Article focuses on weapons used in World War II on land such as small arms, rifles, submachine guns, hand grenades, flame throwers, machine guns, tanks, and the like.

Provides facts about the role of the Navy in World War II focusing on aircraft carriers, submarines, and small naval boats.

A concise article depicting Operation Rutter, which proved to be one of the most disastrous missions of the Second World War, with a total of 3,623 men being killed.

Read about the bombing strategy of the RAF during World War II, but primarily at the end of the war and the bombing of Dresden.

This virtual exhibit showcases a series of letters written from the battlefront during World War One by brothers, Charlie and Wally Gray, who joined the 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry in the spring of 1915. Experience life on the...

Gives an excellent history of the sailing ships and sailors of the Merchant Marine in both the Atlantic and Pacific. Links on the page include many firsthand accounts of the sailors and their experiences during the war.

A historical essay by Peter Neary discusses the involvement and role of Newfoundland and Labrador during the Second World War.

Discusses how America prepared for war, the impact on the work force in the United States, how women and other civilians supported the war effort, and how the war affected race relations.

An official Defense Department account of the war in China from 1942 to early 1945. The war was mostly of a defensive nature (trying to hold off the Japanese).

An official Defense Department history of the US Army's campaign in Papua during 1942. The campaign was a failure but many lessons were learned by the American troops.

Ibiblio.org offers an official Defense Department history of the American campaign in new Guinea against the Japanese.

Highlights from Episode 2 of the series, "The Great War," provide information on the "deadly stalemate." Includes information on the Schlieffen Plan, "Life in the Trenches," and "The Christmas Truce."

An account of the Battle for Berlin, which resulted in the death of Hitler and the end of World War Two in Europe.

Scanned images from a box of book pages about World War II. Find images of information leaflets on "the machines that were winning the war for us."

Article reviews the principal elements associated with Britain's lengthy struggle with Germany for control of the Atlantic during the Second World War.

Online personnel narratives by African American soldiers who participated in World War II.

Narrative explores the role of African Americans after World War II ended and the state of the civil rights movement from the 1940s to the early 1050s.

Details what America did to prepare and execute its entry into World War I, and how the government used propaganda to win public support for the war effort.

This resource provides information and images about the liberation of Paris during World War II.

Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize winner for literature but is not often mentioned today. He was a well known poet during World War I and inspired many soldiers on the front lines. This article begins with a letter from a mother...

From The War in the Pacific by Louis Morton read a thorough description of the main Japanese invasion of the Philippines during early WWII in the Pacific. This site discusses to great length the Main Landings on the Philippines by the...

A biography of the head of German Military intelligence in World War 2, it focuses on his efforts in the plot to kill Hitler in the last days of the war.

The story of the "Judges Trial," a trial held at Nuremberg of German law judges who had worked for the Nazis during World War 2.

A detailed biography of "the Hangman" of World War II Nazi Germany.