Instructional Video10:05
Wonderscape

World War II: Turning Points and the Path to Victory

K - 5th
This video examines key turning points in World War II, including the entry of the United States and the Soviet Union into the war, the fall of Mussolini, and the Tehran Conference. It focuses on Operation Overlord, the liberation of...
Instructional Video27:02
Wonderscape

History Kids: World War II

K - 5th
This video provides a comprehensive overview of the causes and events of World War Two, highlighting the rise of fascist regimes, the atrocities committed by the Nazis, and the eventual Allied victory. It emphasizes the importance of...
Instructional Video17:14
Curated Video

Battle of the Bulge | Animated History

6th - Higher Ed
The Battle of the Bulge was Nazi Germany’s final attempt to wrestle back control of the war on the Western Front. It would see German forces advance on a 55 mile, or 90 kilometre front between eastern Luxembourg and the Eifel mountains...
Instructional Video5:36
Curated OER

World War Two : Europe and North Africa 1939 - 1945 Map

9th - 12th
With over 12 million people slaughtered, both military and civilian, World War II is our most destructive war to date. This shows the occupation of both the Allied and Axis troops throughout Europe and even into Northern Africa. While...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs: The War: World War Ii Newsreel: Air Army Invades Germany

9th - 10th
At the online companion of the PBS documentary series The War, watch a newsreel designed to inform Americans at home of the progress of the Allied invasion of Germany.
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Kate Nolan, Wwii Combat Nurse

9th - 10th
A personal memoir of an Army nurse, Katherine F. Nolan, describes the Christmas of 1944 when she and her fellow nurses set up a makeshift hospital to tend to the wounded.
Instructional Video
Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: Air Army Invades Germany

9th - 10th
This short news reel chronicles the air invasion into Germany at the Rhine and Patton capturing Coblenz. Also includeds the 101st Airbourne decorated for bravery for the Battle of the Bulge. [7:00]
Instructional Video
Other

Story Corps: Animation: German in the Woods

9th - 10th
Original animated short video produced by StoryCorps in which an American infantryman remembers the young German soldier he shot in the woods during the Battle of the Bulge. Useful resource for, among other things, exercising empathic...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1890 1945: 1944 Allies Advance Further in Europe

9th - 10th
As we go into 1944, we see the allies land at Normandy, liberate France and face Germany in their last major counteroffensive at the Battle of the Bulge. On the Eastern Front, the Soviets end Siege of Leningrad and begin to push through...