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Second world war

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Anne Frank Trust UK: A not-for-profit educational charity supported by those committed to preserving the legacy of Anne Frank and defending democracy and human rights. Includes information about the life and times of Anne Frank, history of the Nazi period, and racism and discrimination in the world today.
Author: Anne Frank Trust UK
Subjects: jewish history, racism, second world war
DeweyClass: 940.5318
Resource type: documents
BBC History: Wars and Conflict: BBC resource offering essays, articles, multimedia resources, virtual tours of war trenches, battle animations, educational games, interactive exhibitions, picture galleries, timelines, and biographies of historic figures pertaining to war and conflict since the 10th century. Includes chapters on the Norman Conquest, the English Civil War, World War One, World War Two, the Cold War, and the Northern Ireland conflict. Also includes analysis and contextualisation of September 11th, the Iraq conflict, and various other topics. Within each chapter, users can browse material relating to a variety of war categories, each encompassing a plethora of resources and comprising numerous formats, as well as audiovisual materials culled from the BBC radio and television archive. Audiovisual materials require Real Player and interactive resources require Flash.
Author: BBC
Subjects: british history from 1800, first world war, iraq, northern ireland, second world war, warfare
DeweyClass: 355.02
Resource type: articles, documents, moving images
Belfast Blitz: Presents background information on the wartime Luftwaffe bombing of targets in Belfast. Offers timelines of three major air raids in 1940 and 1941, and a selection of stories told by survivors of the bombing.
Author: BBC Online
Subjects: northern ireland, second world war
DeweyClass: 941.6
Resource type: document
Biography of America: Resource accompanying a television production of the same name. Topics covered include English settlement, the coming of independence, westward expansion, the rise of capitalism, slavery, the Civil War, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Depression, World War II, and contemporary history.
Author: WGBH Educational Foundation
Subjects: second world war, united states civil war, united states history - general
DeweyClass: 973
Resource type: documents, images
Catalog of Political Cartoons by Dr Seuss: Digitised collection of original American satirical cartoons drawn by Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991) relating to World War II. All featured drawings were published in PM newspaper between 1941-1943. Material is arranged in chronological order.
Author: University of California, San Diego
Subjects: political history, second world war
DeweyClass: 320.9
Resource type: images
Generals of World War II: Provides brief biographical information on military Generals involved in World War II from all participating countries, along with birth and death years, and major appointments. Generals are arranged by country, and then alphabetically.
Author: Ammentorp, Steen
Subjects: military history, second world war
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: biographies
Imperial War Museum: Covers conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth since 1914. Exhibits include a Battle of Britain Spitfire, a V2 rocket and a German one-man Biber submarine. Art galleries display works by twentieth century war artists and the First and Second World Wars are illustrated by film, photographs, diaries, letters, mementoes, firearms, medals, badges, printed material and sound recordings.
Author: Imperial War Museum
Subjects: british history from 1800, first world war, military history, peace and conflict, second world war, warfare
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: museum
Internet Resources on Genocide and Mass Killings: Primary documents and annotated links relating to twentieth-century genocide. Topics covered include The Jewish Holocaust, War Crimes and Criminals, Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Rwanda and Burundi, Vietnam, and World War II. Definitions and controversies of genocide are included.
Author: Stein, S. D.
Subjects: burundi, crime, death, holocaust, kosovo, rwanda, second world war, serbia and montenegro, vietnam war, warfare, world history
DeweyClass: 364.151
Resource type: documents
Normandy 1944: Documentation of the Normandy invasion of World War II, divided into five sections - the Buildup, Invasion, Fighting Inland, Breakout, and Normandy in Memory. Resources include newspaper articles, images, commentaries and analysis, radio broadcasts, and personal experiences.
Author: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Subjects: second world war
DeweyClass: 940.53
Resource type: documents
Nova Online: Decoding Nazi Secrets: Articles on codebreaking and making, encryption on the Web, the mechanics of the Nazi's encoder, Enigma, and the personalities and genius of the men who cracked its code. Contains activity sheets for teachers, and facilities for users to encode their own messages.
Author: Public Broadcasting Service
Subjects: cryptography, military history, second world war
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: articles
Nuremberg Trials Project: Ongoing project at the Harvard Law School Library funded to digitise and make available over 650,000 pages of material from the Harvard collection relating to the Nuremberg Trials held between 1945 and 1949. Users can search for trial documents, analytical data, and court transcripts by specifying a number of attributes including keyword, title, author, trial date, evidence code number, exhibit number, and details of prosecution and/or defence.
Author: Harvard Law School Library
Subjects: holocaust, second world war, warfare
DeweyClass: 940.53
Resource type: documents
Powers of Persuasion: A collection of World War II propaganda posters from the United States. Includes over 30 images divided into two groups: posters that instil patriotism, confidence, and a positive outlook; and posters that fought against complacency with grim, unromantic visions of war.
Author: National Archives and Records Administration
Subjects: graphic design, second world war
DeweyClass: 769.5
Resource type: documents, images
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation: A non-profit organisation founded by Steven Spielberg in 1994 dedicated to videotaping and archiving interviews of Holocaust survivors all over the world. Interviews are catalogued and archived using digital technology and will be made available via on-line, networks to museums, educational institutions and non-profit organisations.
Author: Shoah Foundation
Subjects: holocaust, jewish history, second world war
DeweyClass: 940.5318
Resource type: moving images
Valour and Honour: Canada at War: Chronicles Canadian involvement in Hong Kong, Bomber Command and the Normandy campaign. Includes personal testimonies, discussion forums and a list of resources.
Author: Alderley Ventures
Subjects: canadian government, hong kong, second world war
DeweyClass: 940.53
Resource type: documents
War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945: Searchable collection of photographs and slides documenting the internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans evacuated from California, Oregon, and Washington by the War Relocation Authority during World War II. Includes over 600 photographs by Dorothea Lange.
Author: University of California Berkeley
Subjects: second world war, united states history from 1900
DeweyClass: 973.9
Resource type: images
World War II Poster Collection: A collection of images of over 200 posters related to World War II. Posters can be browsed by date, title, or topic and each poster is accompanied by a full catalogued record that includes artist, title, publisher, date, format and a short caption.
Author: Northwestern University Library Government Publications Department
Subjects: second world war
DeweyClass: 940.53
Resource type: images
World War II Resources: Includes treaties, declarations, speeches and archives on the war, diplomacy and Pearl Harbour. Also features French and British collections of documents regarding the diplomatic prelude to World War II such as The British War Blue Book.
Author: Pearl Harbor Working Group
Subjects: second world war
DeweyClass: 940.53
Resource type: index