Details what America did to prepare and execute its entry into World War I, and how the government used propaganda to win public support for the war effort.

Examines how the United States contributed during the final stages of World War I, what Woodrow Wilson believed the world should look like after the war, and why the United States did not sign the Treaty of Versailles or join the League...

This site is the home of the Library of Congress Veterans' Project. Collected here are stories in multiple formats about specific topics dealing with a soldier's life in WWII, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam War. Pictures and other...

Although Americans remained isolationist in their thinking, President Roosevelt understood that the European allies needed help against the Germans. Read about the incremental ways America became involved in World War II in Europe...

Read about the Anschluss in Austria and the absorbtion of the country into the Third Reich. This brief overview of the early spread of Nazism lays a foundation for World War II in Europe.

A collection of learning resources (videos, practice exercises, and quizzes) covering World War I, World War II, and the Cold War, with smaller additional sections on Chinese history, the Holocaust, human rights, and independence movements.

This site provides a comprehensive overview of many conferences between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill and the Allies' conferences with Stalin and others during World War II and includes links to related resources and media.

In this cover art, see an example of how the Texas-based women's magazine "Holland" encouraged women to work as part of the war effort during the Great War.

The 78th Congress published a pamphlet in 1944 which gave a chronological history of events that led up to World War II. Read the very detailed information set out year by year. The introduction explains the scope of the pamphlet.

This is a very extensive look at the Yalta Conference. Find the problems addressed at the conference, the enumerated possible solutions, the positions each of the Big Three leaders held, and the actual results of the conference. Included...

This article discusses the uneasy alliance maintained by Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II and the implications of this alliance on the development of the Cold War.

After completing this unit, young scholars will be able to describe major differences in the political ideologies of the United States and the Soviet Union, explain the causes of the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, and explain...

Translation of the official German news report of the 18 requirements of the Armistice at the conclusion of World War I, signed on November 10, 1918.

Find a document containing President Wilson's plan for peace after World War I, known as his Fourteen Points, as well as photographs with captions, and the audio of one of his speeches in which he lays out his ideas and garners support...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An essay tracing the anti-Communist hysteria beginning in earnest at the end of World War II that resulted in Truman's federal Loyalty Security program and ending with McCarthyism in the 1950s.

Explore how President Wilson, in his Fourteen Points, urged peace without revenge European self-determination, and the establishment of a peace-keeping League of Nations politicians both abroad and at home rejected his plans.

This site is from a unit that covers the period from the Second World War up to the Cold War. It looks at the course of the war in Europe, and America's involvement after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It examines the military strategies...

A brief description of the course of World War II in both Europe and the Pacific. Read about the new technologies developed for the military by both the Allies and Axis powers, and find out about the millions who died as a result of the...

Features the Armistice terms that were set by the Allied powers for the Armistice of November 11, 1918.

This is a great overview of the events that immediately followed the assassination of Austria's Crown Prince Francis Ferdinand in Serbia in the lead-up to the start of World War I.

This beautiful collection of images highlights various events that were held in Canada to honour the bravery and sacrifices at one of the most devastating battles in Canadian Military History.

This lesson features a series of student-centered grouping strategies and discussion forums that utilize secondary sources. Students will be exposed to various sources that provide both the historical narrative relating to women during

The war in the Pacific raged throughout World War II. Read about the Japanese early successes, and see how the American troops recaptured and moved closer to Japan at the end of the war.

President Woodrow Wilson had great hopes that a League of Nations would mean that there would be no more world wars. Read about the charter for the League of Nations, especially Article X, which provided the teeth for the organization....