World
War II Memorial in Washington DC
Please visit the WWII
Registry on the site and add the names of your family members
who contributed to the war effort. Any U.S. citizens who helped
win the war, both veterans and civilians, may be added to the
registry. There is no fee for registration.
The
Drop Zone
• Virtual World War II museum, including photos, videos,
personal accounts for all theaters
The
World at War — 1939-1945
National
D-Day Memorial Foundation
World
War II Oral Histories by Tankbooks
Eyewitness
to History — World War II
BBC
History — World War II
Veterans'
History Project (Library of Congress)
Institute
on World War II and the Human Experience
• Sponsored by the Department of History, Florida State
University; working to accumulate written and oral histories
as well as historical information on the period
Rutgers
University Oral History Archives of World War II
• Sponsored by Rutgers University to collect and archive
the wartime experiences of both students and employees.
The
POW Diary of Private George L. Vaughan
• Diary kept by Pvt. Vaughan, who was a German prisoner
in Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, Germany, during part of 1944-1945,
until liberated by U.S. forces.
The
Battleship New Jersey Historical Museum
The
Homefront During World War II
• Student research, oral histories, advertising, photographs
National
Archives and Records Administration: “Powers of Persuasion”
• World War II poster exhibit
Produce
for Victory
• Posters on the American Homefront (1941-1945); exhibition
was organized by the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution, and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition
Service (SITES)
Currently offline,
but check for return:
Warfare
Web
• Large portal site, originally for research on the World
War II era; new sections added recently covering other wars
with major U.S. involvement, including the U.S. Revolutionary
and Civil Wars through present day.
