    Rutgers Oral History Archive Very large collection of interviews of service people in World War II.
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    Witnesses of the Holocaust Articles from Remember.org.
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    Grandma, What did you do in the War? Wide variety of interviews of women and their role in the war.
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    Pearl Harbor Survivors Speak
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Web Directories

    Index of British WW II Sites
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    World War II Links Page
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    Holocaust Links Over 60 links.
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Timelines

    Chronology of Events from 1938 to 1941
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    Timeline of World War II Very large page - may take awhile to download. Has links to essays on certain key events.
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    Timeline of World War II Has interesting stats of troops and strengths during different battles.
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    Timeline of War in the Pacific
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    Timelines of World War II Large set which includes timelines; War at Sea, War in the Desert, Asia and Pacific, and The Americans.
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    Timeline of D-Day Minute by minute time line of the D-Day battle. Site includes timeline of World War II
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    Chronology of World War II
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    Time Line of the Making of the Atomic Bomb
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    Time Line of the Holocaust
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Primary Documents

    World War II Primary Documents Over 15,000 pages of Primary documents from USA, Britain, France, and others concerning WWII. Includes documents on Pearl Harbor hearings.
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    Diplomatic and Political Documents of WWII
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    World War II Documents The Avalon Project from Yale Law School connects you to World War II Documents.
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    Hitler Historical Museum Speeches, images, writings, and more. Includes Mein Kampf
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    Hyper Text Documents of World War II Policy statements & speeches, declarations of war, surrender documents, and more.
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    Nuremburg War Crime Documents From Yale Law School's Avalon Project.
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    Dispatches From the Bulge Six dispatches sent during the Battle of the Bulge.
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Miscellaneous

    A Look back at Nuremburg Examination by Court TV.
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    World War II Resources Collection of documents about World War II.
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