In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day on May 4, Armed Forces Day on May 17, and Memorial Day on May 26, we'll see what sites we can find on World War II on the Web. 

Concentration Camps: A Factual Report on Crimes Committed Against Humanity contains medical experiments and other horrors which occurred in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. http://zero.tolerance.org/zt/kz.html

U-Web--The U-boat War 1939-1945 contains the complete profile of U-boats, the unique submersible boats, and the men who sailed them. http://rvik.ismennt.is/~gummihe/Uboats/u-boats.htm

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/

The World War II Archives features historical documents, photos, and even movies and sounds. Listen to U.S. General Douglas MacArthur accept the surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri, thereby ending World War II. http://192.253.114.31/D-Day/GVPT_stuff/new.html

World War II U.S. Veterans Website contains a chat room where you can talk with other veterans, a place to look for lost war friends, and a spot to post your stories and pictures. http://ww2.vet.org/

General George S. Patton Web Pages features text written by Patton, articles about the war, and links to other WWII sites. http://www.yorktown.com/patton/

World War II Commemoration contains the story of WWII, air combat films, and a WWII history test. http://www.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mainpage.html

A-Bomb WWW Museum describes the atomic bomb, "Little Boy," that was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. http://www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB/index.html

"Black Pilots Shatter Myth" is an article by the Air Force News Service about the 332nd Fighter Group, the first all-black flying unit. http://www.af.mil/pa/features/features95/f_950216-112_95feb16.html

The History Place - The Rise of Adolph Hitler features articles about Hitler's life and rise to power. http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/
riseofhitler/index.htm

Timeline for World War II In Europe: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/
timeline/ww2time.htm

Holocaust Pictures Exhibition: http://modb.oce.ulg.ac.be/schmitz/holocaust.html

Pearl Harbor Remembered contains a map of Pearl Harbor, an overview of the attack, a time line of events, and a list of casualties. http://www.execpc.com/~dschaaf/mainmenu.html

World War II on the Web contains 435 links to WWII sites. http://www.bunt.com/~mconrad/links.htm

World War II Tanks features information on the types of tanks used in WWII as well as pictures. http://www.ansaldo.it/~paesani/wwiitank.html

World War II Maps: http://ac.acusd.edu/History/WW2Timeline/Maps.html

The Nizkor Project is dedicated to the nearly twelve million victims ruthlessly destroyed by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime. The sites features collections of information about Holocaust-denial and the Holocaust. http://nizkor.almanac.bc.ca/

VIDEO SERIES ON THE DEATH OF THE USS HOUSTON (1942)--Three months after Pearl Harbor, two Allied cruisers were destroyed, one of which was the USS Houston. A few crew members survived, only to be thrown into another "battle" as Prisoners of War. This site features their story on video tape. http://www.grade-a.com/houston

The History Net's World War II site features articles such as Death of the USS Princeton. http://www.thehistorynet.com/WorldWarII/

World War II Preservation Society is dedicated to preserving the memory of the veterans and civilians involved in World War II by collecting and archiving interviews and research. http://www.cybercreek.com/cybercity/WWIIps/

In honor of Mother's Day, we'll look for parenting sites and sites of interest to mothers next week.  

Robin Nobles is a freelance writer who can be reached at robinnobles@robinsnest.com.

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