This site has a timeline covering the years of 1941 (Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor) to 1945 (United Nations is born). Selected WWII battle photos are also included.

Provides a description of the pre-war preparations in Holland as they prepare for the imminent German invasion.

This site from The History Place provides a section on "Selected Battle Photos" from the war in the Pacific, including a short caption explaining each.

Read about Harry Truman and his decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan which ultimately ended World War II.

This site from PBS provides biographical information about J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his involvement with the atomic bomb.

Students will learn about the role of baseball on the American homefront during World Wars I and II. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (during World War I) and President (during World War II), commented on the...

A detailed account of one of the most important battles of World War II, the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Gives a history of World War II that led up to this battle and describes what would have happened if the Allies had failed at D-Day.

Essay describing life for the Jewish people living in German occupied Warsaw, Poland.

This resource includes a letter written by an Allied soldier shortly before landing at Normandy. This is an invaluable primary source document.

Two maps of English and French rivalries in North America, and two side-by-side accounts of the English and French perspectives on King William's war over power, trade, and economic dominance of the continent.

Three 1937 reports speak to the potential problems of a Hitler-led Germany. Primary source documents, cartoons, and historical documents address the question, "Was Hitler a passionate lunatic?" in this series of performance tasks.

This course of twenty-four college video lectures covers the emergence of modern France. Topics include the social, economic, and political transformation of France; the impact of France's revolutionary heritage, of industrialization,...

An article describing conditions in Nagorno-Karabakh ten years after the end of a bloody civil war in which Nagorno-Karabakh attempted to break away from Azerbaijan. So far the country of Nagorno-Karabakh is unrecognized by the world's...