Geneva Convention of 1949 - convention for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick in armed forces in the field.

Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War; August 12, 1949 - text of the agreement. From The Avalon Project.

UN Convention on the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces (I) - text of the 1949 document.

 

 

war-

world war II

Encylopedia of WWII http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm

Women Come to the Front
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html
"Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II."
World War II
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/wwtwo.shtml
BBC Education online explores secret service, presents radio reports the days before Britian claimed war and sound clip memories of evacuees, and various photos from the war.
Allied Victory
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/modern/allied/alliehtm.htm
This BBC Education site explores why Hitler couldn't defeat Britain early on in the war, how the battles in the Pacific influenced the victory, and why allies were able to defeat Hitler.
The Road to War
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/modern/roadwar/roadwhtm.htm
This BBC Education site simply presents how World War II became a world war, who the key players were and why.

 

 

combine this page with the page attached "war nc" then link page to history also.  so one should be under government and the same page should be under history

 

 

world war ii-

Navajo Code Talkers
Documents and teaching activities introduce students to the contributions of the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II.

 

 

 

war-

Black Military

world war ii-

Groliers Interactive World War II Commemoration - Hitler - http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_hitler.html
Discusses Adolf Hitler's early life, rise to power, and leadership of Germany during World War II.

 civil war-

The Civil War Home Page

Another sort of super clearinghouse for related web sites.

 The American Civil War

Links from Mr. Jenkins. He provides some slightly offbeat stuff.

The Civil War

It's a very general approach with a little bit of information about a lot of topics. There is a very extensive list links (buried a little deep for my taste). This site is located in Cincinnati and created by by Premier Internet -- a full service ISP with products that include local dial-up, enterprise connectivity, web presence development, custom application programming, graphic and multimedia design as well as integrated business solutions featuring Lotus Notes and Domino.

Gulf War-

The gulf War http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/index.html

The Operation Desert Storm Debriefing Book http://www.leyden.com/gulfwar/

 

Gulf War-

The gulf War http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/index.html

civil war-

The Civil War at a Glance - This site is good if you only need a chronology of the war. This site also has maps.

Vietnam-

Hitchhiking Vietnam: Letters From the Trail  - read the adventures of a woman who traveled through Vietnam alone. Learn about the country's animals and food or pick up some travel tips.
http://www.pbs.org/hitchhikingvietnam/
More sites about:  Vietnam

About Vietnam  - learn about Vietnam's geography, history, ethnic groups, political system, economy, culture, education, tourism, sports, and more. From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
http://www.mofa.gov.vn/English/Vietnam/AboutVN.htm
More sites about:  Vietnam

PBS: Vietnam Passage  - this documentary tells the story of the Vietnam War from the perpective of six different people, both American and Vietnamese, and from very different walks of life.
http://www.pbs.org/vietnampassage/

Vietnam Facts - get information on the people, geography, government, economy, and much more from the CIA World Factbook.

Vietnam Map http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/vietnam_pol92.jpg

 

Vietnam Online - Maps - interactive maps from the American Experience detailing the changes in the country throughout the war.


Vietnam Veteran's War Stories - This site is a great resource on the Vietnam War. It includes war stories, a jukebox with rock-n-roll songs from this era, a list of Americans who died in the war, a message board for veterans who want to contact each other, and links to related pages.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial  - official page from the National Park Service on the history of this memorial, its creation, the war itself, and the people it commemorates.
http://www.nps.gov/vive/

Speech on the End of the Vietnam War  - from the History Channel. Listen to this speech by former President Richard Nixon in Real Audio.

war-

20th Century - War : Virtual Museum - Millennium Exhibition  - Go to the Virtual Museum menu, Millennium Exhibitions Menu. King George VI, Siegfried Sassoon and WWI. Hitler's Skull. The Horrors of War. ...

Buffalo Solders

Buffalo Soldier Story, The - learn about the proud history of the 9th and 10th Cavalry from the Buffalo Soldiers Baltimore Chapter. Includes photos and illustrations.

Buffalo Soldiers and Indian Wars - get lots of information on the role these soldiers played in the battles against the Native Americans.

Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier - photos and detailed descriptions of the history and daily life of the Buffalo Soldiers from the International Museum of the Horse.

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causes of wwi-Causes of World War I

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put at top of war page The Avalon Project: Laws of War

 

war-

PBS Millenium http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/index.html

 

american revolution-

Liberty: The American Revolution

 

civil war-

Civil War for Kids  Timeline of important events, bar graphs with data, maps, biographies of Civil War leaders, and information about Union and Confederate uniforms.

The Constitution of the Confederate States of America  - ... a single six year term, and explicitly protected slavery. ... citizen thereof born in the United States prior to ... or Territory of the confederate States, under the ...
http://www.swcivilwar.com/ConfederateConst.html

and african american history History of African Americans in the Civil War Provided by the National Park Service.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
This is a computerized database containing very basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War; a list of regiments in both the Union and Confederate Armies; identifications and descriptions of 384 significant battles of the war; references that identify the sources of the information in the database; and suggestions for where to find additional information.

 

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Commonwealth War Graves - Details of the 1.7 million soldiers who died in the World Wars.

 

 

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world war 1- and african history-

Photographs of the 369th Infantry and African Americans During World War I features an all-black regiment that rose to fame at a time when the Army, federal workers, and other parts of society were segregated. The 369th Infantry, also known as the "Harlem Hellfighters," was among the first regiments to arrive in France in 1917 after the U.S. declared war on Germany. Under the command of mostly white officers, the regiment spent 191 days in combat, longer than any other American unit, and emerged as one of the most highly decorated regiments during the Great War. (National Archives and Records Administration)

 

 

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50th Anniversary of the Korean War

http://www.koreanwar.org

Korean War Project.  The Korean War Project is a fascinating mix of services, news, and grassroots advocacy. You'll find detailed maps charting the progress of the war, and casualty database that allows visitors to search for loved ones by name.

 

http://www.dday.org

National D-Day Memorial Foundation.  This site will take you on a tour that includes audio testimonials from actual D-Day participants and a touching explanation of the memorial's location.

FAQ - Korean War - fequently asked questions about the Korean War, campaign stories from Chinese perspective, factual descriptions of political asepects unavailable from US sources.

war-

Atlas of War and Battle Maps US Military Academy

American Battle Monuments Commission Searchable database of war dead and MIAs from America's wars

African American freedom fighters: Soldiers for liberty

 

veterans -

Women Veterans
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/
Biographies of American women veterans from each major military conflict introduced in the context of time.

 

 

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:: Black Military

world war ii-

Groliers Interactive World War II Commemoration - Hitler - http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_hitler.html
Discusses Adolf Hitler's early life, rise to power, and leadership of Germany during World War II.

 World War II: A digital library -- Rapidly decaying historic documents made available by Southern Methodist University. A Treasure trove of home front sources, including 6,000 pages from pamphlets, posters, booklets and photos.

 

 

 

civil war-

The Civil War Home Page

Another sort of super clearinghouse for related web sites.

 

The American Civil War

Links from Mr. Jenkins. He provides some slightly offbeat stuff.

The Civil War

It's a very general approach with a little bit of information about a lot of topics. There is a very extensive list links (buried a little deep for my taste). This site is located in Cincinnati and created by by Premier Internet -- a full service ISP with products that include local dial-up, enterprise connectivity, web presence development, custom application programming, graphic and multimedia design as well as integrated business solutions featuring Lotus Notes and Domino.

 

 

go to native american page and put this there Native American Resources  - ... J. Kappler Indian Health Service Indigenous Studies---From the WWW Virtual ... Center Native Nations---Offical and unoffical tribes Native Web Navajo Code ...
http://multimedia.tamu-commerce.edu/Library/nat.htm

 

 

 

WAR IMPORTANCE Navajo Code Talkers 
From About.com, this essay tells of the Navajo-Americans who protected U.S secrets through a seemingly unbreakable code during WW II.

Navajo Code Talker Web Sites & Directory: Exchange Links with Us ...  - ... Navajo Code Talkers Honored; Remarks by the President in a Ceremony Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers; Press release about Congressional Gold Medals awarded; Help ...
http://codetalkers.info/links/navajo_code_talker_links.html  

The U.S. Mint: Navajo Code Talkers  - information about the Navajo Code Talkers and the Congressional Gold Medal which they received in 2001, as well as a timeline, photo gallery, and audio dictionary of Navajo code words.

National Navaho Code Talkers Day

Navajo Codetalkers Honored at White House ceremony  - ... is a little different, in that the President of the United States honored ... actors who appear in the film "Windtalkers" about the bodyguards assigned to Navajo ...

CNN.com - Navajo code talkers honored after 56 years - July 27, ...  - ... Navajo code talkers honored after 56 years. Bush presents one of the Congressional Gold Medals to a former Navajo code talker. WASHINGTON ...

 

 

war-

20th Century - War : Virtual Museum - Millennium Exhibition  - Go to the Virtual Museum menu, Millennium Exhibitions Menu. King George VI, Siegfried Sassoon and WWI. Hitler's Skull. The Horrors of War. ...

Buffalo Solders

Buffalo Soldier Story, The - learn about the proud history of the 9th and 10th Cavalry from the Buffalo Soldiers Baltimore Chapter. Includes photos and illustrations.

Buffalo Soldiers and Indian Wars - get lots of information on the role these soldiers played in the battles against the Native Americans.

Buffalo Soldiers on the Western Frontier - photos and detailed descriptions of the history and daily life of the Buffalo Soldiers from the International Museum of the Horse.

war-

causes of wwi-Causes of World War I

world war ii-

Navajo Code Talkers
Documents and teaching activities introduce students to the contributions of the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II.

WAR I

 

Encyclopedia of the First World War

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also put on timeline 

 

 

civil war-

The Civil War at a Glance - This site is good if you only need a chronology of the war. This site also has maps.

Vietnam-

Hitchhiking Vietnam: Letters From the Trail  - read the adventures of a woman who traveled through Vietnam alone. Learn about the country's animals and food or pick up some travel tips.
http://www.pbs.org/hitchhikingvietnam/
More sites about:  Vietnam

About Vietnam  - learn about Vietnam's geography, history, ethnic groups, political system, economy, culture, education, tourism, sports, and more. From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
http://www.mofa.gov.vn/English/Vietnam/AboutVN.htm
More sites about:  Vietnam

PBS: Vietnam Passage  - this documentary tells the story of the Vietnam War from the perpective of six different people, both American and Vietnamese, and from very different walks of life.
http://www.pbs.org/vietnampassage/

Vietnam Facts - get information on the people, geography, government, economy, and much more from the CIA World Factbook.

Vietnam Map http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/vietnam_pol92.jpg

 

Vietnam Online - Maps - interactive maps from the American Experience detailing the changes in the country throughout the war.


The Vietnam Project -- from Texas Tech University, contains the virtual archives of documents relating to the Vietnam War and the oral history project.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial  - official page from the National Park Service on the history of this memorial, its creation, the war itself, and the people it commemorates.
http://www.nps.gov/vive/

Speech on the End of the Vietnam War  - from the History Channel. Listen to this speech by former President Richard Nixon in Real Audio.

Native Indians-

NativeTech: Native American Technology and Art - The arts and crafts of New England's native Americans. Very clear explanations of how the native Americans used beadwork, plants, weaving, and pottery.

Gulf War-

The gulf War http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/index.html

 

The Operation Desert Storm Debriefing Book http://www.leyden.com/gulfwar/

 

GulfLINK - Dept. of Defense Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses. News, medical information for Gulf War veterans, and reports on continuing suspicions about Iraqi biological weapons.

 

 

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Persian Gulf War 
From the History Net and About.com, read about the background, events and outcomes – includes a chronology, myths, war crimes, war stories and more.

The Persian Gulf War 
A brief annotated timeline about the war from infoplease.com.

 

Fog of War 
Created by the Washington Post, this site includes an analysis of the Baghdad bombing, information about the key decision makers, air weaponry, a special database of bomb-damage assessments, documents, photographs, video clips and more.

A highly detailed chronology of the Persian Gulf War. When the action begins the timeline goes day-by-day. There are also links to further information.       http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/cron/

 

 

 

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DOD DICTIONARY OF MILITARY TERMS (U.S.) - (PDF) - Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Government "All approved joint definitions are contained in Joint Publication 1-02, "DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms."" For more information see Joint Electronic Library; Other-Related Internet Resources - DoD or the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)

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CIVIL WAR MAPS - Library of Congress Multimedia Database (Text & Images). "The Civil War Map collection of the Geography and Map Division consists of reconnaissance, sketch, coastal, and theater-of-war maps which depict troop activities..." For more information see Military Battles and Campaigns; American Memory: Historial Collections for the National Digital Library; Map Collections 1500-1999; or the Library of Congress



DOCUMENTS OF MILITARY HISTORY - D. Stewart, Department of History, Hillsdale College "Ancient History through the Age of Steam" For more information see the Department of History

vietman

VIETNAM WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY

VIETNAM EMBASSY

THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN VIETNAM

VIETNAM YESTERDAY AND TODAY

VIETNAM WORLD FACTBOOK

THE VIETNAM VETERAN'S MEMORIAL WALL PAGE

 

DESTINATION VIETNAM

 

wwowowowowowow War Stories WAR STORIES
What's it like to be a war correspondent, on the front lines and in the trenches, reporting on conflicts that affect the fates of nations, cultures and human lives? "War Stories" tells the history of war reporting, including firsthand stories told by the men and women who have gone to battle with pens and cameras.

 

WAR

 

Chronology of World History: Military 2

The first entry here is for 6 A.D. when Judea became a part of the empire. The last is Charlemagne's coronation as Holy Roman Emperor. In between are a variety of events, battles, invasions, etc. mostly dealing with the Roman Empire, but a few other things as well.

 

 

Civil War

http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/gadd

Gettysburg Address, 1863 = Read Lincoln's famous speech in 29 different languages.

 

http://www.civilwar.com/

Civil War

The Civil War

Civil War history is featured at this site which offers details regarding the battles, people, and places of the war, as well as documents and a timeline.

 

http://www.antietam.com/

The Civil War

This site includes information about the Battle of Antietam, reenactment details, diary excerpts, letters and other documents, little-known facts about the battle, and an extensive collection of photos.

 

http://www.civil-war.net/

The Civil War Home Page

A large collection of links providing information regarding battles, units, letters and diaries, people, photos, and other details.

http://www.tartans.com/indepen.html

Wars of Independence

An excellent site for facts told in a plain, straight-forward manner. Not only is it a history of Scotland, it's interesting. The underlined words in the text take you to pages concerning the clans of the people mentioned.

http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/

American History 102: Civil War to the Present

An excellent site, which includes a great deal of information regarding American history, covering such topics as the effects of the Civil War, the "Old West," the Spanish-American War, Prohibition, the Great Depression, the Civil Rights movement, Nixon and Watergate, and much more. An extensive collection of biographies, links, and a photo gallery, as well as course information, sample exams, and other details are also provided. Plenty of information for anyone interested in American history.

The history of World War 1

An index to the Generals who fought on both sides of the US Civil War.

 

All about Gettysburg.

 

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/timeline/ War Timeline

Selected Civil War Photographs Home Page  Civil war pictures and facts. A good site for Civil War Studies. Pictures are original and uncensored. Pictures show how terrible the Civil War was.

war

  Where to Find Military Information
A military information portal from the Dudley Knox Library of the Naval Postgraduate School. Find information on insignia, equipment, history, organization, budget, and more.
http://web.nps.navy.mil/~library/militaryinfo.htm
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http://www.cnn.com

Berlin Wall comes down, 1989. The end of the Cold War.

 

 

 

 

http://www.digitalhistory.org/wolfe.html

French Indian War

Montcalm and Wolfe

Detailed information regarding the history of the French and Indian War, major battles, French and British forts, the British troops, and the French soldiers can be found at this site.

 

Revolutionary War

http://www.concentric.net/~walika/frtoc-battles.htm

Battles of the Revolution

A listing of dates and the battles of the American Revolution. Also included are rare maps of the Revolutionary War.

 

http://www.prairienet.org/~pcollins/1812new.html

War of 1812

Visiting American History

This site not only gives information about the War of 1812, it has directions to places you can visit now. It will tell you where the tourist attractions are and what to look for.

 

http://www.militaryheritage.com/1812.htm

War of 1812 Website

This site focuses on the British and Canadian Forces in the War of 1812, and includes several articles on the battles, details about their diet, clothing, and other information. A chart listing the British Regiments battles and uniform information is also included, plus a sound clip gallery of military fife and drum music.

 

http://www2.andrews.edu/~downm/

The War of 1812

This site provides good information regarding the history of the War of 1812, with details on the causes of the war, major battles, the results, and a timeline of the war.

 

http://members.tripod.com/~war1812/index.html

War of 1812-1814

This site provides plenty of information about the War of 1812, including a detailed look at the battles, Redcoat and Bluecoat soldiers, their uniforms, weapons, the United Empire Loyalists, the Treaty of Ghent, plus information regarding many of the significant people involved in the war, and more.

 

 

WAR

 

The Wars for Viet Nam: 1945 to 1975 -- Teachers hungry for more content about modern Viet Nam can fill their plates at this Vassar College site, developed around a senior seminar. Includes numerous official documents. Professor Robert Brigham was the first American scholar given access to Vietnamese archives in Hanoi, and some of his translations are here.

 

Civil War

Lots of Civil War Links

Viet Nam War H

Vietnam War

The Civil War

Revolutionary War A

 

 

The Civil War at a Glance

 

 

   
WAR - GENERAL
War
INCORE offers information about current conflict or war, by country. http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/
 
 

WAR-

From Revolution to Reconstruction

 


war

The War ... Smithsonian 

 

 
CIVIL

Civil War Sites

U.S. Civil War Center Index

War. Statistics
From the U.S. Civil War Center, Louisiana State University, statistics on casualties and financial cost for America's major wars. http://http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/other/stats/warcost.htm

 

 

 

 

 

Modern World History: -Historical events from 1919-1945 including European politics, World Wars, and the Depression etc. Includes over 30 animated maps.

 

The American Civil War Homepage A great place to start your research.

Civil War Battlefields by State

Civil War an Interactive Living History Adventure

The Civil War Place

The United States Civil War Center

About.com - American Civil War

National Park Service - Links to the Past

The American Civil War 1861-65 - WWW Information Archive

Ulysses Grant Home Page

Home of the American Civil War

Civil War Links

Battles of Fredericksburg and Wilderness

Civil War Battles

Civil-War.net - Battles, letters, photos, etc.

Andersonville Civil War Prison

Treatment of Wounded Soldiers

A Look at the Shenandoah Valley in the 1850's and 1860's

The Civil War

The Civil War for Kids

The Civil War Project

The Civil War Cookbook

"Been Here So Long" American Slave Narratives

Civil War Women Primary Source Materials

Civil War Photos from the Library of Congress

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

Remembering Slavery by the Smithsonian Institution

The Underground Railroad by National Geographic. Interactive simulation.

Aboard the Underground Railroad by the National Park Service

North American Slave Narratives

 

 

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Systems by the National Park Service

 

United States Civil War

Includes battle summaries, leaders, picture tours of the battlefields, and recipes.

 

us-civilwar.com

 

U.S. Military History/ Civil War

 

 

 

 

No More Words Students recreate Civil War era newspapers based on information gathered, analyzed, and synthesized.

Civilwar.com - Just about everything you need to know about the Civil War can be found here.

 

WORLD WAR I

 

BBC News:  World War I Remembered
This BBC News special edition on “the war to end all wars” presents a collection of reports and remembrances 80 years later.  The site offers information on national and international events, major battles, soldiers’ letters home, personal stories and internet links.

 Great War [wtj.com]

Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century - PBS series about World War I. Features interviews, maps, photographs and an interactive timeline.

Great War, The (1914-1918) - battle accounts, list of hostile nations, maps and pictures, and the story of the 36th (Ulster) Division.

CIVIL WAR - LINCOLN

The Time of the Lincolns by PBS

Links to Lincoln -- Not surprisingly, there's a wealth of information about Abraham Lincoln on the Web. Students of all ages will learn from six great sites; among them are sites created by a high school history teacher, the White House, and a class of first graders. Education World has identified activities to engage students for each site.

 

WORLD WAR II

 

A-Bomb WWW Museum
This site claims to neither “condemn nor condone” the bomb. The web page, which starts with a brief introduction and photos of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and follows with other articles, is created by volunteers at Hiroshima City University.

African-Americans in World War II 
Thirty-four pictures with captions of African American men and women who served in the armed forces during World War II, from The History Place.

Modern World History: Main Menu
This BBC Education site is an interactive online course that explores fascism in Italy, the treaty of Versailles, Nazi Germany, the rise of Hitler, the road to war, Axis success, people at war, propaganda, and allied victory.

 

The Second World War
Presents overviews of D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Nuremburg Laws, Nonagression Pact, Yalta Conference, and Hiroshima, from the History Dept. at North Park University in Chicago. 

Summary of the Second World War
BBC History provides Historian Bruce Robinson’s summary of the events of WW II by year, as well as other articles.

World War II: Documents
Contains hundreds of documents compiled by the Avalon Project at Yale Law School, including the U.S Declarations of War on Japan, Italy and Germany, the German and Japanese surrender documents and the Yalta Conference.

World War II Commemoration
This site, created by Grolier Online, emphasizes America’s contribution to the war with articles from Encyclopedia Americana, air combat films and war-time photographs from the National Archives. 

World War II Remembered
Scholastic provides a selection of 4 projects for students in grades 4-8, including the Home Front, Hiroshima, Pearl Harbor, and Anne Frank.

World War Two 
Links to 13 articles on topics such as the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Normandy Invasion, the Battle of Midway, the Nazi occupation of Poland, the London Blitz and more from a publisher of educational programming using personal narratives and primary sources. 

World War Two in the Pacific
This History Place site highlights the Pacific war with a timeline of events, battle photos, a map of the Japanese empire in 1942, and more.

http://www.worldwar2.be

 

VIETNAM

http://www.thevirtualwall.org

The Virtual Wall.  "The online reproduction of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.. you can download specific sections of the granite wall and search for loved ones, or you can enter a name into the site's search engine and identify the part of the wall on which the name is inscribed. But before you start, you need Quicktime, a free Mac and PC browser plug in. (To get it, you can go to www.zdnet.com/swlib and type "Quicktime" in the search box.)"

 

Vietnam Conflict
POW/MIA database of 130,000 records, searchable. Offered by the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pow/powhome.html

 

 

 

 

DESSERT STORM

TERRORISUM

 

 

 

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Black Military All Wars-

http://www.africanamericans1.homestead.com/

 

Black Military

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Groliers Interactive World War II Commemoration - Hitler - http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_hitler.html
Discusses Adolf Hitler's early life, rise to power, and leadership of Germany during World War II.

 

 

 

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The Civil War Home Page

Another sort of super clearinghouse for related web sites.

 

Civil War@Smithsonian
http://civilwar.si.edu/
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presents images from the American Civil War. You can view the online exhibit using a timeline or by topic: Slavery & Abolition, Abraham Lincoln, First Blood, Soldiering, Weapons, Leaders, Cavalries, Navies, Life & Culture, and Appomattox. Use the arrows or the thumbnail grid in the navigation bar to find your way around the site. Drawings by Winslow Homer and photos by Mathew Brady are highlighted. Flash 5 is required for part of the site.

 

The American Civil War

Links from Mr. Jenkins. He provides some slightly offbeat stuff.

The Civil War

It's a very general approach with a little bit of information about a lot of topics. There is a very extensive list links (buried a little deep for my taste). This site is located in Cincinnati and created by by Premier Internet -- a full service ISP with products that include local dial-up, enterprise connectivity, web presence development, custom application programming, graphic and multimedia design as well as integrated business solutions featuring Lotus Notes and Domino.

war-

causes of wwi-Causes of World War I

world war ii-

Navajo Code Talkers
Documents and teaching activities introduce students to the contributions of the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II.

war-

put at top of war page The Avalon Project: Laws of War

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The Civil War (Civil War Parks, and more)

war-

:: Black Military

world war ii-

Groliers Interactive World War II Commemoration - Hitler - http://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_hitler.html
Discusses Adolf Hitler's early life, rise to power, and leadership of Germany during World War II.

 

 

 

civil war-

The Civil War Home Page

Another sort of super clearinghouse for related web sites.

 

The American Civil War

Links from Mr. Jenkins. He provides some slightly offbeat stuff.

The Civil War

It's a very general approach with a little bit of information about a lot of topics. There is a very extensive list links (buried a little deep for my taste). This site is located in Cincinnati and created by by Premier Internet -- a full service ISP with products that include local dial-up, enterprise connectivity, web presence development, custom application programming, graphic and multimedia design as well as integrated business solutions featuring Lotus Notes and Domino.

Gulf War-

The gulf War http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/index.html

 

The Operation Desert Storm Debriefing Book http://www.leyden.com/gulfwar/

civil war-

The Civil War at a Glance - This site is good if you only need a chronology of the war. This site also has maps.

Vietnam-

Hitchhiking Vietnam: Letters From the Trail  - read the adventures of a woman who traveled through Vietnam alone. Learn about the country's animals and food or pick up some travel tips.
http://www.pbs.org/hitchhikingvietnam/
More sites about:  Vietnam

About Vietnam  - learn about Vietnam's geography, history, ethnic groups, political system, economy, culture, education, tourism, sports, and more. From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
http://www.mofa.gov.vn/English/Vietnam/AboutVN.htm
More sites about:  Vietnam

PBS: Vietnam Passage  - this documentary tells the story of the Vietnam War from the perpective of six different people, both American and Vietnamese, and from very different walks of life.
http://www.pbs.org/vietnampassage/

Vietnam Facts - get information on the people, geography, government, economy, and much more from the CIA World Factbook.

Vietnam Map http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/vietnam_pol92.jpg

 

Vietnam Online - Maps - interactive maps from the American Experience detailing the changes in the country throughout the war.


Vietnam - Echoes from the Wall
http://www.teachvietnam.org/
Designed for high school students and teachers, this site features thousands of source documents, photographs, audio recordings, video newsreels, and government reports. Useful components are the timeline, teaching materials, and ideas for mapping the curriculum to state standards. Requires Shockwave, RealAudio, and Adobe.

 

Vietnam Veterans Memorial  - official page from the National Park Service on the history of this memorial, its creation, the war itself, and the people it commemorates.
http://www.nps.gov/vive/

Speech on the End of the Vietnam War  - from the History Channel. Listen to this speech by former President Richard Nixon in Real Audio.

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put at top of war page The Avalon Project: Laws of War

 

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African American History & the Civil War(CWSS)
Information on African American soldiers, sailors prisoners, and medal winners is presented here.
The Fight for Equal Rights: Black Soldiers in the Civil War
Perhaps you were a free black man during the Civil War. Read the historical background at this site (look at the links, too) to get an understanding of how you were treated.

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Vietnam-Era Prisoner-of-War/Missing In Action Database

The VietNam Casualty Search Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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