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World War II: General History
World War II in U.S. History
Homefront/ U.S.
Propaganda
Photos of World War II
 Art & Literature of
World War II
 Weapons / Technology of World War II
Songs of Word War II
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General World War II Sites
  About.com -- Search on World War II and a keyword from your particular project For example: World War II Hitler
  The Internet Public Library -- Comprehensive list of WW II resources
  National Archives -- Military Resources of WW II
  Eduscapes World War II -- If your topic is not on the front page, be sure to check the links at the top of the page: Biographies and Battles Campaigns and Events.
  World War II from the BBC - The British Broadcasting Corporation's World War II site, with a slight emphasis on Europe. Has animations showing the progress of various battles.
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World War II in U.S. History
  US Military Participation - An excellent summary of the US military in World War II
  America at War: World War II -- Reading from Digital History, looking at both the military and homefront aspects of U.S. participation in World War II
Schoolrooms from Infohio -- United States History -- Great depression and World War II -- Use the subheadings listed in the left hand column (Especially good for daily life and culture)
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Homefront / U.S.
  Schoolrooms from Infohio -- United States History -- Great depression and World War II -- Use the subheadings listed in the left hand column (Especially good for daily life and culture)
  Black Newspapers: Historical Archives Archives of the Chicago Defender, New York Amsterdam News, Pittsburgh Courier, Los Angeles Sentinal, and the Atlanta Daily World. See a librarian or your teacher for the password.
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Propaganda
Powers of Persuasion. Poster Art from World War II, from the collection of the National Archives.
Snapshots of the Past. A site with a wonderful collection of war posters for sale. Be careful! Although almost all posters are from World War II, a few are from World War I. Explore the various categories for different posters. Click on the poster to get to a large sized one - ask for help to print the ones you want!
War Posters Collection of the University of Minnesota. Thousands of posters on a wide range of topics. Be sure to limit the search to World War II and for best results, pick a subject. For example, select "World War II", "Patriotism" and "World War, 1939-1945, United States". This search will give you 59 posters on this subject and time.
Produce for Victory. A collection of poster on themes from the Home Front: increase production, don't spread rumors, support the troops.
Posters of World War II. The Government Publications Department at Northwestern University Library has a comprehensive collection of over 300 posters issued by U.S. Federal agencies from the onset of war through 1945.Use the search box to find specific types of posters.
World War II Recruiting Posters for Women.
War Posters from the Office of War Information. One Office of War Information official said in 1943, "We want to see posters on fences, on the walls of buildings, on village greens...in hotel lobbies, in the windows of vacant stores...[they should shout] at people from unexpected places with all the urgency which this war demands."
Posters from World War II. Three hundred posters from the Truman Library. But, you have to click through them one at at time!!
German Propaganda Posters from 1933 - 1945. This covers the entire Nazi era of Germany - you must scroll down towards the bottom to reach World War II posters.
  Nazi Wartime Propaganda Posters. This is a commercial site, and the posters come with a sales pitch. But scroll down the page, and you will find a explanation of the poster, and then the poster itself.
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Photos of World War II
  Pictures of World War II - A wide-ranging collection of photographs covering all aspects, including political, military , and the home front. From the National Archives.
World War II in the Pacific - An ecletic mix of photographs with a map of the Japanese Empire from The History Place.
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Art and Literature of World War II
This part of the High School Web Resources on World War II is under construction. If you have suggestions for sites to include, please email them to the High School Librarians.
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Weapons of World War II
  This part of the High School Web Resources on World War II is under construction. If you have suggestions for sites to include, please email them to the High School Librarians.
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Songs of World War II
  This part of the High School Web Resources on World War II is under construction. If you have suggestions for sites to include, please email them to the High School Librarians.
   
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