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	Twentieth Century Wars Spanish American War 1898 Spanish American War 1898 http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/intro.html Spain loses its hold of its overseas empire Spanish American War Resources http://www.historesearch.com/spainamwarmil.html Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/ This presentation provides resources and documents about the war, the period before the war, and some of the people who participated. TOP World War I BBC WW I Homepage http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/ While this site has complete information about WWI, it also has links to Ancient History, British History, WW I and II, Genocide, Cold War and Recent History. The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/ Click on the War Index for an alphabetical division of topics. War Times Journal http://wtj.com/wars/greatwar/ The Archives are divided by topics and the information comes from all kinds of sources such as dispatches, maps and records, books, first hand accounts, memoirs, and more. The Great War Society http://www.worldwar1.com/tgws/index5.htm The Society has an extensive site of information about the war from all over the world, France, the Near East, the Italian Front and more. Be sure to click on Links Central for another list of extensive information. The Major Museums of Europe http://www.art-ww1.com/gb/visite.html This site commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Armistice of 1918 with paintings by 54 painters on both sides. WWW-VL: History: Military: WWI: The Great War http://vlib.iue.it/history/mil/ww1.html Besides an extensive list of sites, scroll down to World War II, US Military History, Cold War History, US History and the Military History Index. First World War.com http://www.firstworldwar.com/about.htm The purpose of this website is to provide an overview of WWI. There is a long list of articles to choose from including primary documents. Internet Modern History Sourcebook: World War I http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook38.html The site includes the Path to War, the War, and the Resistance to War, Literary Responses and the Aftermath. Letters Home from the War http://www.u.arizona.edu/~rstaley/wwlettr1.htm Letters to his sweetheart during WWI. Essays http://www.u.arizona.edu/~rstaley/wwessay.htm Included information on the postal service, transporting the troops, the Red Cross and more. Fascism http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Fascism.html Article from the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics Internet Modern History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook42.html Fascism in Italy and the Spanish Civil War. TOP World War II World War II: Documents http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm Legal documents, treaties and papers from WWII World War II Posters http://www.library.unt.edu/govinfo/mapsandposters/wwiipost.html Posters from different countries are listed plus links to historic documents and speeches, history and military history subject guides, history resources on the Internet and more. World War II and the Human Experience http://www.fsu.edu/~ww2/brokaw/default.htm Search around this new site about experiences during WWII. There is a history of one family leaving their home to escape to freedom. There are WWII links, newspaper articles, resources, exhibits and photogramps. WWW-VL: History: World War II History, 1939-1945 http://vlib.iue.it/history/mil/ww2.html Confinement and Ethnicity http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/anthropology74/index.htm This is an overview of world War II Japanese American Relocation Sites. Internet Modern History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook45.html World War II is divided into 4 sections: Lead Up to War, War in Europe, War in Asia, and After the War. Letters to and from the Home Front http://www.private-art.com/ In addition to original letters, the soldier's mother saved the headlines from the locak newspaper. National Archives http://www.archives.gov/research/tools/ Put in your search such as 'World War II' and get a list of historical documents. Also read the information about searching and use the various online catalogs and data bases. National Security Agency National Cryptologic Museum http://www.nsa.gov/museum/index.cfm Scroll down to the Exhibits for cipher devices going back to the 18th century. Items include Code Talkers, Enigma, supercomputers and more. Second World War http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm One of the most complete sites on World War II on the Net. World War II http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ Information and resources from the BBC. The Holocaust United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/research/ Check on collections and archives, bibliographies, family histories and history of the Holocaust and web links which are updated. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/ Holocaust Encyclopedia Holocaust Cybrary http://www.remember.org/ Remembering the stories. There are pictures, stories by witnesses, information about the Camps, poems, facts, art and more. Holocaust History Project http://www.holocaust-history.org/ This is an archive of documents, photographs, recordings, and essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation of Holocaust-denial. The Jewish Virtual Library http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/index.html This site contains, history, women, The Holocaust, Treasures from the Library of Congress, biographies, maps and more. There is also information about travel and information about and Israel and its relationship with the United States. War in the Pacific Pearl Harbor http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/ph-oa.htm Information and images of the attack on Pearl Timeline and images http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/pearl.htm Radio Newscasts http://www.umkc.edu/lib/spec-col/ww2/PearlHarbor/radio.htm Battle of Midway http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/midway/midway.htm Decision to Drop the Bomb http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php The collection includes documents totaling almost 600 pages covering the years 1945 -1964. Japanese Conquests http://www.naval-history.net/WW2CampaignsJapConquests.htm The site includes information on Pearl Harbor, Midway, Coral Sea, and more. Los Alamos National Laboratory http://www.lanl.gov/history/atomicbomb/index.shtml Building the atomic bomb Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum http://www1.city.nagasaki.nagasaki.jp/na-bomb/museum/museume01.html National Museum of the Pacific War http://www.nimitz-museum.org/ Areas are features and exhibits, and education. Timeline of the war http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm West Point Atlas http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/ww2%20pacific/ww2%20pacific%20war%20index.htm Asian Pacific War The Fall of the Philippines http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-PI/index.html War Time Journal http://www.wtj.com/articles/pacific_war/ The war with Japan Japanese - American Internment Confinement and Ethnicity http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/anthropology74/index.htm This is an overview of world War II Japanese American Relocation Sites. Children of the Camps - Internment History http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/index.html The site contains historical documents, information about the camps, a timeline and the impact on the internees health. Camp Harmony Exhibit http://www.lib.washington.edu/exhibits/harmony/exhibit/ This exhibit tells the story of Seattle's Japanese American community in the spring and summer of 1942 Japanese Internment Camps during WWII http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo/9066/9066.htm Photo archives and specials collections. Click on Tule or Topaz. Internment of San Francisco Japanese http://www.sfmuseum.org/war/evactxt.html The site includes a 1942 timeline, a 1943 publication, and excerpts from Gen. DeWitt's Final Report on the Evacuation of the Japanese. TOP The Korean War Korean War Causes http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkorea.htm Scroll down for a short history and links. Eyewitness: A North Korean Remembers http://www.kimsoft.com/korea/eyewit.htm This site contains a list of links going back Korea +50: No Longer Forgotten http://www.trumanlibrary.org/korea/ This is a project between the Truman and Eisenhower Presidential Libraries. The Korean War http://www.korean-war.com/ Includes a time line, special operations, achieves and United Nations Forces Documents of the Korean War http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/korea/korea.htm The site contains documents, oral histories, ciphered telegrams, memorandums of conversations and more. Also see this site for more on Foreign policies. http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/coldwar.htm TOP The Indochina Wars and Vietnam The wars for Viet Nam 1945 - 1975 http://vietnam.vassar.edu/ This site includes and overview of the wars, documents that pertain to the war, links and the battles of the la Drang Valley. MIT Courseware http://ocw.mit.edu/NR/rdonlyres/Political-Science/17-40American-Foreign-Policy--Past--Present--and-FutureFall2002/1AE08AAC-752A-4473-B643-0D6F9E2AEC70/0/vietnam.pdf This is an outline of events from 1945 to 1975. Battlefield Vietnam http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/ Recalling the Vietnam war http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/PubEd/research/vietnam.html From the Institute of International Studies, this site has interviews with people associated with all sides of the war. Encyclopedia of Vietnam war www.vietnamwar-reference.com This site includes a brief history, a battlefield timeline, guerrilla tactics, air war, the siege of Khe Sanh and web resources. Vietnam War Bibliography http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/vietnam.html There are a number of areas included here including online resources, China and USSR, ethics, fiction, popular culture, home front, peace movements, veterans and more. The HistoryPlace http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/ Comprehensive Timelines with Quotes and Analysis. Includes Seeds of conflict. The Vietnam War http://www.vietnampix.com/intro.htm This site does not document the entire war, but is intended as a picture essays with remarkable pictures by legendary war photographer, Tim Page Vietnam War Index http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/vietnam.html Political and Military figures Vietnam Achieve http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/vietnamarchive/index.htm From Texas Tech University, this site's mission is to collect and preserve the documentary record of the Vietnam War. Maritime Wars in Indochina http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/vietnamcenter/events/2002_Symposium/2002Papers_files/goscha.htm This paper was written for a Texas Tech symposium about the importance of the seas during a war. Vietnam: Yesterday and today http://www.oakton.edu/user/~wittman/ Click on web links for a list of topics Pentagon Papers http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pentagon/pent5.htm This portion of the papers addresses U.S. policy towards the war in Indochina from the U.S. decision to recognize the Vietnamese Nationalist regime of the Emperor Boa Dai in February, 1950, through the U.S. deliberations on military intervention in late 1953 and early 1954 TOP The Persian Gulf War National Security Archive http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB39/ The original press release announcing the Iraq invasion of Kuwait and security documents about the war are on this site. BBC News Flashback http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1118611.stm Not only a flashback, but reports of the Iraqi War also. DefenseLINK News http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2000/n08082000_20008088.html The site begins with a timeline and there are fast facts about Operations Desert Shield and Storm. 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