A selection of Web site links
compiled by Carolyn A. Bohman
Carolyn Bohman serves as Reference Archivist at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
The following links are related to World War II in general and also to Wisconsin's
role and its veterans.
Books
Army at
Dawn: War in North Africa, 1942-1943, Rick Atkinson
Purchase from Amazon.com
Video
In the Hands of the Enemy-Janesville
Tank Company (Wisconsin Army National Guard)
Just hours after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 the American
troops in the Philippines suffered a surprise attack with devastating consequences.
After a brutal four-month battle 25,000 Americans surrendered after they
were outgunned, outmanned, and on the brink of starvation.The film features
first-hand stories of survival during The Bataan
Death March, Hell Ships and slave labor.
PBS | American
Experience: Fly Girls
During WWII, more than a thousand women signed up to fly with the U.S. military. Wives, mothers, actresses and debutantes who joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) test-piloted aircraft, ferried planes and logged 60 million miles in the air. Thirty-eight women died in service. But the opportunity to play a critical role in the war effort was abruptly canceled by politics and resentment, and it would be 30 years before women would again break the sex barrier in the skies.
PBS | The War
Directed by Ken Burns in 2007, "The War" is the story of World
War II through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four
American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street
in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there
are no ordinary lives.
Wisconsin Veterans-local projects
Through the Eyes of Veterans
Wood County-Assumption High School
Call
to Duty: Outagamie County in World War II
Outagamie County Historical Society
Marshfield WWII and Korean War Interviews
Wood County-Marshfield High School
Military Honor
Roll Since War of 1812
Sharon, Wis.
World War II Research
The National Archives: World War II Research
ARC
Gallery: World War II (documents and photographs)
Military operations, wartime experiences, notable individuals
Casualties for World War II by branch or county
Wisconsin
World War II Casualties by County: Army and Air Force
Access Genealogy
World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing
Army and Army Air Forces Personnel
The National Archives | Archival Researach Catalog (ARC)
State Summary of War Casualties from
World War II for
Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel
The National Archives | Archival Researach Catalog (ARC)
Photographs and Posters of World War II
Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Division
Pictures of World War II
The National Archives | Archival Researach Catalog (ARC)
World War II Poster Collection
Northwestern University
History of World War II
U.S.
Army in World War II: Reader's Guide
U.S. Army Center of Military History
Order
of Battle for World War II
European Theater of Operations
Remembering
Pearl Harbor
National Geographic
Prisoners
of War: Stalag Luft
Americans in uniform
The National Archives: Women and the Military
Various links to NARA, ALIC and other resources.
Women's
Army Corps
WAVES-Women
and the United States Navy
Women
and the U.S. Coast Guard
Army
Nurse Corps History
The
Women of Redstone Arsenal: A Chronology, 1941-2005
Women
Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers and Broadcasters During World
War II
Oregon
State Archives: Women's Land Army
Naval
History & Heritage: African-Americans and the U.S. Navy - World War II
Naval
History & Heritage: African-Americans and the U.S. Navy
World War II Activities in the United States
Great Lakes Naval Training Station,
Recreation & Sports
The
National Archives: Pictures of African Americans During World War II
Navajo Code Talkers: World War II Fact Sheet
Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary
Military Branches during World War II
Army Air Forces in World War
II
Coast
Guard Combat Victories of World War II
Marines
World War 2 history
Merchant
Marine
Online history includes brief history of the Merchant Marines contributions
to World War II.
American Merchant Marine War - Revolution to World War II to
Today
A detailed history of the Merchant Marines in World
War II explains why their convoys were essential the war.
Naval History and Heritage Command
