World+War+II

Please note that this is no way a list of everything that you could use for your project. I have listed a bunch of links of directions you might want to take things or things that I just found interesting in general. You should read through some of the things you find interesting and then find other articles/books to back up the information you found on here.

Videos of World War 2 Information

Timelines: [|From Europe's Perspective] [|From Asia's Perpective] Alliances: A brief outline of the Axis Alliance in World War II The Allies didn't actually have much of an Alliance until the war broke out (other than the League of Nations). Here is a map of countries during the. Another interesting avenue you could go down is the Anti-Comintern Pact which predates the invasion of Polland and starts to establish WWII as multi continent war before things even got started.
 * The Start of War**

Battles of Note: Battle of Britain Battle of France Dunkirk Evacuation Tactics of Note: Blitzkrieg Fronts/Invasions: See the timelines for this information. You could represent this using a copy of Axis and Allies (I think we have a copy in the library). You could pick specific battles and set up your fronts and show the army movement between nations. This could a be a series of pictures put in a Powerpoint or a series of videos for your presentation.
 * Total War:**

[|Pearl Harbour] (This is listed as an air battle due to the massive bombings that occurred there was a naval component [|Wikipedia list of Air Warfare] [|Information about World War 2 Planes] [|Wikipedia List of Naval Warfare] For these the lists from Wikipedia should be jumping off point. There also is a good number of videos for Naval battles in WWII on Youtube. Though they are too long to just put the video in your presentation. Interview with German Fighter Pilot Information about the B-29 Super Fortress
 * Total War #2**
 * Major Air Battles:**

[|Cartoon Propaganda (Popeye)] German Propaganda Leaflets
 * Total War #3**

United States Holocaust Museum You might be able to use the information about Alfred Hitchcock below.
 * Meanwhile #1:The Holocaust**


 * Aftermath**

Alfred Hitchcock was commisioned to help with the filming/completion of a movie about the atrocities commited by German Troops. It was ultimately held back as it was seen as counter productive to the war effort. (More information here). It will see release next year for a wide audience.

After the Nuclear option was used to try and stop people from being scared of what's going on the US produced the video Duck and Cover which tried to hide the horror of the A-Bomb.