Can anyone suggest some great World War II (NON PEARL HARBOR, I have that covered) websites?

Question

I am looking for supplemental information on WWII for next weeks lesson plan fo my students; causes, aftermath, different aspects, of the war, etc.

Thx

Answer 1

A good general timeline
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm

The Holocaust Museum
http://www.ushmm.org

The Auschwitz Memorial and Museum
http://www.auschwitz.org.pl/html/eng/start/index.php

A Virtual Tour of Auschwitz
http://www.remember.org/educate/intro.html

The Dachau Gas Chambers
http://www.holocaust-history.org/dachau-gas-chambers/

Corrie ten Boom "The Hiding Place"
http://www.corrietenboom.com/

Stimson and the Manchurian Crisis
http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/time8.html

Wartime Conferences Between the Allies
http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/history/time9.html

The Primary Documents relating to WWII
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm

Answer 2

Try the web site for the 5th Army Air Force, which had a AO of the South pacific during WWII. Red Raiders also.

Answer 3

I'd say Pearl Harbor, since it awoke a 'sleeping giant.' The invasion of the USSR came within a hair's breath away from a German victory. The blunder on the eastern front (in my opinion) came with the decision to fight an urban battle in the streets of Stalingrad with a blitz krieging army.....

Answer 4

you could talk about the technological advancements that came from the war.

the v-1 and v-2 led to the modern rocket age.

Jets, computers, synthetic materials, new medicines, industrial modernization, improved sanitation etc... these were all ultimate contributions of the war.

I was trying to find a good site about "Operation Paperclip" but it is mostly conspiracy nut job sites.

if you want something more about battles, Stalingrad is a great one, technology was useless it was literally a battle with no front lines, brutal hand to hand, house to house and often times room to room combat. http://users.pandora.be/stalingrad/

or how about the Warsaw uprisings the ghetto uprising and the uprising of 1944. The citizens of the city literally lived in the sewers and created their own city down there, they ran schools, hospitals, they had a postal service and shops in the sewers to protect them from the Germans. http://www.warsawuprising.com/res.htm

best of luck

Answer 5

modernhistorysoucebook.com, full of primary sources and other documents. i've used all through university. if that don't work, then google "Source Book" and you will find it.

Answer 6

Have you already tried worldwar2.com....? If not.....

Answer 7

try bbc/history.