Module 2: War in Mid-Century

Modern World History: Great matirial on Fascism in Italy, the Rise of Hitler, and Nazi Germany.
http://www.junobeach.org/e/2/can-eve-eve-fas-e.htm
http://www.thecorner.org/hist/total/f-italy.htm

The League of Nations
(Keywords: League, Nations, Abyssinia, Manchuria, Nanking)

Introduction: Good introductory sites on the League can be found at:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWleague.htm
http://worldatwar.net/timeline/other/league18-46.html

Appeal to the League of Nations: For the text of Emperor Haile Selassie's appeal to the League of Nations to save his country from the Italian invastion go to:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/selassie.htm
http://www.nazret.com/history/him_geneva.php

Abyssinian Crisis: A good general site on the Abyssinian crisis is:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3686/is_199408/ai_n8716608

Japan (The Invasion of Manchuria, The Invasion of China): Good sites on the invasion of Manchuria, the first serious threat to the League of Nations, are found at:
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/manchuria.htm
http://timelines.ws/countries/MANCHURIA.HTML
http://www.johndclare.net/league_of_nations6.htm

There are good biographies of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen at:
http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/new_e/suen.htm
http://www.taiwan.com.au/Polieco/Symbols/report06.html

For a detailed account of the Rape of Nanking (including the background of the massacre) go to:
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/223038.stm

Germany
(Keywords: Rearmament, Reoccupation, Rhineland, Annexation, Austria, Czechoslovakian Crisis, the Polish Crisis, Nazi-Soviet Pact)

The Nazi Olympics: Berlin 1936: This informative site consists of an online version of an exhibition. It includes many photographs.
http://www.ushmm.org/olympics

The Rhineland, 1936: A good site on the occupation of the Rhineland can be found at:
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Rhineland_1936.htm

The Sudentenland and the Munich Agreement: Sites dealing with the Sudentenland can be found at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/timelines/britain/cen_munich.shtml
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWmunich.htm

Anschluss: Sites dealing with the Anschluss with Austria is found at:
http://www.otr.com/austria.html
http://www.bartleby.com/65/an/Anschlus.html
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/triumph/tr-austria.htm

The Spanish Civil War
(Keyword: Spanish Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion)

About the Spanish Civil War: This site consists of many first-hand accounts of the war:
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/scw/scw.htm

Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA): This is the site of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA,) a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation and dissemination of the history of the North American role in the Spanish Civil Was (1936-1939) and it's aftermath.
http://alba-valb.org/

Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion: For more information of the Canadian contingetn of the International Brigade and the Mackenzie-Papineu Battalion check out:
http://www.workingtv.com/focus/macpaps.html

World War II
(World War Two, WWII, Pearl Harbour, Midway, Barbarossa, Russia, Berlin)

Pearl Harbour: These are a complete sites, covering everything from the Arizona Memoral to the Japanese battle orders.
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm
http://pearlharborattacked.com/

Battle of Midway: For a good sites on this crucial battle, check:
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/midway.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/battle_midway_01.shtml

D-Day: This site gives a balanced account. (Many American sites seem built by people unaware that British and Canadian troops took part in the D-Day landings.)
http://www.dday.co.uk

Operation Barbarosa:
http://www.things.org/music/al_stewart/history/moscow.html

Russia's Drive to Berlin:
http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/barbarossa.htm
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/articles/barbarossa.aspx

Potsdam Conference
(Keywords: Potsdam Conference, Truman, July 16, 1945, Stalin, Churchill, Atlee)

Harry Truman and the Potsdam Conference: A very pro-American site, but with some good information.
http://trumanlibrary.org/teacher/potsdam.htm

Online Encyclopaedia: The following site gives a more balanced account.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/articlesnew/10448.html

Nuremberg Trials
(Keywords: Nuremberg, War Crimes Tribunal, Germany)

War Crimes Tribunal: These sites give an in-depth analysis of the Nuremberg Trials.
http://www4.justiz.bayern.de/olgn/imt/imte.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWnuremberg.htm
http://www.courttv.com/archive/casefiles/nuremberg/

Holocaust
(Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish, concentration camp, Auschwitz, Poland, Germany)

The Open School Holocaust Theme Page: This page has links to many Holocaust pages.
http://www.cln.org/themes/holocaust.html

If for some reason the above links don't work, please use the keywords provided to do your own search