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The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
World Book - Pearl Harbor
Newsela - The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Newsela - Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address
New York Times Upfront - Pearl Harbor: From 'Infamy' to Friendship
German Blitzkreig – Invasion of Poland
German Blitzkreig – Invasion of Poland
History Channel - Germany invades Poland
Britannica - Blitzkreig
Imperial War Museum - The German ‘Lightning War’ Strategy Of The Second World War
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain
World Book - Battle of Britain
Royal Air Force Museum - History of the Battle of Britain (online exhibition)
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen
World Book - Tuskegee Airmen
History Channel - How the Tuskegee Airmen Became Pioneers of Black Military Aviation
History Channel - Black Americans Who Served in WWII Faced Segregation Abroad and at Home
NPR - Tuskegee Airmen: 'Rock Stars' Of American History (Podcast)
Navajo Code Talkers
Navajo Code Talkers
World Book - Code Talkers
New York Times Upfront - The Code that couldn't be Broken
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - Navajo Code Talkers and the Unbreakable Code
Newsela: The Navajo Code Talkers Played a Crucial Role
USO - How Navajo Code Talker Marines Used Their Indigenous Language to Help Win World War II
The Experience of Japanese-Americans During the War
The Experience of Japanese-Americans During the War
U.S. History in Context: Japanese American Internment/Japanese American Incarceration
Newsela: A photographer's photos show WWII life of Japanese in America
Newsela: Japanese American Relocation in the U.S.
Newsela: Life at the Manzanar Camp
New York Times Upfront - A Bold Act of Solidarity
U.S./Allied victories in the Pacific Part I : Midway, Coral Sea, Philippines
U.S./Allied victories in the Pacific Part I : Midway, Coral Sea, Philippines
World Book - Coral Sea (Also see: World War II, The Tide Turns)
The National WWII Museum - Battle of Midway
Newsela: The U.S. War in the Pacific through Photos
U.S./Allied victories in the Pacific Part II: Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Guadalcanal
U.S./Allied victories in the Pacific Part II: Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Guadalcanal
Britannica School - Iwo Jima
Newsela: The U.S. War in the Pacific through Photos
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad
World Book - Stalingrad
Newswla - Battle of Stalingrad
D-Day invasion at Normandy
D-Day invasion at Normandy
World Book - D-Day
History Channel - How D-Day Changed the Course of WWII
History Channel - Interactive: Why D-Day Was One of the Most Stunning Feats of World War II
Newsela: D-Day and the War's End
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge
World Book - Battle of the Bulge
History Channel - Battle of the Bulge
The Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
PBS (Video): Truman and the Atomic Bomb — World War II | Truman
NPR: Timeline: The Road to Hiroshima
World History in Context (Video) - Hiroshima Aftermath and Atomic Bomb Testing
Newsela: Hiroshima - What you need to know about the nuclear attack
Newsela: Einstein urges FDR to build nuclear weapons
Newsela: Atomic Bomb Secrets
Newsela: Truman Announces the Dropping of Atom Bomb
Company E - 141st Infantry (All Mexican American Army Unit)
Company E - 141st Infantry (All Mexican American Army Unit)
NPR - Latino War Vets Changed World at Home, Abroad (Podcast)
PBS: A Class Apart: Mexican-Americans in World War II (Video)
El Paso Matters: New Company E memorial raises questions about who’s included
Newsela: Latinos in WWII
Association of the United States Army: FROM BARRIOS TO BATTLEFIELDS: AUTHORS CHRONICLE EXPLOITS OF MEXICAN-AMERICAN SOLDIERS
War History Online - The U.S. Army’s all Mexican-American Infantry Unit – Little-Known Heroes of the Italian Campaign of WWII
Also see History Channel article in Nisei Section below
Nisei (442nd) Regimental Combat Team
Nisei (442nd) Regimental Combat Team
History Channel - How a Japanese American Regiment Rescued WWII’s ‘Lost Battalion’
Pacific Atrocities Education - The Nisei WACs: The Combination of a Japanese Linguist and an American Soldier
Gale in Context: 'Defining Courage' tells the story of WWII 'Nisei' soldiers (Podcast)
The “Six Triple Eight” – Central Postal Directory Battalion (Women’s Army Corp)
The “Six Triple Eight” – Central Postal Directory Battalion (Women’s Army Corp)
Marking History Channel - The 6888 Postal Directory Battalion- Heroes of World War II (Video)
History Channel - These Black Female Heroes Made Sure U.S. WWII Forces Got Their Mail
Newsela - The Black Women's Unit that Made History
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) or Navy Women’s Reserve (WAVES)
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) or Navy Women’s Reserve (WAVES)
Britannica - Women Airforce Service Pilots
The National Museum of the US Army - Women Air Service Pilots
National Women's History Museum - Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of WWII
Google Arts and Culture - Flying on the Homefront: Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)
Santa Clara University - Women Who Fought in World War II
Newsela: Cornelia Fort: WWII pilot
Newsela: The Asian American women who fought to make their mark in World War II
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