World War II

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The bombing of Pearl Harbor

World Book - Pearl Harbor

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

World  Book - Battle of Britain

Royal Air Force Museum - History of the Battle of Britain (online exhibition)

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

World Book - Code Talkers 

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - Navajo Code Talkers and the Unbreakable Code

USO - How Navajo Code Talker Marines Used Their Indigenous Language to Help Win World War II

The Experience of Japanese-Americans During the War

U.S. History in Context: Japanese American Internment/Japanese American Incarceration

Book in LC: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

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

U.S./Allied victories in the Pacific Part II: Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Guadalcanal

Britannica School - Iwo Jima

Battle of Stalingrad

World Book - Stalingrad

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

Battle of the Bulge

World Book - Battle of the Bulge

History Channel - Battle of the Bulge

The Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

World History in Context (Video) - Hiroshima Aftermath and Atomic Bomb Testing 

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

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

History Channel - How a Japanese American Regiment Rescued WWII’s ‘Lost Battalion’

National Veterans Network 

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)

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

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