World War Two Supplemental Learning Materials

Due to the available collection, this separate web page of links provides access to more materials related to World War Two.

Readings and Media

• Chart of Allied, Axis, Occupied, and Neutral Countries (PDF)

• From Isolationism to War for the U.S. (PDF)

• Short History of U.S. Isolationism before WWII (PDF)

• Short Overview of Main Causes of WWII (PDF)

• U.S. Mobilization for War (PDF)

• Short World War II Overview (Video)

Internment and Prisoner-of-War Camps

• U.S. Japanese Internment Camps, Official Government Film Jusfifies U.S. Action (Video)

• Interview with George Takei, Japanese-American Internment Survivor (Hollywood acting and stage career, played Mr. Sulu in original Star Trek TV show and movies) (Video)

• Treatment of U.S. POWs by Japan (PDF)

• Prisoner of War Camps in Japan (PDF)

• Executive Order 9066, President Roosevelt Authorizes Japanese-American Relocation (PDF)

• The Real Story of Stalag 17 German Prisoner of War Camp (PDF)

Speeches By or About Political Leaders

• Sir Winston Churchill, Arm Yourselves and be Men of Valour (Audio)

• Sir Winston Churchill, Arm Yourselves and be Men of Valour (PDF Transcript)

• General Eisenhower Speech to the Troops Before D-Day Invasion (Audio)

• General Eisenhower Speech to the Troops Before D-Day Invasion (PDF Transcript)

• President Roosevelt, "A Day that will Live in Infamy" Speech Given To Congress and the American People to Declare War on Japan - December 8, 1941 (Video)

• President Roosevelt, "A Day that will Live in Infamy" Speech - December 8, 1941 Given To Congress and the American People to Declare War on Japan (PDF Transcript)

• President Truman Speaks to the U.S. People about Potsdam Conference (Audio)

• President Truman Speaks to the U.S. People about Potsdam Conference (PDF Transcript)

• The Top Ten Military and Political Leaders of WWII (PDF)

Speeches About Military Leaders

• Top Political and Military Leaders During WWII, Short Bio Sketches (PDF)

• History Network, Admiral Nimitz (Audio)

• General Rommel, Part One (Audio)

• General Rommel, Part Two (Audio)

• General Rommel, Part Three (Audio)

• General MacArthur: American Caesar: Part One (Audio)

• General MacArthur: American Caesar: Part Two (Audio)

• Matt's Today in History Podcast, General MacArthur Promises to Return to the Philippines (Audio)

Civilians and Troops At War

• Historpedia, American Women in World War II (PDF)

• Military History Podcast, Most Dangerous man in Europe (Audio)

• Historpedia, Women’s Impact during WWII in Workforce & Military (PDF)

• Osborn, Blood, Sand, and Snow: French Foreign Legion in WWII (PDF)

• Reese, Soviet Women at War (PDF)

• The Unseen Soldier, Japan's WWII Soldiers (PDF)

• Navajo Code Talkers Role in the Pacific, Short Overview (PDF)

• Tuskegee Airman (Video)

• Wilkinson, The Merchants of Menace (German merchant raiders vs. the British) (PDF)

• Life on the Home Front for the U.S. (PDF)

• Last Japanese holdout on Guam (Audio)

• The German SS (Audio)

• The Great Escape: Prison Break of Allied Soldiers (Audio)

• The Screaming Eagles: The U.S. 101st Airborne Troops (Audio)

Weapons of War During World War Two

• Historpedia, Cryptography in World War II (PDF)

• U.S. B-29 Superfortress Bomber (Video)

• U.S. F-6 Hellcat Carrier Fighter (Video)

• German Tiger Tank (Video)

• Russian T-34 Tank (Video)

• U.S. Sherman Tank (Video)

• U.S. Essex Class Aircraft Carrier (Video)

• U.S. P-38 Dogfight (Video)

• Historpedia, King Tiger Tank (PDF)

• Williams, America's Best Fighter Planes: Photos (PDF)

• Wilkinson, Merchants of Menace: British vs. German Navies (PDF)

• The Liberator's First Flight (Audio)

• German V-2 Rockets Against London (Audio)

Major World War Two Battles

• The Road to Victory in Europe (PDF)

• The War in the Pacific (PDF)

• Early Victories by Japan (Audio)

• Attack on Pearl Harbor Japan newsreel footage and commentary (Video)

• Fuchida and Okumlya, Surprise Attack Successful at Pearl Harbor (PDF)

• Williams, Army Nurse Remembers Pearl Harbor (PDF)

• Battle of the Coral Sea (Video)

• General Doolittle's Raid on Japan (Audio)

• Battle of Midway Island Documentary (Video)

• Battle of Monte Cassino (Video)

• Battles of the Enigma German Code Breakers (Audio)

• Battle of Leningrad (Video)

• Merrill's Marauders (Audio)

• D-Day Invasion Newsreel (Video)

• Reagan, Remarks on 40th Anniversary of D-Day (PDF Transcript))

• Reagan, Remarks on 40th Anniversary of D-Day (Audio)

• Stopping Hitler's Nuclear Bomb Program (PDF)

• Datillo, A Choice Among Evils: Dropping the A-Bomb (PDF Transcript)

• Datillo, A Choice Among Evils: Dropping the A-Bomb (Audio)

• President Truman, Statement on Use of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (PDF)

• Operation Jubilee: Dieppe Raid, (Audio)

• The Raid on Dieppe in 1942 (Audio)

• Sinking of the Bismark German Battleship (Audio)

• German U-Boats Stand Down at End of WWII (Audio)

• Battle of Arnhem Bridge: A Bridge Too Far/Operation Market Garden (Audio)