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Japan & Pacific
 Websites presented in alphabetical order "Wings of Defeat": Kamikaze Stories, Told in Person 
 2008 article and audio of a radio program about surviving kamikaze pilots ("the Japanese warriors trained to crash their planes into Allied targets in World War II") and a documentary about them "called 'Wings of Defeat,' which examines the frantic, desperate nationalism that engulfed Japan toward the end of the war. The film makes clear that the kamikaze corpsmen weren't volunteers." Includes video clips and links to related stories. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89622063 Topics: World War II Last updated May 1, 2008 Bataan Rescue
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program about the Bataan Death March during World War II. "In late 1941, tens of thousands of American and Filipino soldiers fought a desperate battle to defend the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines from the Japanese. When they lost, they were marched to prison camps. ... Many thousands died." The site includes a timeline, gallery, map, and survivor interviews. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bataan/ Topics: Crime, Military, World War II Last updated Jan 2, 2009 Enola Gay
Information on the Enola Gay, "the B-29 bomber used in the atomic mission that destroyed Hiroshima" during World War II. Includes a chronology, photos, a list of crew members, information on the restoration of the aircraft, and more. From the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal103/gal103_former.html Topics: Weapons, World War II Last updated Jun 13, 2006 Experiencing War: War's End
This feature covers two events at the end of World War II in 1945: Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) on May 8, marking the Allied victory in Europe, and Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day) on August 14 (and formalized on September 2), the day that Japan surrendered to the Allies. Features memoirs, videos of oral history interviews, photos, digitized documents, and more. Part of the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ex-war-warsend.html Topics: World War II Last updated Aug 28, 2006 Iwo Jima Retrospective
View the video of the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. This site also features an essay about Iwo Jima and World War II, links to related Web sites, and video clips from "two special documentaries remembering those who fought at Iwo Jima." From Military.com http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,NI_Iwo_Jima2,00.html Topics: History By Place, World War II Last updated Feb 22, 2005 Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers
Excerpt from a book with diaries from World War II Japanese kamikaze pilots. Describes how "toward the end of World War II, when an American invasion of Japan's homeland seemed imminent ... a navy vice admiral, invented the tokkotai ('Special Attack Force') operation" for which kamikaze were necessary. "Of the approximately four thousand tokkotai pilots, about three thousand were so-called boy pilots. ... Roughly one thousand were 'student soldiers.'" From the University of Chicago Press. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/619508.html Topics: World War II Last updated May 1, 2008 A Letter From Japan: The Photographs of John Swope
Companion to "the first in-depth presentation of vintage prints from the late Los Angeles photographer's 1945 journey through post-war Japan. Shot during a three-and-a-half-week period, Swope's photographs vividly document the impact of World War II on the local population." Also includes highlights from Swope's career as a Hollywood photographer. Features a dozen selected images. From the Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/detail/exhibition_id/101 Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional, World War II Last updated Oct 21, 2009 NARA Interagency Working Group: The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group
In 1999 "in accordance with the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act ... President Clinton established the Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group (IWG). The group is ... directed to locate, inventory, recommend for declassification, and make available all classified Nazi war criminal records ... to the public." This site provides extensive finding aids to documents from various government agencies, bibliographies, glossaries, Holocaust timelines, and related documents. From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). http://archives.gov/iwg/ Topics: Crime, Military, Notable People, World War II Last updated Jun 1, 2006 Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum
Website for this Okinawa, Japan, museum that memorializes the 1945 World War II battle in Okinawa, known at the "Typhoon of Steel." "The Battle of Okinawa was the only ground fighting fought on Japanese soil and was also the largest-scale campaign of the Asia-Pacific War." Describes the great loss of civilian life, some as a result of suicide, and provides photos of the museum. In English and Japanese. http://www.peace-museum.pref.okinawa.jp/english/ Topics: World War II Last updated Oct 1, 2007 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 U.S. Army in Post World War II Japan, 1945-1952
This video presentation features history of the U.S. Army in Japan following "September 2, 1945 ... [when] representatives of the Japanese government and the Allied powers gathered to sign an instrument of surrender which in effect, formally ended World War II." Also includes transcripts, photos, documents (such as the 1946 Constitution of Japan) and suggested readings and links to online resources. From the United States Army. http://www.army.mil/postwarjapan/ Topics: U.S. Military, World War II Last updated Aug 19, 2008 Victory in the Pacific
Companion to an American Experience documentary that "examines the final year of World War II in the Pacific, including the rationale for using the atomic bomb, and features the first-hand recollections of both American and Japanese civilians and soldiers." Some website features include personal accounts of the war, video of a government film on the B-29 bomber, audio of a Japanese song of allegiance to the emperor, timeline, maps, and teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pacific/ Topics: World War II Last updated Aug 29, 2007 The Voice of Hibakusha
Hibakusha are survivors of the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. This site presents transcripts of 15 hibakusha "eyewitness accounts of the bombing of Hiroshima. ... The individual accounts were input and translated into English by college students." Part of the Atomic Archive. http://www.atomicarchive.com/Docs/Hibakusha/index.shtml Topics: Weapons, World War II Last updated Jun 8, 2007 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 WWII: Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Illustrated background about World War II battles fought in the Pacific. Topics include Burma, the fall of the Philippines, Guadalcanal, Guam, and Okinawa. Also includes reports of General MacArthur on Japanese operations in the southwest Pacific area, and campaigns of MacArthur in the Pacific (covering items such as the plans for the invasion and occupation of Japan). From the U.S. Army Center of Military History. http://www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/WW2-AP.html Topics: World War II Last updated Jul 8, 2008 |
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