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World War II Photographs
 Websites presented in alphabetical order "The Triple Nickles": The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, 1944-1947 
 History, photographs, names, functions, and other information on this battalion of Black paratroopers. Trained for combat in World War II, these soldiers served in the Pacific Northwest as smokejumpers in Operation Fire Fly, responsible for locating and disposing of Japanese balloon bombs, and also for fire fighting. The battalion was subsequently integrated into the 82nd Airborne Division. From the 555th Parachute Infantry Association, Inc. http://www.triplenickle.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Military, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Feb 16, 2004 America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945
More than 160,000 black-and-white and 1600 color photographs from the Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information collection have been digitized. Includes scenes of rural and small-town life, migrant labor, the effects of the Great Depression, and mobilization for World War II. Keyword searchable and browsable by subject, creator (photographers such as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Ben Shahn, and Gordon Parks) and place. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html Topics: Agriculture, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jan 2, 2009 Anne Frank House
Web site of the Amsterdam museum located in the house where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis during World War II. Contains a biography, photos, a history of the pogroms instituted against the Jews, the reasons the Frank family went into hiding, and information on their final days in the concentration camps. Also includes brief excerpts of her diary, its history, and its publication background. Available in several languages, including English and Spanish. http://www.annefrank.org/ Topics: History, Judaism, Museums, Museums by Place, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History Last updated Jun 15, 2004 Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar
In 1943, Ansel Adams documented the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California and the Japanese Americans interned there. This site provides side-by-side digital scans of both Adams' 242 original negatives and his 209 photographic prints, collection highlights, Adams' book "Born Free and Equal," a selected bibliography, and a chronology of Adams' life. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/anseladams/ Topics: California: History, History, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Feb 17, 2007 Artcyclopedia Search: Dorothea Lange [American Photographer, 1895-1965]
Links to online exhibits picturing the artwork of Dorothea Lange, whose photographs documented conditions in California during the Great Depression and World War II. http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/lange_dorothea.html Topics: California: History, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated Mar 6, 2004 The Battle of Britain
Here are the official reports of the air battle fought over Britain between July 10 and October 31, 1940. Find the complete Fighter Command Operational Diaries for each day of the battle, along with many historic photographs and detailed information about commanders, aircraft, squadrons (with their insignia), weather, statistics, and tactics of both sides. (The site notes that some of the claims in these reports "have since been proved to be greatly exaggerated.") From the Royal Air Force. http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, World War II Last updated Jul 15, 2004 The Berlin Airlift
Devoted to the post-World War II Berlin airlift (1948-49), during which "the Truman administration reacted with a continual daily airlift which brought much needed food and supplies into the city of West Berlin." Includes background information about the event, memos, reports, telegrams, photographs, oral histories, and more. From the Harry S. Truman Presidential Museum and Library. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/ Topics: History, History By Place, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Presidents by Name, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Mar 1, 2008 Breaking Through: A Century of Physics at Berkeley
This exhibit "tells the story of physics at [the University of California] Berkeley, 1868-1968. ... [C]onsider the results — scientists who made a machine to smash the atom, built a bomb that ended World War II, fought to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons, and won 7 Nobel Prizes in 19 years." Features annotated photographs, lecture notes, letters, video clips, and more. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/Exhibits/physics/ Topics: California: Education, California: History, Photograph Collections: History, Physics Last updated Jul 6, 2006 Children of World War 2 (1939-1945)
This site from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) provides a glimpse of what life was like for British children during World War II. It features annotated images of a replica of a typical home, a rationing activity, and evacuees' letters. It also includes resources such as posters, photographs, letters, documents, an audio clip of an air raid siren, and materials for teachers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/ Topics: Correspondence, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, World War II Last updated Dec 1, 2003 Go For Broke Educational Foundation
The goal of this organization is "to preserve the 'American story' of the Japanese American World War II veterans." The site features clips from over 100 oral histories, a timeline, maps, photographs, lesson plans, and material for children as well as the interactive "Virtual Veteran Experience" that chronicles the lives of five veterans. Also includes links to related sites. Requires free registration to view complete oral histories. Searchable. http://www.goforbroke.org/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Lesson Plans, Military, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Mar 31, 2004 Government Views of D-Day 1944
This bibliography features annotated links to Web pages about the D-Day invasion of World War II on June 6, 1944. Subjects include air operations, art and D-Day, the German view, naval operations, photographs, personal histories, and even the message drafted by General Eisenhower in case the D-Day invasion failed. From librarian Grace-Ellen McCrann of the City College of New York. http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/Divisions/Government/DDay.html Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, World War II Last updated May 24, 2005 Hensley Photo Library
A searchable and browsable collection of almost 600 "photographs taken during World War II by an American serviceman, Glenn S. Hensley." They are primarily taken in India, and the majority are in Calcutta, with other locations including Madras, Kharagpur, Agra, and Burma. From the University of Chicago's Digital South Asia Library. http://dsal.uchicago.edu/images/hensley/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Sep 28, 2002 History of the American West, 1860-1920
"Over 30,000 photographs, drawn from the holdings of the ... Denver Public Library ... illustrate Colorado towns and landscape, document the place of mining in the history of Colorado and the West, and show the lives of Native Americans." The site features special presentations on Native American women, Denver, and World War II troops, as well as thousands of photos browsable by photographer, place, or topic. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/codhtml/hawphome.html Topics: Geology, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Technology, U.S. History By Place, United States History Last updated May 18, 2004 Japanese American Archival Collection (JAAC) ImageBase
This website "presents about 1400 images in a searchable database of selected photographs and images of artifacts related to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II." Search, or browse by medium (artifact, document, or photograph) or curricular materials by topic (such as daily life and ceremonies and holidays). From the Special Collections and University Archives of California State University, Sacramento. http://digital.lib.csus.edu/jaac/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Apr 20, 2009 Japanese American Relocation Digital Archive
This searchable collection of over 200 photographs from the Los Angeles Examiner "documents the relocation of Japanese Americans in California during World War II [primarily from 1941-1946]." Most of the photos cover life in the camps at Manzanar, Santa Anita, Tanforan, and Tule Lake, and post-war repatriation to Japan. From the Digital Archive, University of Southern California (USC). http://digarc.usc.edu/search/controller/view/jarda-m4.html?view=1 Topics: California: History, History, Photograph Collections: History, United States History, World War II Last updated Aug 17, 2007 JARDA: Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives
"Documenting the experience of Japanese Americans in World War II internment camps," this searchable site provides access to tens of thousands of images and pages of electronic transcriptions. Includes photographs, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, letters, oral histories, and documents. Also features an overview essay about Japanese American relocation. From the California Digital Library. http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/jarda/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Mar 26, 2007 Jasenovac: Holocaust Era in Croatia, 1941-1945
"This Web site chronicles crimes committed during the Holocaust in Croatia and highlights artifacts from the Jasenovac Memorial Area Collection," including "documents, photographs, maps, film, textiles, transcripts, testimony, and personal objects." Produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/jasenovac/ Topics: History, History By Place, Judaism, Photograph Collections: History, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jun 11, 2003 Lee Miller Archive
Photographer Lee Miller produced "portraits of her friends such as Pablo Picasso, and work[ed] as a correspondent with the US army in World War II. Beginning her own studio in Paris with artist Man Ray, she went on to work with Vogue, and in France, Egypt, and New York, being best remembered for her witty Surrealist images." This commercial archive features a gallery of Lee's photographs, news, biography, chronology, bibliography, and a list of exhibitions. http://www.leemiller.co.uk/ Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, Photography, Schools of Art Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Life Interrupted: The Japanese American Experience in WWII Arkansas
The University of Arkansas and the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles focus this site on the experiences of Japanese Americans in World War II Arkansas. In an appealing open book format, it provides history, educational links, materials and resources for teachers and the public, reading lists, a timeline, archival photos, recent press articles, downloadable posters, panoramic views, maps pinpointing Rohwer and Jerome camps, and driving directions from Little Rock. http://www.lifeinterrupted.org/ Topics: History, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. History By Place, United States History, World War II Last updated Feb 24, 2003 National Museum of the US Air Force
A large, searchable collection of historic information and photos about aircraft and missiles from aviation's early years; World War II; Korean war; modern and space flight; presidential aircraft; engines; weapons; equipment; uniforms; and more. There are special archives and galleries; an index of manufacturers; related links; and trivia quizzes. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/ Topics: Military, Museums, Museums by Place: United States, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Transportation, U.S. Military, United States History Last updated Sep 9, 2009 Navajo Code Talkers
A website dedicated to the recognition of the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II, who "developed the most significant and successful military code of the time." Includes history of the Code Talkers, a photo gallery, background on the presentation of congressional medals for the Code Talkers, and a few related links. Provided by New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman, who sponsored the Honoring the Navajo Code Talkers Act of 2000. http://bingaman.senate.gov/features/codetalkers/ Topics: Computers, Languages, Military, Native Americans, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated May 12, 2007 Normandy 1944
This Encyclopedia Britannica guide to the World War II Allied invasion of Normandy on June 1944 covers the buildup, the leaders, the invasion itself, the fighting, and the breakout. Includes video clips, interactive charts and maps, photos, and war documents. http://search.eb.com/dday Topics: History By Place, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, Wars & Conflicts, World War II Last updated Aug 13, 2005 Normandy: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II
The chronicles of one of the epic assaults of history. Illustrated with photographs, maps, and drawings, it paints a realistic picture of the events of June 6-July 24, 1944. From the U.S. Army Center for Military History. http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/normandy/nor-pam.htm Topics: History By Place, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, World War II Last updated Jun 9, 2008 The Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series that "brings America's wartime experience, on the battlefield and at home, vividly and intimately to life by combining original color film footage with compelling passages from diaries and letters written by people who were part of an unforgettable period of history." Includes photos, letters, videos, a World War II timeline, an episode guide, and a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/perilousfight/ Topics: Correspondence, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, World War II Last updated Nov 8, 2004 Photographs From the Warsaw Ghetto
Exhibition of amateur and professional photographs taken by Germans and others, depicting life and events in the Warsaw Ghetto, which was liquidated by the Nazis in World War II after resistance by the Jewish residents. Divided into four sections: self-help organization, album of a German soldier, workshops in the Warsaw Ghetto, and the SS General Jurgen Stroop Collection. From Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority. http://www1.yadvashem.org.il/exhibitions/warsaw_ghetto/home_warsaw.html Topics: History, Judaism, Photograph Collections: History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Feb 2, 2005 Picturing the Century: Portfolio: Dorothea Lange
Several photographs by Dorothea Lange, documenting conditions in California during the Great Depression and World War II. Includes a short biography of Lange. From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/picturing_the_century/portfolios/port_lange.html Topics: Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections: History, Photography Last updated Jul 28, 2005 Remembering Pearl Harbor
A richly detailed site that provides World War II and Pearl Harbor timelines; basic facts about the ships and planes that were involved in the attack; a searchable archive of survivor stories; and an emotionally charged multimedia presentation that provides photos, video footage, firsthand accounts, and moment by moment, target by target facts about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, World War II Last updated Dec 28, 2001 The RMS Queen Mary
This site highlights the conversion of the RMS Queen Mary, the world's largest ocean liner, to a historic hotel, floating museum, and tourist attraction now located in Long Beach, Calif. Features deck plans, specifications and statistics about the ship, a detailed timeline of its peacetime voyages as well as its service during World War II, and photos. Find out about tours, accommodations, special events, and other tourist information. http://www.queenmary.com/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Transportation Last updated Jan 27, 2005 Social Issues Photographs
A collection of "historical images primarily from Washington State organized around the following topics: Japanese and Chinese Americans; the World War II Japanese internment camps of Camp Harmony (Puyallup) and Minidoka (Idaho); labor and politics; prohibition; legislative assemblies; women; socialist colonies in Washington State; [and] leisure activities such as camping, hiking and mountaineering." Searchable by keywords and browsable by topic. From the University of Washington Libraries, Digital Collections. http://content.lib.washington.edu/socialweb/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History Last updated Feb 17, 2005 To Save A Life: Stories of Jewish Rescue
"True stories narrated by six rescuers accompanied by the narratives of thirteen people whom they rescued [from the World War II Holocaust]....Contemporary photographic portraits of the rescuers and people whom they helped were made by the author, while vintage photographs and other documents relating to the individual rescue stories were collected from the subjects' personal albums and historical archives." http://www.humboldt.edu/~rescuers/ Topics: History, Judaism, Nonfiction by Genre, Photograph Collections: History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Mar 21, 2002 Trigger Time
The 101st Airborne Division was a formidable army organization during World War II. Here its actions and historical significance (Normandy Invasion) are recorded and continually updated. Airborne history buffs and military personnel recount the events of this era in Unit Histories and War Stories with photographs of insignia, uniforms, equipment, souvenirs, and studies of its most famous emblem, "the screaming eagle patch" of Hollywood fame, in Eagle Patch Corner . http://www.101airborneww2.com/ Topics: Military, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Aug 17, 2002 War Relocation Authority Camps in Arizona, 1942-1946
"This Web exhibit features images from approximately forty photographs taken for the War Relocation Authority and vividly depicts life in Arizona's two camps." From "Through Our Parents' Eyes: History & Culture of Southern Arizona," a project between the University of Arizona and the greater Tucson and Souther Arizona community. http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/wracamps/ Topics: History, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. History By Place, World War II Last updated Jul 22, 2004 War Relocation Authority Photographs of Japanese-American Evacuation and Resettlement, 1942-1945
A searchable and browsable collection of over 7,000 photographs and 300 Kodachrome slides taken by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) during World War II, documenting the internment of Japanese and Japanese Americans evacuated from California, Oregon, and Washington state. Also includes images of pre-evacuation and resettlement. Includes hundreds of photographs by Dorothea Lange. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. A part of the Online Archive of California (OAC). http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf596nb4h0 Topics: History, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, United States History, World War II Last updated Jul 3, 2006 The War Relocation Centers of World War II: When Fear Was Stronger than Justice
A lesson plan designed to study the U.S. government's confinement of people of Japanese ancestry to relocation centers during World War II. Resources include maps, readings, photographs and layouts of the Manzanar (California) and Rowher (Arkansas) camps, activities, and links to related Web sites. From the U.S. National Park Service program, Teaching with Historic Places. http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/89manzanar/89manzanar.htm Topics: California: History, History, Lesson Plans, National Parks & Forests, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, World War II Last updated Jun 20, 2007 Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II
This exhibit focuses on eight women who chronicled American life during the war, both at home and overseas: Therese Bonney, Toni Frissell, Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, Clare Boothe Luce, Janet Flanner, Esther Bubley, Dorothea Lange, and May Craig. Features biographical sketches and samples of their work as well as a brief history of women in journalism. Includes a list of women correspondents that worked during World War II. From the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/ Topics: Notable People, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections: History, Photography, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jan 11, 2006 Women Pilots in World War II
This exhibit provides a general overview of women pilots during World War II, and information specific to Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), and the Women's Flying Training Detachment (WFTD). Includes photos, a video, profiles of some of the women, and lists of women in the classes. From the United States Air Force (USAF) Museum. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1506 Topics: Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, U.S. Military, United States History, Women, World War II Last updated Aug 24, 2006 World War II in the Pacific: Japan Capitulates, August - September 1945
Images and information from the U.S. Department of the Navy's Naval Historical Center about Japan's surrender to the Allies in World War II, on August 14, 1945 (known as V-J Day). Includes images of victory celebrations, different aspects of the surrender, and related events in World War II. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/japansur.htm Topics: Holidays and Observances Individually, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, World War II Last updated Aug 10, 2005 World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument
The "In Depth" section of this site contains text and photographs outlining the story of the USS Arizona and the events of December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor. Includes links to separate lists of USS Arizona casualties (with rank, service, and home state), survivors, and Pearl Harbor casualties. "Education Programs" features a lesson plan related to the memorial. From the National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/valr/index.htm Topics: Lesson Plans, Military, National Parks & Forests, Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, Photograph Collections: Regional: United States, U.S. History By Place, World War II Last updated Sep 24, 2009 WW2 People's War
"The BBC asked the public to contribute their memories of World War Two to a website between June 2003 and January 2006. This archive of 47,000 stories and 15,000 images is the result." Searchable, and browsable by date, location, type of story, military unit, location in Britain, or key event (such as the Holocaust). Includes a glossary. Hosted by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/ Topics: Photograph Collections: History, Photograph Collections: Regional, World War II Last updated Nov 25, 2006 |
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