Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Eyewitness accounts of Hiroshima from War Times Journal
YouTube - Atomic Age - J. Robert Oppenheimer Quote
J. Robert Oppenheimer describes the reaction to the first test of an Atomic Bomb at Trinity.
US Army in World War II - Center for Military History (US Army)
The United States Army in World War II series describes the organization, plans, and operations of the War Department and the Army, in the zone of interior and in all of the Army's five theaters of operations from 1939 to 1945.
Fogonazos: Hiroshima, the pictures they didn't want us to see
The American occupation forces imposed strict censorship on Japan, prohibiting anything "that might, directly or by inference, disturb public tranquility" and used it to prohibit all pictures of the bombed cities. The pictures remained classified 'top secret' for many years. Some of the images have been published later by different means, but it's not usual to see them all together
Details: Golden Age of Radio : World War II News Broadcasts
Eye-witness accounts of the bombing of Hiroshima
Eye-witness accounts of the bombing of Hiroshima, from the video HIROSHIMA WITNESS produced by Hiroshima Peace Cultural Center and NHK
Remembering Nagasaki
Articles, images and commemorations from Exploratarium
Hiroshima Directory
Hiroshima Directory offers Internet resources as well as a selected bibliography of printed books, articles, and other research materials regarding the bombing of Hiroshima. Its main foci are history and the arts.
Modern History: The Atomic Bomb
Decision to drop the bomb lesson plan from Columbia University, East Asian Curriculum Project
Hiroshima: The Henry Stimson Diary and Papers (part 1)
Excerpts from Sec. of War Henry Stimson's diary and papers that have relevance to the atomic bombing of Japan from Yale University Library
Surrender of Germany (1945)
This instrument of surrender was signed on May 7, 1945, at Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's headquarters in Rheims by Gen. Alfred Jodl, Chief of Staff of the German Army. At the same time, he signed three other surrender documents, one each for Great Britain, Russia, and France.
Surrender of Japan (1945)
Aboard the USS Missouri, this instrument of surrender was signed on September 2, 1945, by the Japanese envoys Foreign Minister Mamora Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu.
United Nations Charter (1945)
On June 26, 1945, in San Francisco, the United Nations was established. Article 111 of its charter indicated that "The present Charter, of which the Chinese, French, Russian, English, and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America. Duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that Government to the Governments of the other signatory states."
Exchange of Letters Between Churchill and Roosevelt on American Contributions for British Relief
Losses in World War Two
Map showing total loses, interesting for comparisons. For example, compare the number of Soviet deaths to American. Does this explain American wealth in the 1950s?
World War II Military Situation Maps - (American Memory from the Library of Congress)
The World War II Military Situation Maps contains maps showing troop positions beginning on June 6, 1944 to July 26, 1945. Starting with the D-Day Invasion, the maps give daily details on the military campaigns in Western Europe, showing the progress of the Allied Forces as they push towards Germany. The collection consists of 416 printed maps and 115 reports, the originals of which reside in the Library of Congress' Geography and Map Division
American Aircraft of World War II
This is a reference site with photos, data, and info on all American aircraft designed or used in World War II.
Battle of the Atlantic Exhibition
The Pacific War - War Times Journal
Articles and resources
Nihon Kaigun -Imperial Japanese Navy Page
Personal site, yet extensive information on fleet, officers, guns, battles, etc.
ALIC - Japanese Relocation and Internment
US National Archives directory of resources
Hiroshima, 64 years ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Series of high quality images documenting the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Targeted for military reasons and for its terrain (flat for easier assessment of the aftermath), Hiroshima was home to approximately 250,000 people at the time of the bombing.
NEH Summer Institute on Churchill and America at Ashland University
Lesson Plan
Hiroshima Archive
Inspired by the photographic work "Hiroshima" by Japanese artist Hiromi Tsuchida, The Hiroshima Archive was originally set up to join the on-line effort made by many people all over the world to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing. The archive is intended to serve as a research and educational guide to those who want to gain and expand their knowledge of the atomic bombing.
Avalon Project - World War II : Documents
Most extensive collection of World War II primary documents from Yale Law School's Avalon Project.
World War II: Before the War - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic
Gallery of photographs of events in Europe, Asia and the US prior to World War II.
World War II Interactive Map
Year by year progress of the war is helpful, as is the pop-up charts that show military and civilians death totals and % of population.