Battles of World War II

Resources for Battles of World War II

General

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/

• http://ww2history.com/ 

• http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/famous-battles-of-world-war-two/

Gale Databases index magazines, journals and other online sources.  No password is needed if searching on the school network; see Mr. Cunningham for the password to use at home.

• US History in Context.  Recommend clicking THIS database.  Then click on "advanced search" next to the search box, scroll down to Search By Product and select ""All electronic resources" and then click the box for "Full Text Documents" 

See below:

Western Europe

Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)

• • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/battle_atlantic_01.shtml

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff3_battle_atlantic.shtml

  • https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-the-atlantic 

  • https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/historical-sheets/atlantic 

  • https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/magazine/world-war-ii-battle-of-atlantic-sailors.html

  • https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1942/atlantic.html 

Sedan/Fall of France (May 1940)

• • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/fall_france_01.shtml

Dieppe raid

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/dieppe_raid_01.shtml

Sinking the Bismarck (May 1941)

• • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff4_bismarck_sunk.shtml

  • https://www.history.com/news/remembering-the-sinking-of-the-bismarck 

  • https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/31/bismarck-second-world-war-royal-navy-1941 

  • https://www.airforcemag.com/article/in-pursuit-of-the-bismarck/ 

Normandy (D-Day/Operation Overlord) (June 1944)

• • See Special Section: D-Day and Operation Overlord at http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/

  • http://ww2history.com/key_moments/Western/D_Day 

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/d-day-allies-invade-europe

  • https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day

Battle of Arnhem (Operation Market Garden) (Sept. 1944)

• • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/battle_arnhem_01.shtml

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNSMTq-SwaA&list=PLolzHiCNNbO_cFlnAjPpoTGUiPCnjcx9A&index=4 

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff7_arnhem.shtml

  • https://www.history.com/news/operation-market-garden-failure-allies 

  • https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-story-of-operation-market-garden-in-photos 

  • https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/market-garden 

Battle of the Bulge (Dec. 1944-Jan. 1945)

• • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/battle_bulge_01.shtml

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgU5PRc9glw 

  • https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge

  • https://www.army.mil/botb/

  • https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-the-bulge

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/programs/battle-bulge

  • https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/battle-of-the-bulge

  • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141214-battle-of-the-bulge-hitler-churchill-history-culture-ngbooktalk/ 

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgU5PRc9glw&t=2s 

Southern Europe & Africa

Taranto (Nov. 1940)

• • https://navywings.org.uk/home/about-us/heritage/taranto-80/

  • History Channel documentary (5 parts): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZzueAyKPW0

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/taranto-november-1940

  • https://www.thoughtco.com/battle-of-taranto-2361438 

Matapan (March 1941)

Malta

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/siege_malta_01.shtml

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff4_siege_malta.shtml

Battle for Greece (& occupation) (April 1941)

• • https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-ii-battle-of-greece-2361485

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1057556.shtml

  • https://ww2db.com/country/greece

  • http://www.historynet.com/greek-tragedy-civil-war-during-world-war-ii.htm

  • https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/italy-invades-greece

Crete (May 1941)

• • https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/the-battle-for-crete

  • https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-ii-battle-of-crete-2361468

  • https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-the-battle-of-crete 

  • http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180814-how-crete-changed-the-course-of-world-war-ii 

  • https://greece.greekreporter.com/2020/05/20/how-the-battle-of-crete-changed-the-course-of-world-war-two/ 

(Second Battle of) El Alamein (Oct. 1942)

• • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/battle_el_alamein_01.shtml

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff5_second_alamein.shtml

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERlVM3z3ge0 

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/drive-nowhere-myth-afrika-korps-1941-43

  • https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-el-alamein

  • https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/battle-alamein

  • https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/a-5-minute-history-of-the-battle-of-el-alamein

  • http://ww2history.com/key_moments/Western/Allies_win_at_El_Alamein 

Operation Torch (Nov. 1942)

• • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff5_landings_africa.shtml

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/rommel_desert_01.shtml

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/us-invasion-north-africa

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/drive-nowhere-myth-afrika-korps-1941-43

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-kasserine-pass

Invasion of Sicily (July 1943), a.k.a. Operation Husky

• • https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/invasion-of-sicily 

  • http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/italian-campaign

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff6_sicilylandings.shtml

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff6_italy.shtml

  • https://fromvalortovictory.weebly.com/sicily.html 

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/operation-husky-allied-invasion-sicily 

  • https://history.army.mil/brochures/72-16/72-16.htm

Anzio (Jan.-June 1944)

• • https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-anzio

  • http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/italian-campaign

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/last-ride-anzio-german-counterattacks-february-1944

  • https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/anzio-the-invasion-that-almost-failed

  • https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1944/anzio.html

  • https://www.americanheritage.com/agony-and-triumph-anzio

  • https://history.army.mil/brochures/anzio/72-19.htm

  • https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=313 

Monte Cassino (or Cassino) (Jan.-May 1944)

• • https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battles-of-monte-cassino 

  • http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/italian-campaign

  • https://theconversation.com/second-world-war-fight-to-protect-monte-cassino-abbey-was-a-battle-over-europes-history-138697

  • http://www.abbaziamontecassino.org/abbey/en/legacy/the-battle-of-montecassino 

  • https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/montecassino-abbey

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff6_cassino.shtml

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/battle_cassino_01.shtml 

Central Europe

Warsaw, including uprising (Aug. 1944, Jan. 1945)

• • http://www.dw.com/en/what-was-the-warsaw-uprising/a-39889947

  • http://www.historynet.com/warsaw-rising-hope-and-betrayal.htm

  • http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-capture-warsaw

  • https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-warsaw-polish-uprising

  • https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/warsaw-uprising-ends

  • https://www.hoover.org/research/remembering-warsaw-uprising 

Bombing of Dresden (Feb. 1945)

• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUqwtAMGJfI 

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02jcrfh

  • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4257253.stm

  • http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-31449507/dresden-bombing-marked-70-years-on

  • https://www.history.com/news/dresden-bombing-wwii-allies

  • https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/firebombing-of-dresden

  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51448486

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/apocalypse-dresden-february-1945

  • https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/world/europe/dresden-germany-anniversary.html 

Berlin (May 1945)

• • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/berlin_01.shtml

  • https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/world-war-two-and-eastern-europe/the-battle-for-berlin/

  • (This story may be disturbing.) https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32529679

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0hq8xBPrZA

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fSfmbS4aLo 

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqU43eLFR2Y 

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-of-berlin-memorial-tiergarten 

  • https://www.thoughtco.com/world-war-ii-battle-of-berlin-2361466

  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52572544

  • http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/berlin.htm

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNCiHGcJzFg

Eastern Europe

Operation Barbarossa (June 1941)

• https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa

• https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-was-operation-barbarossa

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr_-HjefPi0 

• https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/07/world-war-ii-operation-barbarossa/100112/

• https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/invasion-of-the-soviet-union-june-1941 

• http://ww2history.com/key_moments/Eastern/Invasion_of_the_Soviet_Union 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr_-HjefPi0&list=PLolzHiCNNbO_cFlnAjPpoTGUiPCnjcx9A&index=2 

Moscow (Oct. 1941-Jan. 1942)

• • https://www.thoughtco.com/battle-of-moscow-2360444

  • http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/world-war-two-and-eastern-europe/the-battle-for-moscow/

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/history-through-viewfinder-34

Siege of Leningrad (Sept. 1941-Jan. 1944)

• • http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/siege-of-leningrad

  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4612584/Ddiaries-reveal-horror-Nazi-siege-Leningrad.html

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/history-through-viewfinder-36

  • https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/siege-of-leningrad-begins

  • https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/24/siege-of-leningrad-diaries-only-skeletons-not-people-second-world-war

  • https://www.dw.com/en/leningrad-the-city-that-refused-to-starve-in-wwii/a-19532957 

(Second Battle of) Kharkov (May 1942)

• • http://www.historynet.com/kharkov-1943-the-wehrmachts-last-victory.htm

  • https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=50

  • https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/battle-kharkov-how-nazi-germany-set-deadly-trap-russia-32207 

Stalingrad (Aug. 1942-Feb. 1943)

• • http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad

  • http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/famous-battles-of-world-war-two/the-battle-of-stalingrad/

  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4812286/Battle-Stalingrad-colour-75-years-on.html

  • http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/frank-interviews-with-red-army-soldiers-shed-new-light-on-stalingard-a-863229.html

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/history-through-viewfinder-35

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F679phS3xT0 

Kursk (July 1943)

• • http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-kursk

  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48963295 

  • http://ww2history.com/key_moments/Eastern/Soviets_stop_Germans_at_Kursk 

  • https://www.thedailybeast.com/wwiis-greatest-battle-how-kursk-changed-the-war

  • https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2018/07/05/the-largest-tank-battle-in-history-began-75-years-ago-today-heres-how-it-changed-wwii/

  • https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-battle-of-kursk-the-largest-tank-battle-in-history 

Operation "Bagration" (June–July 1944)

• https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jun/21/we-must-not-forget-the-other-d-day 

• http://ww2history.com/key_moments/Eastern/Operation_Bagration 

• https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/operation-bagration-the-shocking-story-how-russia-crushed-23792 

• https://www.hoover.org/research/operation-bagration-and-destruction-army-group-center 

Pacific!

Battle of Midway (June 1942)

• • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/battle_midway_01.shtml

  • https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/battle-midway

Singapore

• https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/fall-of-singapore

• https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/singapore-guns/

• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/singapore-falls-to-japan

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-14/fall-of-singapore-75-year-anniversary-commemorated/8267650 

• http://ww2history.com/key_moments/Pacific/Singapore_surrenders 

Burma Campaign

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/ff4_burmacampaign.shtml

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/burma_campaign_01.shtml

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/launch_ani_burma_campaign.shtml