History: Wars and Conflicts

Cold War

Academic Info - History Gateway - Links to resources on the history of the Cold War.

AMDOCS: Documents for the study of American history - A huge list of document resources from the fifteenth century to the present, including most of the inaugural addresses of the US Presidents, and documents on the Cold War and Vietnam.

Cold War International History Project - The Cold War International History Project disseminates new information and perspectives on the history of the Cold War, in particular new findings from previously inaccessible sources from the former Communist world. The project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War, and seeks to accelerate the process of integrating new sources, materials and perspectives from the former "Communist bloc" with the historiography of the Cold War which has been written over the past few decades largely by Western scholars reliant on Western archival sources. It also seeks to transcend barriers of language, geography, and regional specialization to create new links among scholars interested in Cold War history.

Revelations from the Russian Archives - "the first public display of the hitherto highly secret internal record of Soviet Communist rule." There are two main sections: The internal workings of the Soviet system, and The Soviet Union and the United States (covering both the pre- and post- World War II period).

Spartacus Educational Encyclopedias: The Cold War - Information on many of the important figures and personalities of the Cold War period. Also covers topics such as the Berlin airlift, the Bay of Pigs abd the Cuban Missile crisis, Domino theory, Prague Spring, Vietnam, spying, Zionism and the PLO etc.

The Berlin Wall - From the Newseum, this site tells the story of the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall, and explores how news coverage differed in East and West Berlin. Also has information on censorship under Stalin.

Korean War

Korea: the Unfinished War - "To fully grasp the ongoing tensions between the United States and North Korea, it is important to understand the war that ended fifty years ago this summer" (July 2003).

Korean War Veterans National Museuam and Library - This educational research center pays tribute to all who served in the war, especially the wounded and killed in action and those who lost their lives in non-combatant situations,and seeks to create an awareness of The Forgotten Victory. For information look at the Resources and the Links sections.

Vietnam War

Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War - from Spartacus Educational

History Central : Vietnam War - A selection of events taken from the History Central CD–ROM on the history of the 1960's. Presents an overview of the major events to take place in the Viet Nam War but does not cover the causes of the war, nor the final events from the invasion of the Cambodia to the final North Vietnamese victory in Saigon.

Vets With A Mission - 'This site contains a great deal of information on the Vietnam war, the ethnic peoples of Vietnam, current events in Vietnam, travel tips and more. It also offers an extensive selection of photos of the country both past and present'.

Vietnam War Internet Project - The Vietnam War Internet Project is an educational organization dedicated to providing information and documents about the various Indochina Wars and to the collection and electronic publication on the web of oral histories and memoirs of both those who served in and those who opposed those conflicts.

Vietnam War Net - A web directory to educational, entertainment and research material on the Vietnam war.

The Wars for Viet Nam 1945-1975 - This site, developed around the course materials for Robert Brigham's senior seminar on the Viet Nam War at Vassar College, offers students an opportunity to examine some of those sources, including numerous official documents. Brigham was the first American scholar given access to the Vietnamese archives on the war in Hanoi. Included here are his translations of some of the Hanoi documents, offered for examination and study.

Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War - from the Anarchist Archive - Includes resources on the history of the war, as well as image files and bibliography.

Spanish Civil War - from the European Virtual School History - "Europe and the Spanish Civil War" [hopes to] involve teachers and students from all over Europe. It will be a website that chronicles the various European responses to the Spanish War of 1936-39.

Gulf War

Desert Storm - Desert-Storm.com is a site created by a student to honor those who participated in Operation Desert-Storm

The Gulf War from PBS - Transcripts from a series of programs on the Gulf War: sound available with RealPlayer.

World War 1

Academic Info - History Gateway - Links to resources on the history of the First World War.

Armenian National Institute - Information on the Armenian genocide of World War I

Voice of the Shuttle - World War I pages

World War 1 Biographical Dictionary - from the University of Kansas

World War 2

Academic Info - History Gateway - Links to resources on the history of the Second World War.

Academic Info - Holocaust History Gateway - Links to resources on the history of the Holocaust.

BBC History: World War II - Information on World War II by topic, time or people.

The History Place - Provides links to topics such as Hitler and othe Nazi leaders, the Hitler Youth, a timeline of World War II, and a chronicle of the Holocaust.

i-biblio World War 2 resources - Primary source materials on the Web and original documents regarding all aspects of the war.

Japanese Americans : Conscience & the Constitution - Another site from the PBS: 'In World War II, a handful of young Americans refused to be drafted from an American concentration camp. They were ready to fight for their country, but not before the government restored their rights as U.S. citizens and released their families from camp... CONSCIENCE AND THE CONSTITUTION delves into the heart of the Japanese American conscience and a controversy that continues today. Experience the choice faced by any group when confronted by mass injustice -- whether to comply or to resist'.

Pearl Harbour - A listing of sites related to the Dec. 7th, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor maintained by Larry W. Jewell

Holocaust

The Holocaust: contemporary experiences, accounts and records - One of the Intute Arts and Humanities Limelight features.

Museum of Tolerance Online - Information on the Holocaust from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Holocaust : the untold story - from Newseum - Was the Holocaust a secret or did Americans know what was happening?

The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous - An organization providing support to non-Jews who rescued Jews during the Second World War. The Stories of Moral Courage section provides an interactive map with associated rescue stories.

Atom Bomb

Atomic Bomb Museum - The aims of this site are to provide all readers with accurate information concerning the impact the first atomic bomb had on Hiroshima, and to provide the context for a constructive discussion of what the world can learn from this event and why such weapons of total destruction should never again be used.

Atomic Bomb : Decision - Documents on the decision to use the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Hiroshima Archive - Set up to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing, this site is intended to serve as a research and educational guide to those who want to gain and expand their knowledge of the atomic bombing.

NukePop - Chronicles popular cultural reaction to the nuclear age, beginning with the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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