ALIC - Japanese Relocation and Internment
US National Archives directory of resources
The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb Documents
Catalog of documents organized on timeline. Instead of just sending students out on their own to do their own research preparing for the "Atomic Bomb Debate" send them to this tightly focused archive of primary source documents and have them invest their energy on analysis instead.
Henry Stimson to Harry S. Truman, with handwritten Truman reply on reverse, July 30, 1945
This is the smoking gun!
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The <b>atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki</b> were <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_warfare" title="Nuclear warfare">nuclear attacks</a> near the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a> by the United States at the executive order of <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">U.S. President</a> <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> on August 6 and 9, 1945. After six months of intense <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World_War_II#United_States_strategic_bombing_of_Japan" title="Strategic bombing during World War II">fire-bombing of 67 other Japanese cities</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapon</a> "<a href="/wiki/Little_Boy" title="Little Boy">Little Boy</a>" was dropped on the city of <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a> on Monday,<sup id="cite_ref-DOE-HIRO_0-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DOE-HIRO-0" title=""><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> August 6, 1945 <sup id="cite_ref-eyewitness_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eyewitness-1" title=""><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup>, followed on August 9 by the detonation of the "<a href="/wiki/Fat_Man" title="Fat Man">Fat Man</a>" nuclear bomb over <a href="/wiki/Nagasaki,_Nagasaki" title="Nagasaki, Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a>. These are to date the only attacks with nuclear weapons in the history of warfare.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2" title=""><span></span></a></sup>
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Korematsu v. United States, U.S. Supreme Court Case Summary & Oral Argument
Court rules on the curfew, although most believe it was ruling on the interment
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.
Home Affairs: HOW TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS FROM THE JAPS - TIME
Excerpt from Time magazine in December of 1941 demonstrates the American reaction to Pearl Harbor.
World War 2 Famous Quotes
Organized by year and country of speaker, this is an excellent collection of quotes
NEH Summer Institute on Churchill and America at Ashland University
Lesson Plan
Remembering D-Day, 66 years ago
Great collection of photographs from - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Part II: World War II: The “Good War”
One page summary of the War
Inaugural Address of Harry S. Truman
Choices: Truman, Hirohito, and the Atomic Bomb
Lesson from the Constitutional Rights Foundation. Concise article, including choices available to Truman
1940s Fashion History. 1940-1950 Costume History Utility to New Look
ooks at women's costume and fashion history and analyses the mood of an era. Changes in technology, leisure, work, cultural and moral values. Homelife and politics also contribute to lifestyle trends, which in turn influence the clothes we wear. These are the changes that make any era of society special in relation to the study of the costume of a period
A Biography of America: World War II
Companion site to documentary, be sure to check out maps, transcripts and "Webography" links to primary documents from Annenberg Media
World War I and II War Posters and Postcards
Over 5,000 postcards and posters that are multi-national in scope and cover veterans' benefits, war bonds and loans, military recruitment and morale, civil defense, industrial production, freedom and loyalty campaigns, international welfare organizations, prices and rationing, transportation, health and safety, labor organizations, films and theatre, food production, sports and leisure, recruiting of women in military and non-combatant organizations, special events, anti-war movements, and other topics
American Experience . Victory in the Pacific | PBS
Companion site for American Experience documentary with articles, timeline and links to resources
American Experience . The Bombing of Germany | PBS
Companion site for American Experience documentary. Includes timeline and extra information of people and events in film
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.
Independent Lens . THE POLITICAL DR. SEUSS | PBS
Dr. Suess also made political cartoons that denounced racism, isolationism and other issues of the day - this companion site for a documentary film about his political work includes articles and a gallery of images.
Doctor Atomic
Explore the scientific, historical, and cultural context behind a new opera about the first atomic bomb test from Exploratorium Quite an innovative site combining text, images and historical recordings.
Einstein's Letters to Roosevelt
Einstein tells FDR that "it may become possible to set up a nuclear chain reaction, by which vast amounts of power and large quantities of new radium-like elements would be generated"
Press Censorship: How the Truth Was Hidden About Nagasaki | The Nation
The story of a Chicago Daily News reporter's account of Nagasaki getting censored by Douglas MacArthur's press office.
American Home Front
from commercial site
Fred Korematsu's Headstone
A picture of Fred Korematsu's headstone, read the inscription
WWII: How Detroit Won The War - Photo Gallery - LIFE
Pearl Harbor, 69 years ago today - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Gallery of pictures of the Pearl Harbor attack, several taken from Japanese planes.
Pacific War Animated
Several battle campaigns are illustrated with unique map animations, showing troops dispositions
VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 on Vimeo
Four minute color home movie clips o VJ filmed in Honolulu; edited together with a soundtrack of Jimmy Durante singing "I'll Be Seeing You," it's pretty hard not to get chills.
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.