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War Online Exhibits
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- 20th Century
- 19th Century
- 15 visitors recommend:
World War II: The early years
Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History
Author: Compiled by CPT John F. Curley
- Over two dozen high resolution photographs from New Guinea, Australia, North Africa, Iceland, the Sicily Invasion, and more.
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- 10 visitors recommend:
The Normandy Invasion: The story in pictures
Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History
- More than two dozen high resolution photographs and scans of paintings. Highly recommended!
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- 8 visitors recommend:
Eisenhower's final order for D-Day
Source: NARA
- Here is a detailed, readable scan of the hand-written order from General Eisenhower for the D-day invasion of France, June 5, 1944.
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- 8 visitors recommend:
Arthur Syzk: Artist for freedom
Source: Library of Congress
- "Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) was one America's leading political artists during World War II, when he produced hundreds of anti-Axis illustrations and cartoons in aid of the Allied war effort."
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- 7 visitors recommend:
U.S. Army Art Collections
Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History
- A large selection of individual online galleries with low-resolution images for browsing and high-resolution versions for when you want a closer look. Some of these collections are fantastic -- such as those of Richard H. Jansen and Ludwig Mactarian.
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- 5 visitors recommend:
African Americans in the U. S. Army -- early WWII
Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History
- Sharp high resolution photographs.
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- 5 visitors recommend:
World War II: Preparing for battle
Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History
Author: Compiled by CPT John F. Curley
- Sharp high resolution photographs.
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- 3 visitors recommend:
Japanese surrender document
Source: NARA
- On September 2, 1945, on board the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japanese representatives signed the official Instrument of Surrender. Here it is.
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- 3 visitors recommend:
Army nurses: World War II and Korean War images
Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History
Author: Miss Brandy Carter
- Over a dozen high resolution photographs, paintings, and sketches.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
The Irish and the United States Army
Source: U.S. Army
- Lots of great images from World War II, paintings, text on the Irish Brigade in the Civil War, and more.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
Photos from World War II Ireland
Source: U.S. Army Center of Military History
- Sharp high resolution photographs.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
National World War II Memorial Home Page
Source: WWII memorial committee
City: Washington, State: DC
- The long-awaited construction of the National WWII Memorial kicked off on Aug. 27, 2001. This site is not a true online complement to the memorial, but it does have a lot of information on the politics and process of the creation of the monument.
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- 1 visitors recommend:
Photos from 'Picturing the Century': A World in Flames
Source: National Archives
- 10 very high-quality images of World War II from an exhibition at the National Archives in Washington, DC, 1999-2001.
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- 4 visitors recommend:
Currier and Ives Civil War prints
Source: CurrierandIves.info
- A gallery of scans of Civil War-related prints from the famous Currier & Ives, including Lincoln, Grant, land battles, sea battles, and more. These are especially interesting because they were made at the time of the war and shortly after, clearly by Northerners. Images are free for use as clip art, and some are for sale as art prints.
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