Military Resources: World War IINARA Resources. Any Bonds Today: Selling Support for World War IILesson plan from the National Archives at New York City about the selling of war bonds during World War II. Archives Surviving from World War IIAn excerpt copied with permission of the author, Gerhard Weinberg, from his book A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II. Auel wrote this Prologue article. Continuing the Fight: Harry S. Evaluation of the AAF's basic military training program during World War II requires that praise and blame be distributed in about equal proportions. Joe and Willie WWII Cartoons - Bill Maudlin Bill Maudlin published numerous great cartoons staring World War II Soldiers. Willie, Joe and Bill in WWII Get out your history books and open them to the chapter on World War II. Today's lesson will cover a little. ![]() Truman and World War IIThis Truman Library website contains a collection of documents, photographs, and eyewitness accounts concerning the latter stages of World War II. Day of Infamy Speech. Audio of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech to Congress the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. ![]() Holocaust Era Assets. Information about the records and research available in the National Archives and Records Administration regarding Holocaust Era Assets. . or click on a keyword in the large image preview. Punch cartoons on World War 2, the Second World War. World-War-2-Cartoons-. 2-Cartoons-.tif The War. Before World War II, cartoons with war themes attempted to use humor or satire to sway public opinion. Your email has been We. Information Concerning Philippine Army and Guerrilla Records. This NARA site gives in- depth information on the collection of records of World War II Philippine Army and Guerrilla members, which have recently been transferred to the National Personnel Records Center. Japan Surrenders. On September 2, 1. Japanese representatives signed the official Instrument of Surrender. Both pages of the short document are available as digital images. Lang's Prologue article about Dog Record Books of each canine who enrolled in the Army and Marine Corps from December 1. August 1. 5, 1. 94. Burger. Memorandum Regarding the Enlistment of Navajo Indians. A Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan that provides background on the Marine Corps' decision to enlist and train the Navajos as messengers during World War II. Dennis Reece about the seizure of Nazi documents by Allied forces. Army transport ship off the coast of Hawaii by the Japanese in 1. Censorship of Enemy Alien Mail in World War II. Marine Forces in World War II. Kennedy in the South Pacific in August 1. Roosevelt Library from submissions by the public. World War II through the cartoon lens. WWII cartoon strips. Army Serial Numbers. World War II On This Day: October 7. October 7. Madison wrote this Prologue article about Elizabeth A. Richardson, who joined the American Red Cross and died in France in 1. World War II Photos. This collection of photographs of military servicemen and servicewomen was compiled by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library from submissions by the public. World War II Remembered: Leaders, Battles & Heroes. Army Divisions in World War II. ![]() Government Printing Office, 1. Army Signal Corps and the U. S. Navy during World War II. These photographs, taken between 1. World War II in Hawaii. Government Printing Office (GPO) during the Second World War. Navy in World War IIProvides lists of ships, Naval Intelligence Combat Narratives, U.
S. Naval Operations, Naval Stations and Facilities, U. S. Coast Guard members, and U. S. Navy Histories from World War II. The exhibit highlights nearly 3. American flags, the slogan . Army Center Center of Military History site that provides the names of Medal of Honor recipients and the actions that are commemorated. Naval Aviation Chronology in World War IIInformation compiled by the Naval History & Heritage Command. Nuremberg Trials Project: A Digital Document Collection. Maintained by the Harvard Law School Library, this site provides access to trial documents and transcripts from the Medical Case held in 1. The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color. This PBS site is a companion to its program of the same name. Ration Coupons on the Home Front, 1. Student Voices from World War II and the Mc. Carthy Era. A compilation of narratives from Brooklyn College students during World War II and the Mc. Carthy era. Coast Guard in World War IIThe U. Coast Guard maintains this site, which includes Official Histories, Oral Histories of Coast Guard Veterans, and more. U. S.- Russia Joint Commission Documents Database. The documents found in the U. S.- Russia Joint Commission Database consist mainly of translations of Russian- language documents retrieved from various archives in the Russian Federation pertaining to American personnel missing from World War II to the present. War Letters. This PBS website provides context to their film War Letters, based on Andrew Carroll's book of personal correspondence from the Revolutionary War through the Gulf War. Features letters, biographies, timelines, cartoons, and local resources. World War IIFordham University provides links to documents relating to World War II, including sections on the Lead Up to War, War In Europe, War In Asia, and After the War. Air Force includes descriptions and images of World War II era aircraft, engines, weapons, and more. World War II Military Situation Maps. This Library of Congress collection . Federal agencies from the start of the war through 1. World War II: The Photos We Remember. A collection of photographs published in Life Magazine during World War II. World War II Time Line. Provides a timeline of the major events of World War II. Popular Newspapers During World War II, Parts 1 to 5, 1. POPULAR NEWSPAPERS DURING WORLD WAR IIParts 1 to 5: 1. The Daily Express, The Mirror, The News of The World, The People and The Sunday Express)Publisher's Note This microfilm publication makes available complete runs the Daily Express, The Daily Mirror, the News of the World, The People, and the Sunday Express for the years 1. The project is organised in five parts and covers the newspapers in chronological sequence. Part 1 provides full coverage for 1. Part 2: 1. 94. 0; Part 3: 1. Part 4: 1. 94. 2- 1. Part 5 covers 1. 94. At last social historians and students of journalism can consult complete war- time runs of Britain’s popular newspapers in their libraries. Less august than the papers of record, it is these papers which reveal most about the impact of the war on the home front, the way in which people amused themselves in the face of adversity, and the way in which public morale was kept high through a mixture of propaganda and judicious reporting. Most importantly, it is through these papers that we can see how most ordinary people received news of the war. For, with a combined circulation of over 2. News of the World, The People, the Daily Express, The Daily Mirror, and the Sunday Express reached into the homes of the majority of the British public and played a critical role in shaping public perceptions of the war. Extended runs of such papers are only held by a handful of libraries and their physical condition is generally perilous. Some books have made available selections of front pages, lauding the importance of headlines and pictures in conveying news. But here—for the first time—are complete runs of these papers including the fashion, sports, entertainments and advertisements, providing countless teaching and research opportunities for those studying social history, journalism and popular culture. These papers show both the hopes and the fears of the British people writ large, Air- Raids, black outs, the destruction of property, evacuation of children, the loss or absence of loved ones, rationing, and conscription all became facts of life. These papers played a central role in satisfying the public’s appetite for news and in carrying out the government’s wishes in control morale. They created and fed off the products of popular culture- especially popular music, sports and cinema- and gave the war a human scale by relating events to individuals. The First Part of this project offers complete runs of each of the newspapers for 1. It is interesting to compare coverage of identical issues and events and to identify political viewpoints and attempts to gain readership of the tense international situation before war broke out. On Sunday January 1, 1. News of the World declared the “we must be ready to meet a life- and- death challenge”. In contrast the Daily Express ran a story pacifying the public- . Throughout September and October the mood changes significantly as Europe was pushed over the precipice into war. Even the advertising was placed on a war- footing as fruit- gums, for instance, are suggested as the ideal alternative to cigarettes for sailors. Part Two—covering 1. Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg and the redundancy of the Maginot line to the miracle of Dunkirk in which a defeat was turned into a victory in the eyes of the press. The Battle of Britain was joined and night- raids on London forced mass evacuation which is well reported. Chaplin’s “Great Dictator” and Selznick’s “Gone With the Wind” are rapturously received. Although all newspapers in Britain were limited in size in 1. Part Three covers 1. Lend- Lease, the sinking of the HMS Hood followed by the hunt and sinking of the Bismark, Operation Barbarossa and the German advance towards Moscow, the sudden switch of allegiance to Russia and her heroic armies, the intensification of the German U- Boat Campaign, Rommel’s determined counter- offensive in North Africa, meetings between Roosevelt and Churchill and the signing of the Atlantic Charter, marked a year culminating in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. The year of 1. 94. HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales, the surrender of Hong Kong to the Japanese, and a fierce and resolute struggle to turn the tide in the Battle of the Atlantic. Through the setbacks and the triumphs the Popular Press played a key role in controlling civilian morale. Part four covers both 1. Allies such as the fall of Singapore and the capture of Tobruk. German forces regained the initiative on the Eastern Front. But commando raids along the French coast help to revive public morale, the RAF began its unrelenting saturation bombing of German cities, and the Battle of Midway turn the tide of the war in the Pacific. The Battle of Stalingrad ended Germany’s forward progress in Russia and Montgomery courted media attention as his Eighth army engaged and defeated the Afrika Korps at El Amanein and recaptured Tobruk. The Allied forces pushed back Axis opposition on all fronts (North Africa is cleared, German forces quit Stalingrad, Italy surrenders) but hopes of a rapid end to the war are revealed to be no more than wishful thinking and the Allies commence the hard slog towards Axis capitulation. Part Five concludes the project and covers 1. The difficulties of gaining victory are exemplified by drawn- out campaigns at Monte Cassino, Kohima/Imphal and Guam in 1. However, the Second Front that Stalin had pressed for was created when Allied forces landed in Normandy and Paris was promptly recaptured. German V1 and V2 attacks created a mini- blitz in London and morale was tested again after the failure of Arnhem and the loss of supplies during the German counter- offensive in the Ardennes. Roosevelt died in sight of victory, Churchill was ousted in the July election by a Labour landslide, and Stalin’s race for Berlin heralded the onset of a Cold War that was to last for 4. Anyone reading the pages of the newspapers will find it difficult not to understand the Allied motives for the saturation bombing of Dresden and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The allies- particularly Britain- had been economically and emotionally drained the war and sought a swift end to it. The horrendous revelations of German and Japanese concentration camps fuelled hatred. Enemy resistance as troops bore down on Berlin and Okinawa became more intense and required immense sacrifice to ensure conquest. The Popular Press fanned the flames of vengeance without regard to moral propriety. However, a new world order was eventually set in place. The newly created United Nations promised much, the World Bank was created and reconstruction began. The seeds of European Unity were planted, and the Labour government in Britain presided over the creation of the Welfare State and the final collapse of the British Empire. Within each part the newspapers are organised alphabetically, with complete runs of the two dailies- the Daily Express and The Daily Mirror, followed by the three Sunday papers- the News of the World, The People and the Sunday Express. Brief portraits of the papers: -The Daily Express. If Winston Churchill was Britain’s bulldog, then Lord Beverbrook’s Daily Express and Sunday Express were surely his bark. His papers were always bright, lively and fiercely patriotic, and Beaverbrook had no qualms in telling a Royal Commission on the Press that he used them “purely for the purpose of making propaganda”. This is particularly true in the period after 1. May 1. 94. 0 when Beaverbrook entered the war- time government at first at Minister for Air Production and later as Minister of Supply. His record achievements – a factor in the Battle of Britain – are regularly reported on. He entered the War Cabinet on 3 August 1. Churchill respected his dynamic entrepreneurial style, scything through red tape to make matters happen. In 1. 94. 1 he took part in an official visit to Russia and he helped to change public perceptions towards Stalin. However, in the months before the war the Daily Express had a less than sure touch. George Malcom Thomson’s assurance that “there will be no great war in Europe in 1. Japanese agitation in China was viewed as the most serious threat until Chamberlain’s August 2. The Daily Express always carried a high news content together with analysis by a stable of regular writers supplemented by special field reporters and outside contributors. The regular writers included Anthony Cotterell, Sefton Delmer, William Barkley, Selkirk Panton, Olga Collett and Hilde Marchant. Delmer also contributed memorable field reports concerning the Spanish Civil War. Feature writers of note included Michael Foot writing on the spread of anti- Semitism (2. March 1. 93. 9); G B Shaw predictingsd peace (2. J B S Haldane on the future (1. September 1. 93. 9); and Leon Trotsky in an exclusive article explaining that “Stalin is afraid of Hitler” (1. September 1. 93. 9). Lord Beaverbrook also wrote a number of leaders such as “Britain’s Financial Debt to America “ and why it should bot be prepaid (6 January 1. They Also Serve” (1. February 1. 94. 0); “Prospects of Victory” (1. January 1. 94. 0) “The way the war is going” (4 March 1. Paying for the war” (5 March 1. What is th Damage?” (6 May 1. Man, the Front Line of Science (1. June 1. 94. 0); and on Production (2. January 1. 94. 2). Robert Menzies explains the colonial dimensions of the war in “we do not turn away from you” (6 January 1. Chapman Pincher ponders the implications of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki and the nightmare vision of the nuclear age (1. August 1. 94. 5). Also in 1. 94. 5, Winston Churchill is given an opportunity to put his ideas in front of the electorate in “I stand for the rights of the Common Man” (5 June 1. Serialised stories were also a strong feature and were of the highest calibre.
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