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History: The World Wars: Links

Guide for Library Research on World War One and World War Two

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Destroy this Mad Brute! Poster

 

On this page you can find links to materials available on the Internet concerning both World War One and World War Two.

More World War One Links

This site is a collection of primary resources relating to the buildup, fighting, and aftermath of the first World War.

LOC - Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures
This site from the  Library of Congress is a collection of Rotogravures from World War One. Rotogravure printing, which produced richly detailed, high quality illustrations—even on inexpensive newsprint paper—was used to create vivid new pictorial sections during that era

LOC - Experiencing War (World War I: The Great War)
This site from the Library of Congress is a documentary curtousy of the Veterans History Project that provides written accounts in letters, diaries, and memoirs, as well as precious collections of photographs.

World War I - Internet Sourcebook
This site is a collection of primary resources relating to the buildup, fighting, and aftermath of the first World War.
 
Treaty of Versailles, 1919
An electronic copy of the Treaty of Versailles, provided by the Avalon Project.

The Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles
A summary of the Paris Peace conference and the creation of the Treaty of Versailles from the Office of the Historian.

World War Two Poster

World War 2 Poster

World War Two Poster

World War 2 Poster

The text reads: "For the Motherland!"

World War 2 Poster

World War 2 Poster

Allied Powers United For Victory

World War 2 Poster

The United Nations Fights for Freedom (Link)

World War Two Art

Homecoming Marine by Norman Rockwell

Homecoming Marine by Norman Rockwell

World War One Links

         

More World War Two Links

World War 2 Poster

Avalon Project
Documents in law, history and government, from ancient times through the 21st century (from Yale Law School).

Hansard, 1803-2005
Provides the official parliamentary debates from Great Britain. You can read the information from specific dates or search a time period for a particular topic.

Veterans History Project
First hand accounts from U.S. Veterans representing World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War and the Afghanistan & Iraq conflicts.

Naval Historical Center: Oral Histories of World War II
Contains oral histories of WWII from various theaters and battles, including the Pacific, Atlantic, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and others.

After the Day of Infamy: "Man-on-the-Street" Interviews Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor
According to American Memory, from the Library of Congress, this site "presents approximately twelve hours of opinions recorded in the days and months following the bombing of Pearl Harbor from more than two hundred individuals in cities and towns across the United States. "

World War Poster Collection
Includes posters from WWI and II, both on the home front and abroad for the University of North Texas Digital Library.

World War II Posters
Available from the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog of the Library of Congress. Search for "World War II posters."

Universal Newsreels
"In the pre-TV era, people saw the news every week in their neighborhood movie theaters. Newsreels were shown before every feature film and in dedicated newsreel theaters located in large cities. Universal Newsreel, produced from 1929 to 1967, was released twice a week. Each issue contained six or seven short stories, usually one to two minutes in length, covering world events, politics, sports, fashion, and whatever else might entertain the movie audience. These newsreels offer a fascinating and unique view of an era when motion pictures defined our culture and were a primary source of visual news reporting".

Japanese Internment Links

World War 2 Poster

Fortune Magazine Anti-Japanese Propoganda 1942

Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project,
Documentation from the Internment camps, including firsthand accounts and historic images.

Japanese-American Internment & San Francisco
Includes newspaper articles about the relocation of Japanese Americans, photographs, accounts and descriptions from the area.

Japanese American Veterans Association Digitization Project
Website for the Japanese American Veterans Association

Soka University of America WW2 Internment Subject Guide
Subject Guide of Soka University Ikeda Library on Japanese-American Internment during World War II 

Holocaust Subject Guide

 

The Holocaust

The Lloyd Sealy Library has a subject guide on the Holocaust. Click HERE to take a look!

Armstice

NY Times Armstice Headline

In Flanders Field

In Flanders Field

Click HERE for the full text of the poem.

For Home and Country

Victory Poster

Devil Dogs

Devil Dogs Poster

World War Two Buy Victory Bonds

Buy Victory Bonds

World War Two Poster

World War 2 Poster

The text reads: "Death to the German-Fascist Invaders!"

Norman Rockwell

Willie Gillis at the U.S.O. The Saturday Evening Post

Willie Gillis at the U.S.O. The Saturday Evening Post (February 7, 1942) by Norman Rockwell


Norman Rockwell was an American painter and illustrator whose works are considered a reflection of American culture during the middle of the 20th century. His most famous works were cover illustrations done for The Saturday Evening Post magazine. For more information click HERE to take a look at the Norman Rockwell Museum.

World War Two Poster

We Can Do It WW2 Poster