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War World II resources

World War II Resources on the Web

Indiana Resources on the Web

  • Indiana's World War II Veterans Online Information Center
    The Second World War consumed the best of a generation. Around the globe, over 75 million men, women and children died.
    Some 17 million Americans served in the United States Armed Forces; almost 400,000 of these were Hoosiers. One-half million Americans were killed, and another half million were wounded. Indiana lost almost 12,000 of her sons and daughters, while another 17,000 returned home bearing the painful scars of wounds. The purpose of this online information center is to commemorate those who served - especially those who were killed - so that future generations will remember.
    The database includes all of the Hoosiers who lost their lives in the war and a growing database of those who served.
  • Indiana Historical Society - Library
  • Tinan and the U.S.S. Indianapolis

General Resources

  • Air Force Historical Research Agency
    The United States Air Force's historical agency provides links to various resources on military aviation history.
  • American Merchant Marine at War
    The most comprehensive site about the U. S. Merchant Marine since the American Revolution. Focuses on role during World War II, includes role of African-American and women mariners, and lists of all ships.
  • The Center of Military History
    The United States Army's Center of Military History provides access to a large number of resources, including a large number of on-line articles, photographs, and artwork. In addition, one can view and order from Center's extensive catalog of publications on military history.
  • Cyndi's List of Military Links
    Cyndi's famous list of genealogical sites on the internet.
  • DOD Dictionary of Military Terms
    An on-line dictionary of military terminology.
  • Fighter Tactics Academy
    A detailed site providing information on modern military aircraft and the history of their development. The site also includes a large number of links to related sites.
  • Homework Center: Wars and World History
    The Homework Center, developed by the Multnomah County Library, provides an index of sites oriented around the needs of students learning about military history.
  • New York Public Library
    Information on special collections held by the New York Public Library.
  • Navy Historical Center
    This United States Navy provides this page as a starting point leading to a very large number of links related to naval history. Links include everything from underwater archeology and information about available research grants to on-line encyclopedias of naval history and navy ships.
  • Redstone Arsenal Historical Information
    An index to many military history sites, many of them dedicated to the role of missilery in military history.
  • Twentieth-Century Documents
    Part of the Avalon Project at the Yale University Law School, this index provides links to many on-line copies of historical documents related to the conflicts of the twentieth century.
  • United States Naval and Shipbuilding Museum
    This is one of the best Internet sites in the world for those interested in modern naval warfare. The site includes the World Navies Today page, which provides detailed information on virtually every navy in the world, including the Russian and Chinese navies.
  • Twentieth-Century Documents
    Part of the Avalon Project at the Yale University Law School, this index provides links to many on-line copies of historical documents related to the conflicts of the twentieth century.
  • United States Naval and Shipbuilding Museum
    This is one of the best Internet sites in the world for those interested in modern naval warfare. The site includes the World Navies Today page, which provides detailed information on virtually every navy in the world, including the Russian and Chinese navies.
  • Weapons and Warfare on the Web
    A useful index of links to sites covering military history, military statistics, and military technology.

World War II Specific

  • Achtung Panzer
    One of many enthusiast sites dedicated to German armor. This one features many illustrations, tables of technical data, and a large number of links to other World War II sites.
  • Atrocities of the Japanese Imperial Army
    A useful index on the various war crimes committed by the Japanese during the Second World War.
  • The Control Tower: World War II Aviation Links
    An extensive index of World Wide Web sites on World War II aviation.
  • Dad's War: Finding and Telling Your Father's World War II Story
    If you can tolerate the small promotional effort for his works on writing personal history, Wes Johnson has done a service with this index of personal histories and initial instructions on writing your own history for a family member who served in World War II (and, by extension, any war).
  • The U.S. Airborne during World War II
    An example of the many sites dedicated to military units.
  • German Armed Forces in World War II
    A detailed Web site developed by a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee covering "the history of the units and formations of the various military, paramilitary and auxiliary forces from 1933-1945." Includes discussions of various battles and a bibliography of nearly five hundred titles.
  • Guadalcanal
    The history of Guadalcanal.
  • Hyperwar: A Hypertext history of the Second World War
    A linked anthology of articles related to the Second World War, many of them discussing specific battles in detail, along with links to other sources.
  • Imperial Japanese Navy
    Enthusiast Jon Parshall has created a detailed index to links about the Japanese Navy during the Second World War, including detailed histories of individual vessels.
  • The Luftwaffe Home Page
    This site provides data on the Luftwaffe and an index of links to Luftwaffe-related Web pages.
  • A Marine Diary: My Experiences on Guadalcanal
    Entries from the diary of a Marine who served at Guadalcanal with a large set of links to related World War II resources on the Internet.
  • Marines at Midway
    Part of the Hyperwar project, this is a detailed illustrated examination of the Battle of Midway, written by Lieutenant Colonel R.D. Heinl, Jr., USMC.
  • Normandy: 1944
    Encyclopedia Britanica's multimedia examination of the Normandy invasion.
  • A People at War
    This site presents an on-line exhibition by the National Archives. It includes a brief discussion of events leading up to the war and links to related sites. Focuses much more on the people who served than on a traditional history of the war.
  • Return to Midway
    National Geographic has created this multimedia site featuring images and streaming video of the wrecks of the carriers sunk at the Battle of Midway.
  • U-Boat Net
    A comprehensive study of the German U-boat, including maps, technology, and profiles on more than 1,100 German submarines employed during World War II.
  • What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?
    An oral history of Rhode Island Women during World War II, written by students in the Honors English Program at South Kingstown High School, this site not only provides information about lesser known aspects of the war, but also provides a good model of action for teachers interested in using the Internet for class projects.
  • The Women's Army Corps
    The United States Army has developed this on-line article about the Women's Army Corps during World War II.
  • The World at War
    Wilfried Braakhuis has created an extremely detailed timeline of the war, with illustrations, statistics, and a very large number of links, organized by relevant dates. This graphic-intensive site takes a while to load, but is worth looking at.
  • World War Two in Europe
    Part of The History Place, a large Web site dedicated to assisting students and educators, this is a World War II timeline with links to illustrations and short articles on specific events.
  • World War II on the Web
    An index to more than four hundred Web sites concerned with the Second World War, many of them highly specialized.
  • World War II Resources
    An extensive collection of historical documents from the Second World War based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • World War II Timeline
    A fairly good general timeline for World War II. Includes a very valuable list of additional links. Also has a number of interesting pictures, maps, documents, and a good bibliography. Includes some student pages. A first rate site by Steve Schoenherr of the University of San Diego's History Department

Thanks to Dennis A. Trinkle, DePauw University, Indiana Council for History Education