Curated Video
What Happened to German Soldiers After WW2? | Animated History
When VE Day was declared in 1945, the Allied powers held roughly 11 million German soldiers as Prisoners of War. The vast majority of these, close to 8 million, had been captured by the Western Allies, while the remaining 3 million were...
Hip Hughes History
The Yalta Conference Explained
A super short primer on the Yalta Conference also known as the Crimean Conference. Meet FDR, Stalin and Churchill and prepare to end one war and start another cold one.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin is dead
Title Card: "Bulletin - Joseph Stalin Is Dead" // Moscow: LS Kremlin Wall in snow / MS building / VS people walking in street, reading newspapers, woman with baby / CU Joseph Stalin in military uniform, smiling slightly / MS Vyacheslav...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Eventful 1945 sees the passing of President Roosevelt and unconditional surrender from the Germans
(Washington, DC 1/20/1945) LS White House with a few MPs guarding on snowy lawn / MS side view Pres. Franklin Roosevelt swears in on White House portico / rear WS large crowd / VS Roosevelt waves, son Elliot behind him smiling / MS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
After his 1953 death, a look at Joseph Stalin's tenure as leader of the Soviet Union
[GHOC Episode 0-07] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title: "Stalin Dies" with photo of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin / [1930s, Moscow] VS Stalin / VS Soviet Army marches in Red Square; Stalin and officials on the Lenin...
Hearst Metrotone News
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt meet at the Yalta Conference in February of 1954.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt meet at the Yalta Conference in February of 1954.
Hearst Metrotone News
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin attend the Yalta Conference.
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin attend the Yalta Conference.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill meet at the Yalta Conference in 1945
[GHOC Episode L-06] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title card: "Big Three Meet at Yalta" / Pan Black Sea shoreline to resort town of Yalta, where a conference to discuss post-World War II reorganization is to be held...
Curated OER
History of the Cold War
This resource shows video clips and still images while dramatic music blasts in the background. Written commentary is provided, but it moves quickly. While it probably moves too fast for a note-taking guide to accompany it, consider...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: 1945 End of World War Ii
Discusses the events of 1945 as the Allies advanced in Europe, forced Germany's surrender, made preparations for what would happen at the end of the war. Meanwhile, the fight against Japan continued until the dropping of the atomic bombs...