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The Last Days of the War

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the account of Nikolai G. Kuznetsov on the end of the war. He was the Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union, and a participant in the Yalta Conference.
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Destroyers Online: Destroyers, Destroyer Escorts, and Frigates

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information about primary U.S. war ships used to protect convoys from U-Boats.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: America and the Holocaust

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS provides an accompanying website to their documentary on America and the Holocaust. Find special features, a timeline, an interactive map that depicts events from 1939 to 1945, primary documents and People and Events.
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Veterans Affairs Canada

Veterans Affairs Canada: Memorials to Canadians' Achievements & Sacrifices

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a guide to the memorials erected for Canadians throughout the world. Since Confederation, Canadians have served around the world in military actions for the cause of peace and freedom. Over a hundred thousand Canadians have...
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Nagasaki University: Medical Effects of the Atomic Bomb at Nagasaki

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides data about the physical destruction of Nagasaki, the medical aspect, and survivor stories.
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US National Archives

Nara: America on the Homefront: Selected World War Ii Records in New England

For Students 9th - 10th
Brilliant look into life on the homefront during World War II. See radio spots rationing and controlling prices, wartime research, defending the homefront, and more. Many of the links are .pdf documents.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Fascism, Nazism and Communism

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides the definition of Fascism, Nazism, Communism, and Militarism together with comparisons and examples of the regimes and the dictators who assumed absolute power leading up to WW2.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Totalitarianism

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed facts and a summary of Totalitarianism and the rise of the dictators such as Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin between WWI and WW2.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Gi Bill Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive resource features a summary and detailed facts about the GI Bill that provided a range of benefits to returning veterans from WW2 to make an efficient and speedy readjustment to civilian life and the economy.
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Siteseen: American Historama: D Day Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary and detailed facts about D Day in WW2, June 6, 1944, and the landings on the beaches at Normandy.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Battle of Midway

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive overview and detailed facts about the Battle of Midway when American planes defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands. This was the turning point of the war in the Pacific between the United States...
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Siteseen: American Historama: Bataan Death March

For Students 9th - 10th
This summary contains interesting information, history, and facts on the Bataan Death March during the Fall of the Philippines in 1942.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Iwo Jima Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed facts and interesting information about Battle of Iwo Jima and the Iwo Jima Memorial at Arlington Cemetery.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Battle of the Coral Sea

For Students 9th - 10th
Summary contains interesting information, history, and facts on the Battle of the Coral Sea fought from May 4-8, 1942.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Lend Lease Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Features 17 interesting facts and information on the Lend-Lease Act enacted March 11, 1941, that enabled the US to aid the Allied Powers.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Tuskegee Airmen

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed facts and information about the Tuskegee Airmen and the Red Tails, the first unit of African American military aviators in the US armed forces.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Battle of Midway Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting Battle of Midway timeline with details of significant times and important events that occurred on June 4, 1942.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Hiroshima and the Atomic Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of the effects of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and the end of World War II.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Pearl Harbor

For Students 9th - 10th
Article features a summary and interesting facts about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Holocaust Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Important dates and details of events of the Holocaust leading up to the establishment of the death camps and the Final Solution told in a factual timeline sequence.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Pearl Harbor Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides details of important dates and events leading up to and including the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Neutrality Acts

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the terms of the Neutrality Acts banning arms and war materials to countries at war. These laws were designed to prevent the United States of America from being entangled in a possible foreign war.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Holocaust for Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover detailed facts and interesting information about the Holocaust nearly 6 million men, women and children were murdered by the Nazis.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this website from the Wikipedia encyclopedia for an exhaustive encyclopedia article on World War II. Content includes information on the causes of the war, the European theater, the Pacific theater, and the historical significance...

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