WORLD WAR II - RESOURCES Pathfinder compiled by: Kathy Poulton, Librarian Archbishop Moeller High School Attended Workshop at: Kings Mills High School email: kpoulton@moeller.org The following are links to articles from reference books from EBSCOHost War, Hot and Cold: 1940-49. By: Skomal, Susan. World Almanac & Book of Facts, 2004, p475, 2p, 1bw; Reading Level (Lexile): 800; (AN 12117888) World War II Columbia Encyclopedia; (AN IXBWW2) Internment of Japanese Americans. Political & World Affairs: WWII, 2002, p1, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1220; (AN 6939301) Yalta. Political & World Affairs: WWII, 2002, p1, 4p; Reading Level (Lexile): 950; (AN 5653637) The "good war". By: Axelrod, Alan. Complete Idiot's Guide to American History, 1998, p249, 12p, 1 cartoon; Reading Level (Lexile): 1160; (AN 760342) Brief biographies from EBSCOHost Sir Winston Churchill By: Herbert G. Nicholas. Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh108565) Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh118227) Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh28216) Adolf Galland Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh35884) Maurice(-Gustave) Gamelin Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh35967) Albert Kesselring Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh45183) Paul Ludwig (Ewald) von Kleist Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh45741) (Hans) GC Marie-Pierre(-Joseph-FranC'ois) Koenig Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh45866) Chester W(illiam) Nimitz Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh55868) Alexander (of Tunis), Harold (Rupert Leofric George) Alexander, 1st Earl Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh5616) Sir John Cotesworth Slessor Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh68188) Franklin D. Roosevelt. Political & World Leaders: The Great Depression, 2002, p3, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1170; (AN 6939134) Joseph Stalin. Political & World Leaders: WWII, 2002, p3, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1060; (AN 6939223) Dwight D. Eisenhower. Political & World Leaders: Cold War, 2002, p9, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 840; (AN 5650960) Benito Mussolini. Political & World Leaders: WWII, 2002, p1, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1350; (AN 5651303) George Patton. Political & World Leaders: WWII, 2002, p3, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 860; (AN 5651307) Douglas MacArthur. Political & World Leaders: WWII, 2002, p8, 3p; Reading Level (Lexile): 930; (AN 5651314) The man who saved the world...twice. By: Frost, Bob. Biography, Aug97, Vol. 1 Issue 8, p86, 6p, 1c, 6bw; Reading Level (Lexile): 1070; (AN 9710140860) The hated hero. By: Rompalske, Dorothy. Biography, Jan97, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p72, 6p, 6bw; Reading Level (Lexile): 1210; (AN 2461561) Slim, William (Joseph), 1st Viscount Slim Of Yarralumla And Bishopston Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh68199) Sir Barnes (Neville) Wallis Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh75988) Mordecai Anielewicz By: Michael Berenbaum. Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh7631) Wavell (of Eritrea and of Winchester), Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl, Viscount Wavell Of Cyrenaica And Of Winchester, Viscount Keren Of Eritrea And Of Winchester Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh76326) Frederick William Winterbotham Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh77235) Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh77731) Yamashita Tomoyuki Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh77771) Walter Henry Zinn Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh78390) Yitzhak Zuckerman Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh78476) Bernhard, Prince Of The Netherlands, Prince Of Lippe-biesterfeld Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh78853) Fedor von Bock Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh80348) James Gavin Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh825) Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh82516) Genda Minoru Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh826) Erwin Rommel By: Walter Otto Julius GC6rlitz. Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh83860) Harding, John , Baron Harding of Petherton Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh871) Henry Harley Arnold Britannica Biography Collection; (AN bgh9579) Use these INFOhio Resources for more information Search generally using World War II or specifically using the names of people, battles or military equipment (i.e., tanks, submarines, etc.) Britannica Online School Edition - There is a great outline in the main entry for WWII Oxford Reference Online Selected Bibliography of Reference Books "American military leaders : from colonial times to the present" by Fredriksen, John C. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c1999. "America at war : selected articles from the three-volume Encyclopedia of the American military". by New York : Macmillan Library Reference USA, c1994. "Encyclopedia of the American military : studies of the history, traditions, policies, institutions, and roles of the armed forces in war and peace" by Jessup, John E. New York : Scribner's ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada : New York : Maxwell Mcmillan International, c1994. "Historical atlas of World War II" by Pimlott, John, 1948- .New York : H. Holt, 1995. "History in dispute, Volumes 4 & 5, World War II". Detroit : St. James Press, 2000- . "Jane's encyclopedia of aviation" by Taylor, Michael John Haddrick. New York : Crescent Books, 1993. "Oxford companion to military history" by Holmes, Richard, 1946-, Strachan, Hew., Bellamy, Chris., Bicheno, Hugh. New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. "World War II : a student companion" by O'Neill, William L. New York : Oxford University Press, c1999. "World War II : day by day" by Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc. London ; New York : Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2001. Web Sites: General American Memory Project Avalon Project at Yale Law School Eyewitness to History.com - WWII HyperWar: a hypertext history of the Second World War Military History People at war, National Archives and Records Administration Rutgers Oral History Archives The History Place The topic: WWII The World at War - History of World War, 1939-1945 War and Military History War Times Journal - World War II Web Sources for Military History World War II World War II Commemoration World War II on the Web World War II Resources WW2 People's War (British) Web Sites: Specialized Air Power Gallary - USAF Museum (AIRPLANES) Aviation Sites (AIRPLANES) North American History 1934 to present (AIRPLANES) World War II Remembers (D-DAY) Normandy (D-DAY) A More Perfect Union - Japanese Americans & the Constitution (DETENTION CAMPS) Trigger Time - 101st Airborne WW2 (DIVISION HISTORY) Haze Gray and Underway (NAVAL OPERATIONS) NationalGeographic.com Remembering Pearl Harbor (PEARL HARBOR) What did you do in the war, Grandma? (PERSONAL NARRATIVES) Achtung Panzer (TANKS) Pacific War: The US Navy (NAVAL OPERATIONS) Dewey Decimal Classification System (where to look for WWII - selective list) 355. 8 - Military weapons (arms) 623.746 - Military aircraft 623.747 - Military motor land vehicles 940.53 - World War II, 1939-1945 (non-military history) 940.5318 - Holocaust 940.534 to 539 - Countries 5342 - England 5343 - Germany 5344 - France 5345 - Italy 5347 - Russia 5352 - Japan 5373 - United States 5396 - Pacific Islands 940.54 - World War II, 1939-1945 (military history) 542 - Campaigns and battles 5421 - European Theater 5423 - African Theater 5424 - Middle East Theater 5425 - East and South Asian Theater 5426 - Pacific Theater 5428 - American Theater 5429 - Other Areas 544 - Air Operations 545 - Naval Operations 5472 - Prisoners of War, medical and social services 548 - Other military topics (personal narratives, military life, unconventional warfare, propoganda) 955 - Post War (1945-1999)