US National Archives
Internet Archive: Nuremburg
Internet Archive history video [1:14:41] produced by the Department of Army ca. 1945 on Nuremburg, prosecution and the devestation of WWII.
US National Archives
Internet Archive: Normandy, the Airborne Invasion of Fortress Europe
Original film [52:29] tells the story of the invasion of Normandy.
US National Archives
Internet Archive: The Battle for the Beaches
Original film [21:27] of the battle for control of beaches in the Pacific and European areas.
US National Archives
Internet Archive: Hell on Wheels
Original historical footage [20:21] of combat activities of the 2nd Armored Division during World War II.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: D Day
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...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Why Did Wwii Break Out? (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of the video entitled Why Did WWII Break Out? (Part 2). [14:57]
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust in Lithuania Dr. Christoph Dieckmann
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. In addition to primary sources, they...
BBC
Bbc: Siege at Leningrad
A five minute interview of a woman who lived through the Battle of Leningrad. Click on Speaker Icon under "Siege of Leningrad." Real Audio Plugin required. Archived.
Library of Congress
Loc: War Ends Vj Day
Letters and stories from soldiers as the recall and record their feelings on the day Japan surrendered.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: A More Perfect Union
A comprehensive site from the National Museum of American History about the rights of citizens and the power of states as seen in the Japanese American internment. Primary resources abound in interactive multimedia galleries.
PBS
Pbs: The War: D Day (Video of the Invasion)
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," watch a video documentary of D-Day.
PBS
Pbs: The War: Japanese Relocation
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," watch a "U.S. Government-produced film defending the World War II internment of Japanese-American citizens."
PBS
Pbs: The War: Internment Camps
At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," watch video of internment camps as "Susumu Satow and Asako Tokuno recall life in the internment camps."
PBS
Pbs: Nazi Prison Escapes at Colditz
Companion website to the NOVA program on Colditz and those who tried to escape from it during World War 2. Includes plans on the "glider" escape where prisoners made a Glider to "fly" out of the prison.
PBS
Pbs: The War: Air War (British Versus American Missions)
At the online companion of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," watch a clip from the series that describes the different approaches to the air war taken by the British and the Americans.
PBS
Pbs: Hitler's Sunken Secret
Could the Nazis have actually developed a nuclear weapon? This site explores the possibilities. Read about the Norwegian Resistance movement and its place in history. Excellent slide show of secret telegrams between Norway and London.
PBS
Pbs: Nova Holocaust on Trial
Companion website to a documentary chronicling the 2000 English court case about denial of the Holocaust happening.
US National Archives
Internet Archive: Landings on Okinawa, 1945/04/09
A Newsreel short film from 1945 showing Pacific Fleet Commander, Admiral Nimitz sending an armada of 1,400 vessels to Okinawa during World War II.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Beginning of World War Ii
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]
Crash Course
Crash Course World History 220: World War Ii, a War for Resources
Crash Course World History video talks about WWII within the context of resources, especially food, and how the need for food shaped imperialist and expansionist tendencies. [11:01]
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Why Did Wwii Break Out? Part I
This video [14:37] is entitled "Why Did WWII Break Out?" Part I. Part 2 is at: https://www.youtube.com/embed/SxbvjUT59L0?rel=0
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Fascist Italy and the Jews: Myth Versus Reality (Part 1)
This is Part 1 of the video [21:15] "Fascist Italy and the Jews: Myth Versus Reality." Part 2 is at: https://www.youtube.com/embed/5wJ7N9dy5Gs?rel=0
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hitler Campaign Speech
A video [1:19] of the speech by Adolf Hitler at the campaign rally in Waldenburg, Germany in 1932.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: James Wright: Pearl Harbor
A video [0:40] of James Wright telling of his experience as he witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor.