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World War II: WWII Websites to Use

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WWII Primary Sources

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DocsTeach. US National Archives
Japan Center for Asian Historical Records
JACAR has built and operates an online database for releasing Asian historical records, that are historical documents of Japan concerning to the modern Japanese relations with other countries."
Second World War 1939-1945
National Archives UK
Nazism
Internet History Sourcebooks, Fordham University

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Germany: The Weimar Republic
National Socialism
Hitler
Elections
The Churches and the Nazis

Dictators & Demigogues

The Age of Totalitarianism: Stalin and Hitler
The History Guide
Explanations of Japan’s Imperialistic Expansion, 1894-1910
Wesleyan U
Fascism in Europe
Internet History Sourcebook, Fordham U
Historic Figures: Emperor Hirohito (1901-1989)
BBC History
Jews in Pre-War Germany
Jewish Virtual Library
Mussolini Meets With Hitler in Germany
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Nazism
Internet History Sourcebook, Fordham U
Photo Essay: Conflict Spreads Around the Globe
The Atlantic
Russian Revolution
Internet History Sourcebook, Fordham U
Totalitarianism
Britannica.com
Weimar Germany (1918/19 - 1933)
GDHI

Adolf Hitler History.com
Adolf Hitler: The Early Years
USHMM
Hitler's Leadership Style BBC History
Hitler Search Results
USHMM
Mein Kampf
USHMM. Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf (My Struggle) is the best known and most popular Nazi text ever published.
Nazi Germany (1933-1945) GHDI
The Rise of Adolf Hitler BBC History

The Age of Dictatorship: Europe 1918-1989 - Mussolini
Gresham College
Benito Mussolini
History.com
Benito Mussolini: What is Fascism, 1932
Internet History Sourcebook, Fordham U
Benito Mussolini Search Results
USHMM
Mussolini and Italy
Cornell U.

Francisco Franco
History.com
The Spanish Government and the Axis from 1940
Avalon Project

Josef Stalin
USHMM
Joseph Stalin: National Hero or Cold-blooded Murderer?
BBC iWonder
Soviet Dictatorship
Women in World History. GM University
Stalin and the Cult of Personality
The History Guide
Stalin Search Results
USHMM

Aftermath & Legacy

Aftermath of World War Two
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. Excellent Research Guide.
The Aftermath of WWI: The Rise of Fascism in Germany and Italy
Guided History. Boston University
The Post War United States, 1945-1968
US Library of Congress
Rebuilding the World After the Second World War
The Guardian. September 2009
World War II: After the War
The Atlantic. October 2011
Western Europe Since 1945
Internet History Sourcebooks, Fordham University
Eastern Europe Since 1945
Internet History Sourcebooks, Fordham University
Post War Western Thought
Internet History Sourcebooks, Fordham University

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