Websites of World War II propaganda posters

Necessitated by Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
"Day of Infamy" Speech by FDR
Allied strategy to defeat Germany first
European campaign
North Africa
Battle of Stalingrad
invasions of Sicily and Italy
D-Day: Normandy invasion (June 6, 1944)
Map of nothern France from http://www.internet-esq.com/ussaugusta/overlord/
aerial photographs
Omaha Beach
Gold Beach
Juno Beach
Pont du Hoc
St. Mer Eglise
D-Day casualty estimates
Battle of the Bulge: Ardennes Forest, Belgium (Dec. 16 - 30, 1944)
Fire-bombing of Dresden, Feb. 13, 1945
Eyewitness account
V-E Day (8 May, 1945)

Pacific theater of war

extent of Japanese conquests
map
Bataan Death March
Survivor's description
Battle of Coral Sea, May 7-8, 1942
sinking of the U.S.S. Lexington
damage to U.S.S. Yorktown
astounding repair of Yorktown at Pearl Harbor, May 27-30, 1942
history of the Yorktown
Battle of Midway, June 4-7, 1942
loss of four Japanese aircraft carriers, one heavy cruiser, 292 aircraft and 3,057 deaths
loss one one American Aircraft, U.S.S. Yorktown, one destroyer, U.S.S. Hammann, 145 aircraft and 340 deaths
turning point in naval war with Japan now on the defensive
Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 23-26, 1944
Battle of Luzon, Jan. 9 - Aug. 15, 1945
detailed description
second largest battle of the Pacific
10,380 American battle deaths, 36,350 wounded, 93,422 non-combat casualties including 260 deaths, most from disease
destruction in Manilla by the Japanese forces
strategy of "island-hopping"

Tarawa
Kwajalein
Guam
Iwo Jima, Feb. 19-March 16, 1945

photo of flag-raising on Mount Suribachi
Okinawa, April - June, 1945
highest casualties of entire war
more than 48,000 American casualties including 12,000 killed or missing
at least 107,000 Japanese deaths
more than 100,000 Okinawan civilian casualties, many at the hands of the Japanese
Fire-bombing of Tokyo; March 10, 1945
Plans for the invasion of Japan
Operation Downfall
X Day
Planned invasion of Kyushu (Olympic)
Y Day
Planned capture of Tokyo (Coronet)
use of atomic weapons against Japan

Enola Gay: Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
Little Boy
Boxcar: Nagasaki, August 9, 1945
Fat Man
V-J Day (14 August, 1945)

casualties from use of atomic weapons
Documents about use of atomic weapons
Japanese surrender
U.S. Navy documents
Allied Conferences during war

Casablanca (January, 1943)
Teheran (November, 1943)
Washington (August-September, 1944)
Yalta (February, 1945)

Soviet entrance in war against Japan
elections in Poland
partition of Germany
creation of the United Nations

San Francisco, April 25, 1945
General Assembly
Security Council

death of President Roosevelt, April 12, 1945
President Harry S Truman (POTUS)
Potsdam (July, 1945)
division of the Korean peninsula

Domestic Mobilization
War Powers Act (December, 1941)
War Production Board
Office of Scientific Research and Development

Manhattan Project
web sites on the Manhattan Project
Trinity Test in New Mexico, July 16, 1945
Hiroshima Peace Site
Examples of damage to Hiroshima
Office of War Mobilization
Office of Price Administration
Effects on civilians

increase in work force, including additional 5 million working women
continued discrimination against African Americans
FDR forced into creating Fair Employment Practices Committee
relocation of 120,000 Japanese-Americans in detention centers
Links to site about Japanese American internment
Civil Liberties Act of 1988
Effects of the war on the New Deal

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