Lyrics Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition
Lyrics and story behind the popular song that came out in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack.
Port Chicago, CA, Explosion 1944
Article from US Naval Historical Center, connected to Chicago Port Munity
The Authentic History Center: World War II
Harry Truman: POTUS
POTUS summary site with basic information (elections, cabinet, Supreme Court appointment) and links to other materials
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.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film
Battle of the Bulge PBS
Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film
National WWII Memorial
Site commemorating national monument in Washington DC. Links to registry, photos and dedication
Harry S Truman National Historic Site
Children of the Camps: the Japanese American WWII internment camp experience
Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film
The Decision to Drop the Bomb; Davidson and Lytle
Excerpt from the Book After the Fact
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.
Hiroshima: The Harry Truman Diary and Papers
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
Dwight David Eisenhower
Biographical booklet from the U.S. Army Center of Military History
Dorothea Lange and the Relocation of the Japanese
Photographs of the location from famous photographer
Comparative Analysis -- Internment Camps
The comparative analysis of the facilities provided the internees and the treatment accorded them by the American operated Crystal City Internment Camp (Crystal City, Texas, USA) with that offered by the Japanese operated Civilian Assembly Center at Weihsien, Shantung, China, during World War II
The Other War: FDR's Battle Against Churchill and the British Empire
Third Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fourth Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Produce For Victory: Posters for the Homefront
This exhibition was organized by the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War
Interviews with Rutgers University alumni and/or New Jersey residents who served on the home front and overseas during World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War
The March Toward World War II: The March of Time as Documentary and Propaganda
The March of Time is a newsreel series that was shown in movie theaters from 1935 to 1951. Part drama, part journalism, the radio show and newsreel, with its synergistic relationship with Life magazine, may have had unprecedented influence over its audience. The newsreel presented its makers' partly objective, pro-Americanist point of view in the documentary tradition established during the 1930s
FDR Chat On Declaration of War with Japan
White House Press Release Bombing of Hiroshima
The Race to Build the Atomic Bomb: Resources and Links
Teacher site includes resources, links and lesson plans
Trinity Web from the Seattle Times
This World Wide Web site provides a rich source of information and links for anyone interested in the development of the nuclear age. It will be particularly useful for students and teachers. It uses the text of the special section, for example, as a starting point for further study. In addition, it provides supplementary material to take you deeper into the subject, interactive activities for discussion and debate, and links to other Internet sites specializing in atomic issue
Truman Diary, July 25, 1945
President Truman told his diary on July 25, 1945, that he had ordered the bomb used.
We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the
world. It may be the fire destruction prophesied in the Euphrates
Valley Era, after Noah and his fabulous Ark.
Documents on the decision to drop the bomb
annotated list of documents