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World War II: Before the War - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic
unemployed and desperate. Nationalism was sweeping through Germany, and it chafed against the punitive measures of the Versailles Treaty that had ended World War I. China and the Empire of Japan had b... Read more
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/06/world-war-ii-before-the-war/100089/
Tags: history, photos, photography, war, japan, ww2, wwii, world_war_ii, images, via:packrati.us Saved by: admin at 21 Jun 2011

WARSTUFF.com - War stuff to buy and sell
The market for war relics and militaria is growing. People are searching for war relics and militaria online today. With WARSTUFF.com it's FREE to buy and sell militaria. Advertise your war stuff, or... Read more
http://warstuff.com/
Tags: militaria, cars, war, buy, auctions, military, stuff, ww2, antiques, guns Saved by: admin at 15 Apr 2011

The Ghosts of World War II's Past (20 photos) - My Modern Metropolis
Taking old World War II photos, Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov carefully photoshopped them over more recent shots to make the past come alive. Not only do we get to experience places like Prague... Read more
http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-ghosts-of-world-war-iis
Tags: photography, history, photoshop, ww2, war, photos, art, cool, photo, inspiration Saved by: admin at 04 Aug 2010

Letters of Note: Slaughterhouse Five
In December of 1944, whilst behind enemy lines during the Rhineland Campaign, Private Kurt Vonnegut was captured by Wehrmacht troops and subsequently became a prisoner of war. A month later, Vonnegut ... Read more
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/11/slaughterhouse-five.html
Tags: vonnegut, history, war, literature, letter, letters, writing, books, ww2, kurtvonnegut Saved by: admin at 13 Jan 2010

BBC News - The man who smuggled himself into Auschwitz
When millions would have done anything to get out, one remarkable British soldier smuggled himself into Auschwitz to witness the horror so he could tell others the truth.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8382457.stm
Tags: history, holocaust, auschwitz, ww2, wwii, bbc, news, heroism, story, video Saved by: admin at 30 Nov 2009

Soviet War Paintings
Pinturas de la segunda guerra mundial sovieticas (rusia)
http://www.allworldwars.com/Soviet%20War%20Paintings.html
Tags: art, russia, ww2, military, war, history, paintings, painting, soviet, propaganda Saved by: admin at 28 Oct 2009

Monopoly's Hidden Maps Help World War II POWs Escape - ABC News
This explains how monopoly games were distributed to prisoners of war and how the game helped those soldiers escape from prison.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/monopolys-hidden-escape-maps-free-pows/story?id=8605905&partner=yahoo
Tags: monopoly, history, cool, news, ww2, article, escape, ##boldvoices, 2, abc Saved by: admin at 19 Sep 2009

Hiroshima, 64 years ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com
The Big Picture - News Stories in Photographs from the Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/hiroshima_64_years_ago.html
Tags: history, hiroshima, japan, war, photo, photos, bigpicture, wwii, photography, ww2 Saved by: admin at 10 Aug 2009

Urban Dictionary: World War II
Germany invades Czechoslovakia. Britain & France tell them to stop that bullshit. Germany invades Poland. (Russia also invades Poland from the other side: everybody forgets this.) Britain & France dec... Read more
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=World%20War%20II&defid=3821558
Tags: history, war, funny, ww2, humor, politics, world, reference, worldwar, urban.dictionary Saved by: admin at 10 Aug 2009

BBC - Schools - Primary History
Explore the distant to the very recent past, with the Primary History timeline: Ancient Greeks Romans Anglo-Saxons Vikings Children of Victorian Britain Children of World War 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/
Tags: history, bbc, timeline, interactive, education, social_studies, romans, victorians, ww2, elementary Saved by: admin at 10 Aug 2009