A learning module that begins with the poem "Introduction to World War II" by USHistory.org, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...

Kids learn about the history of the United States home front during World War II. How people back home helped to fight the war.

Kids learn about the history of World War II in Europe. Germany attacks and conquers much of Europe, but Britain and USA fight back.

Kids learn about the history of the recovery from World War II and the Marshall Plan. Much of Europe was devastated and how the US helped.

Kids learn about the history of the Battle of Britain during World War II. Germany bombs England and London for months.

Kids learn about the history of the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. American marines take the island from the Japanese.

Kids learn about the history of the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II. Germany attacks the Soviet Union.

Kids learn about the history of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. Germany tries to push back the Allies.

This tutorial discusses four wars between 1914 and 1975 that the United States participated in. These include: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.

This exhibition tells stories of everyday lives in Japanese Internment camps during World War II.

A comprehensive biography of World War II general Omar Bradley.

PBS provides a detailed overview of America's involvement in World War II and the political movements lead by evil dictators that were sprouting up in countries such as Germany, Spain, Italy, and Japan.

Anne Frank's writing in her diary became one of the most recognized accounts of life for a Jewish family in Europe during World War II.

Breaking news story about the death of "Rosie the Riveter", who helped to make a big impact on the role of women in World War II.

Outline of proceedings that took place at the Yalta Conference. Features student questions.

It's interesting to read about the anti-union sentiment that led to the Taft-Hartley Act after World War II, but even more amazing to see how that sentiment was tied to the anti-communist witch hunts of the time. Read the comments of the...

Site offers extensive research resources regarding the Holocaust of World War II. This site has won awards from the History Channel and Encyclopedia Britannica.

A Troubled Peace, the sequel to L. M. Elliott's award-winning Under a War-Torn Sky, chronicles nineteen-year-old U.S. Air Force pilot Henry Forester's adventures in France from March through July 1945. Although Henry safely returned from...

This is an illustrated essay from a weekly illustrated newspaper "Hamburger Illustrierte"(28 September 1940),pp.2-3. The essay discusses Churchill and the bombings of German cities during WWII.

This companion to the PBS series surveys the career of the longest-serving president in U.S. history and leader through the Great Depression and World War II.

Kids learn about the biography of Tsar Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia who was overthrown by the people during the Russian Revolution and killed by the Bolsheviks on this site.

Fordham University provides the original text of Adolf Hitler's speech given at Obersalzberg which was received with great enthusiasm.

Read the story of a young Japanese-American girl whose family was sent to an internment camp after Pearl Harbor.

Three 1937 reports speak to the potential problems of a Hitler-led Germany. Primary source documents, cartoons, and historical documents address the question, "Was Hitler a passionate lunatic?" in this series of performance tasks.