World War II on the Web A Guide to the Very Best Sites with free CD-ROM

by Jensen, Richard; Smith, Douglas J.

• ISBN13: 9780842050210
• ISBN10: 0842050213
• Edition: CD
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2002-10-05
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Fueled by recent films and TV series such as Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers and popular books by Stephen Ambrose and Tom Brokaw, interest in World War II has soared. As a result of this surge of attention, the number of websites on W

Author Biography

Richard Jensen is professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois and research associate at the National Center for Supercomputer Applications J. Douglas Smith is currently teaching at Occidental College in California. Dr. Smith specializes in World War II and twentieth century history

Table of Contents

Introduction and User's Guide	xiii
J. Douglas Smith
PART I THE VERY BEST WORLD WAR II WEB SITES---REVIEWS AND RATINGS
A World at War	3	(14)
Web Site Reviews	6	(8)
Documents	6	(4)
Maps	10	(2)
Timelines	12	(2)
Suggested Readings	14	(3)
Political and Military Leaders	17	(20)
Web Site Reviews	23	(11)
Bradley, Omar Nelson	23	(1)
Churchill, Winston Spencer	24	(2)
Eisenhower, Dwight David	26	(1)
Hitler, Adolf	27	(2)
MacArthur, Douglas	29	(1)
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano	30	(2)
Truman, Harry S.	32	(2)
Suggested Readings	34	(3)
European/Atlantic/Mediterranean Theater of Operations	37	(18)
Web Site Reviews	40	(12)
General	40	(2)
Atlantic/Mediterranean Theater	42	(2)
European Theater	44	(2)
Code Breaking	46	(2)
German War Effort	48	(2)
POWs	50	(2)
Suggested Readings	52	(3)
Pacific Theater of Operations	55	(16)
Web Site Reviews	58	(9)
General	58	(2)
Pearl Harbor	60	(1)
The U.S. and Japanese Navies	61	(4)
The Atomic Bomb	65	(2)
Suggested Readings	67	(4)
The Soldiers' Stories	71	(22)
Web Site Reviews	74	(16)
General Oral History	74	(2)
European/Atlantic/Mediterranean Theater	76	(7)
Pacific Theater	83	(7)
Suggested Readings	90	(3)
The Home Front	93	(18)
Web Site Reviews	96	(13)
General	96	(4)
Internment on the Home Front--Japanese Americans and POWs	100	(4)
Letters from the Home Front	104	(1)
Publications and Posters	105	(4)
Suggested Readings	109	(2)
New Opportunities--Women and African Americans in World War II	111	(16)
Web Site Reviews	114	(11)
General	114	(1)
African Americans	115	(4)
Women at Home, at Work, and at War	119	(6)
Suggested Readings	125	(2)
The Holocaust and War Crimes	127	(14)
Web Site Reviews	130	(9)
The Holocaust	130	(6)
Survivor Oral Histories	136	(3)
War Crimes	139	(1)
Suggested Readings	139	(2)
Unit Histories	141	(12)
Web Site Reviews	143	(7)
General	143	(1)
European Theater	144	(6)
Pacific Theater	150	(1)
Suggested Readings	150	(3)
Photographs, Posters, and Propaganda--World War II in Pictures	153	(54)
Web Site Reviews	154	(17)
General	154	(4)
The Home Front	158	(5)
Soldiers/POWs	163	(2)
Pacific Theater	165	(6)
PART II SITES WORTH A VISIT---A TOPICAL INDEX
A World at War	171	(4)
Documents	171	(1)
Maps	172	(1)
Timelines and General Sites	172	(1)
Equipment	173	(2)
Political and Military Leaders	175	(3)
General	175	(1)
Bradley, Omar Nelson	175	(1)
Churchill, Winston Spencer	175	(1)
Eisenhower, Dwight David	176	(1)
Hitler, Adolf	176	(1)
MacArthur, Douglas	176	(1)
Patton, George	177	(1)
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano	177	(1)
Stalin, Joseph	177	(1)
Truman, Harry S.	178	(1)
European/Atlantic/Mediterranean Theater of Operations	178	(4)
General	178	(1)
Atlantic/Mediterranean Theater	179	(1)
European Theater	179	(2)
Code Breaking	181	(1)
German War Effort	181	(1)
POWs	182	(1)
Pacific Theater of Operations	182	(4)
General	182	(3)
Pearl Harbor	185	(1)
The U.S. and Japanese Navies	185	(1)
The Atomic Bomb	186	(1)
The Soldiers' Stories	186	(4)
General Oral History	186	(1)
European/Atlantic/Mediterranean Theater	187	(2)
Pacific Theater	189	(1)
The Home Front	190	(5)
General	190	(2)
Internment on the Home Front--Japanese Americans and POWs	192	(2)
Letters from the Home Front	194	(1)
Publications and Posters	194	(1)
New Opportunities--Women and African Americans in World War II	195	(4)
General	195	(1)
African Americans	195	(2)
Women at Home, at Work, and at War	197	(2)
The Holocaust and War Crimes	199	(3)
The Holocaust	199	(2)
The Nanking Massacre	201	(1)
Survivor Oral Histories	201	(1)
War Crimes	202	(1)
Unit Histories	202	(5)
General	202	(1)
European Theater	203	(2)
Pacific Theater	205	(1)
Submarines	205	(2)
About the Authors	207