WWII Links

Here are some of the best World War II websites online:

General

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/WORLD%20WAR%20TWO.htm

Very good and many topics covered

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_2

Yes, I know it's wikipedia, but it is actually a good article

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

The BBC does an excellent job covering many different WWII topics.

http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/

A Canadian military magazine. It has some interesting articles on WWII on their website.

http://www.thememoryproject.com/home.aspx

The Memory Project - Stories of the Second World War, as told by over a thousand Canadian veterans. Fascinating.

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008717

About Canada's contribution to the Allies' side in the war.

http://wwarii.com/blog/                     

Another good World War II blog!

Museums

http://www.iwm.org.uk/                        

The Imperial War Museum in England

http://www.edencamp.co.uk/

Eden Camp history museum is housed within the grounds of an old WWII POW camp in England. (click on "Virtual Tour")

http://www.junobeach.org/main.html

A good site about Canada in WWII.

http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/home

The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa

http://www.winstonchurchill.org/

The Churchill Centre and Museum at the Churchill War Rooms, London

Photos

http://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/
Photos of the war from the U.S. Archives

http://www.ww2incolor.com/

A large collection of WWII photos

http://canadaonline.about.com/od/canadaww2/ig/Canadian-Posters-World-War-II/   

Canadian propaganda posters

http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexww2posters.htm    

American propaganda posters

http://www.ap.org/pages/about/pulitzer/rosenthal.html

The true story behind the famous photo "Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima"

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/51631/wwii-the-pictures-we-remember#index/0

Photos of the war from Life magazine.

Other

http://www.aviation-history.com/

A site with many WWII planes (as well as other planes) featured.

http://www.actionart.ca/                    

Digital art featuring World War II planes.

http://www.achtungpanzer.com/        

Lots of information and pictures of German tanks and vehicles.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/

An extensive timeline of World War Two events from 1918 to 1946.

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Militaris/eng/glossary/glossary.html

Not sure what that word means? Look it up at this World War Two glossary!

http://www.white-rose-studies.org/

About the White Rose, a group of young people in Nazi Germany who were executed for standing up against Hitler.

This British cartoon doesn't quite have the right idea