Overview of the course of World War II in North Africa and Europe.

Overview of Japanese expansion in the Pacific, attack on Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry into World War II.

Site of the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. Includes information on the dedication, the construction, and design. You may also enter a World War II Veteran in the Memorial Registry.

This Website has descriptions of many historic landmarks from WWII and other historic monuments.

Travel the history of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team through these primary documents preserved from WWII. Topics include the activation and origin of the team, and battle history, honors and tributes.

Share in the stories of seven men and women from Prince Edward as they relate their experiences during World War ll. Listen to Bob Johnson as he tells of his harrowing experience in Burma, after being shot down, and spending 22 days in...

Because of World War II, life changed for farmers in the 1940s. Many farmers left the farm for the cities or to serve in the military, new technologies were developed, and equipment improved making the work in fields easier and quicker.

The impact that the Second World War had on the prairie town on Saskatoon is investigated here. This investigation includes how Saskatoon was transformed from an agriculture centre to a town crucial to the mobilization of supplies and a...

At the online companion site of the PBS documentary series "THE WAR," find a write-up about Allied invasion of Sicily, which to that point was the largest amphibious landing in history. With links to related resources, including archive...

This resource provides information about the various aspects of Canadian involvement in World War II including the war at sea, war on land, war in the air, and the war on the homefront.

Canada's role in the Second World War is demonstrated in this exhibit through articles which appeared in newspapers throughout the country. Included are sections on Canada and the War, operations, and the Holocaust. It provides a...

View videos, photograph, and renderings of American presidents and their foreign counterparts in this image-rich examination of the post-World War II environment and the cold war that followed it. Includes a review of key foreign-policy...

This site provides a comprehensive overview of many conferences between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill and the Allies' conferences with Stalin and others during World War II and includes links to related resources and media.

Details the many roles Florida and Floridians played in World War II, how the development of Florida was helped by WWII, and the state's prisoner of war camps.

Details the many roles Florida and Floridians played in World War II, how the development of Florida was helped by WWII, and the state's prisoner of war camps.

Overview of the final stages of WWII in which war in the Pacific and the Atomic bomb lead to Japanese surrender and criminal trials against Nazi generals.

Brief illustration of the changes in U.S. domestic and foreign policy that occurred following WWII.

Describes New Zealand during the Cold War. Looks at New Zealand's political landscape during WWI, WWII, its military interventions, its membership in SEATO, and its antinuclear stance.

This site from ibiblio.org provides a thorough description of the beginning of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during early WWII in the Pacific. Discussed is how the isolation of the Philippines Islands led to the Japanese...

A description of the final Japanese offensive on the American and Filipino troops holding the Bataan Peninsula during early WWII. This is a very in-depth account of this attack with no detail left untold.

This site discusses the major Axis powers and gives a summary of their military activities during World War II.

This site from ibiblio.org provides a thorough introduction to the Japanese siege of the Bataan Peninsula on the Philippine Islands at the beginning of WWII in the Pacific Theater. The site discusses in great detail and events and...

This site from ibiblio.org provides a thorough description of the American and Filipino surrender of the Bataan peninsula to the Japanese in April of 1942. Included is discussion on the final battles that led to the surrender as well as...

Information is presented in the manner of media during World War II which makes for a very engaging site. There are a number of routes to take: the Darkroom highlights WWII-related artifacts. The Timeline takes students on a journey of...