World War II
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Contents
Lead Up to War
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War In Europe
- WEB World War II - Documents,
1940-45 [At Yale]
- WEB Documents of World War II [At Mt.
Holyoke]
- Adolf Hitler: The Obersalzberg Speech [At this
Site]
- Franco-German Armistice,
June 25, 1940 [At Yale]
-
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945): Address at Charlottesville,
1940 [At USInfo]
Roosevelt rebuts isolationism and promised to aid Britain against Germany.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945): America, the Arsenal
of Democracy [At this Site]
- US Declaration of War on Germany Dec. 11, 1941 [At U Oklahoma]
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The Atlantic Charter,
1941 [At USInfo]
- Vyacheslav Molotov (1889-1986): Broadcast Speech on the
Invasion of The Soviet Union, June 22, 1941 [At this Site]
- German Surrender Documents of
World War II May 8, 1945 [At U Oklahoma]
- The Home Front
- Winston S. Churchill, "We
Shall Fight on the Beaches" - Speech to the House of Commons, June 4 1940 [At
Hanover]
- Winston S. Churchill, "Blood, Toil, Tears and
Sweat" Speech, 1940 [At this Site]
- Winston S. Churchill: "Their Finest Hour",
To the House of Commons, 18 June 1940 [At this Site]
- British Songs of World War II [At this Site][with
multimedia]
-
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945): The Four Freedoms,
from his message to Congress given on January 6, 1941 [At USInfo]
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945): 'A Call
for Sacrifice', 28 April, 1942 [At this Site]
The speech indicates the tremendous increase in governmental power, and control over the
economy, needed to fight the war.
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War In Asia
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After the War
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