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WWII - Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
"...December 7, 1941-a day that will live in infamy." After Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States jumped full force into World War II, declaring war on Japan.
Khan Academy
US History Overview 3 - WWII to Vietnam
This video brings viewers up to modern history (1975) after taking them through WWII, the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War. Although the timeline's format may seem straightforward, viewers will be engaged by the...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Japan, Pearl Harbor and War
Overview of Japanese expansion in the Pacific, attack on Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry into World War II.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: James Wright: Pearl Harbor
A video [0:40] of James Wright telling of his experience as he witnessed the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
US National Archives
Internet Archive: World at War (Part 2)
Original video [16:53] from the U.S. Office of War Information published in 1942 examines events leading to Pearl Harbor and the course of German invasion and alliance in Europe and Japanese invasion in Asia.
Ducksters
Ducksters: World War Ii History: Ww2 Pearl Harbor Attack for Kids
Kids learn about the history of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. America is forced to go to join WW2.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Beyond Call of Duty
This inspirational WWII poster targets the black community by spotlighting African American navy messman Dorie Miller, who performed heroic feats when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: 1941 Axis Momentum Accelerates in Ww2
Describes the successes of the Axis Powers as they expand their reach across Europe, Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union, and the entry of the United States into the war after Pearl Harbor is attacked. [12:12]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: World War Ii in the Pacific in 1942
The United States entered the war in 1942 and focused much of their attention on the Japanese following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. [5:51]
University of Hawai'i
Hawaii Nisei Project: Americans of Japanese Ancestry During World War Ii
Meet Takejiro Higa. In order to avoid being drafted into Japan's Manchuria Development Youth Corps, he begged his sister for fare to flee to Hawaii in 1939. A few years later while working in Oahu, Higa watched the bombing of Pearl...
Other
Japanese American National Museum: Dear Miss. Breed: Letters From Camp
Peruse this collection of letters, recordings, and home movies of several Japanese Americans from their internment following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Digital History
Digital History: War in Europe [Pdf]
This site is from a unit that covers the period from the Second World War up to the Cold War. It looks at the course of the war in Europe, and America's involvement after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It examines the military strategies...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: History of World War Ii
Using all color footage, this concise World War II documentary covers the U.S. fighting forces before the war, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, through the fighting in Europe and the Pacific, all the way to the surrender of Germany and...
Ibis Communications
Eye Witness to History: World War Ii
You have heard about these famous events; now read about them from the viewpoint of an actual eye witness. Read personal accounts about the Blitzkrieg, the first atomic blast, attack of Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway, and more.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: 1941 Axis Momentum Accelerates in Ww2
In 1941, the Axis gains further momentum with control of most of Continential Europe. Hitler decides to break pact and invade Stalin's Soviet Union. United States enters World War II after Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. [12:11]
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Wwii Resources
A large site that provides links to various topics of WWII. For example: "Words of Peace, Words of War, Treaties, Declarations, Speeches, etc."; "Nazi-Soviet Relations, 1939-1941, Documents from the Archives of the German Foreign...
Other
Nihon Kaigun: The Imperial Japanese Navy Page
Excellent information provided on the Imperial Japanese Navy. Includes information on the Japanese attack on the United States.
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