WW2 ONLINE ARCHIVE

(including Atlantic, North African, Mediterranean and Near Eastern theaters)ĭefense of the Americas, Military & Industrial Mobilization, (Political Papers, Policy Statements, Treaties, Declarations of War, Surrender Documents, etc.) World War II: The War Against Germany and Italy Grand Strategy and the Washington High CommandĢ2. On HyperWar or other 'official' web sites.Īmerican Military History, Maurice Matloff, Gen. In the history volumes link to the target material whenever it is included Links are provided between the various sources ( e.g. This is a hypertext history, therefor whenever appropriate and possible, The public, are offered without restrictions for personal or educational uses.įor commercial use of the material please contact us. Original (non-government) content, created by HyperWar or contributed from Provided only that an acknowledgment of the Crown's copyright is included. Her Majesty graciously permits reproduction 50 years after publication and Commonwealth governments are protected by Crown Copyright, however, In the public domain (free of copyright restrictions).

Various agencies of the United States, United Kingdom and British Commonwealth The content of HyperWar consists primarily of official documents produced by Jewell.Īs the current curator of the effort, I hope to build on their monumental work and help keep this resource available to all and ever expanding.Īnyone who is working on a HyperWar project or who would like to contribute to HyperWar can contact Otto via and/or join the HyperWar GHQ discussion area at the WWII Forums We owe a great debt to the founders and original curators of the HyperWar Project: Patrick Clancey and Larry W. The United Nations was a further attempt to turn the war in the direction of constructive change, an imperfect but deliberate effort to build a system of international co-operation where possible and a method of deterrence when peace failed.HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Webįinding Stuff at HyperWar HyperWar Update: Memories of the Depression of the 1930s and the war which was in many ways its child were an impetus to the building of social welfare states in Canada, Britain and elsewhere after 1945. The Second World War led to technological innovations such as synthetic rubber, the computer, affordable trans-Atlantic aviation, plastics and synthetic fibres, radar and the jeep. That prospect was increased when a Cold War rose out of the Second World War, and pitted the Communist Soviet Union, suspicious of the West and intent on protecting itself from further attacks on its soil, against democratic capitalist countries such as the United States and Canada. The world would have to live with weapons that had the potential to kill millions in moments and indeed to kill the whole human race. The detonation of two atomic bombs in Japan at war's end brought a glimpse of the terror of nuclear war. The war also caused irreparable damage to the natural environment and to the world's collective cultural heritage. Those who survived often carried with them disabilities, wounds and emotional illness, and their lives were frequently shorter and always distorted by what they had experienced. Its effects are felt still.Īn estimated fifty million people, both combatants and civilians, died in battle or by execution, disease or starvation. It shattered millions of lives and shaped the world for decades to come. The Second World Warįought on every continent except Antarctica, in all the oceans, and through the vast distances of the world's airspace, the Second World War was the most significant person-made event in human history. A glossary of terms, highlighted in red throughout the historical articles, provides definitions for technical terms and abbreviations. Short historical articles on key topics from the time period, along with sample clippings from the collection, supplement this impressive resource of news information 'as it happened'. Search, which includes a date searching feature. You are invited to explore the online database using either the Basic search or the detailed

WW2 ONLINE ARCHIVE

The English-language clippings are from the archive of the century-old Hamilton Spectator newspaper, while the French-language materials are from a collection of the newspaper Le Devoir. This collection of more than 140,000 clippings, arranged by subject and date, includes news stories and editorials from newspapers, mostly Canadian, documenting every aspect of the war.

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