History of War Resources

History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
Misattributed to Samuel Clements  

U.S. Civil War
World War I
World War II
Cold War
Vietnam War (external)
     Maps   • Quotations & Maxims
Basic Mil History Resources
Oxford Dictionary of the US Military
DoD Dictionary of Military Terms
  • 2005 Edition (more detailed)
WikiProject: Military History
SourceWatch
Air Force mag Archive
JSTOR    ProQuest
Military Lexicon
West Point Atlases
(current Spring 2019)

List of Wars    Another
Walk Back Through Time

General Resources Maps & Geography     • Timelines Quotations
e-Books   • Publications e-Journals Research Resources
Lessons of History     • Lessons of War Media     • Images Wargaming
Characteristics of War
   • Instruments of Power
   • Levels of War
   • Total War
   • Small & Irregular Wars
   • American Way of War
   • Law of War
Grand Strategy

Strategy
   • Geopolitics
Op Art Tactics
Principles of War     • Theory of War
Military Revolutions & RMA
   • 4th Gen Warfare
Politics of War
   • Leadership
   • Protest in War
• Diplomacy
Technology & War
Irregular War
   • US Frontier Wars
   • Philipine War
   • Vietnam
   • Gulf War II
   • Afghanistan
Logistics
   • Logistics in WW II
Weapon Technology
Weapons
   • Gunpowder
   • Bullets & Cartridges
   • Small Arms
   • Automatic Weapons
   • Other Infantry Weapons

   • Artillery
   • Naval Guns
   • Tanks
   • Anti-Tank Weapons
   • Land Mines
   • Chemical Warfare

Intelligence

Deception & Psy War

Electronic Warfare
Defense of the Homeland
   • Fortifications
   • Maginot Line
   • Coastal Defenses
   • Air Defense
Land Warfare    • Airborne & Air Mobile Ops Sea Warfare     • Naval Weapons Air Warfare     • Aerial Weapons
Ship Types Amphib Warfare    • Landing Craft Merchant Ships

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Antiquity Middle Ages           • Renaissance • 17th Century War        • 18th Century War
American Revolution    • At Sea Quasi-War With France Barbary Wars
French Revolution Napoleonic Wars           • Battles Napoleonic Weapons & Tactics
War of 1812 War of 1812 at Sea Age of Fighting Sail
American Civil War
   • Causes
   • Strategy    • Tactics
   • Economics & Logistics
   • Diplomacy
   • Home Front
   • Techology & Weapons
American Civil War - Land
   • Gettysburg
   • Atlanta
   • Total War
   • Leaders
   • Soldier Life
   • Lessons Learned
American Civil War - Sea
   • Blockade
   • Hampton Roads
   • Confederate Crusiers
Other 19th C Wars    • Indian Wars Franco-Prussian War Imperialism     • US Imperialism
Spanish-American War Philippine War Early 20th Century Wars
World War I
   • Causes
   • Timelines
   • Strategy  • Tactics
   • Weapons
   • America in the War
   • Home Front
   • Logistics
   • Leaders
   • Lessons
World War I - Land
   • Opening Moves
   • Battles
   • Leudendorff Offensive
World War I - Sea
   • Submarine Warfare
   • Mine Warfare
   • Merchant Marine
• World War I - Air World War I - Aftermath Inter-War Years
  • US Between Wars
  • Road to War: WW II   • Asia   • Europe

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World War II
   • Portals
   • Timelines
   • National Strategies
   • US in WW II
   • US Home Front
      • Mobilizing the US Home Front
  • UK Home Front
   • Military Logistics
   • Technology, Tactics & Weapons
      • Atomic Bomb
World War II
   • Europe
      • Soviet-German War
      • Mediterranean, ME & S Europe
      • Normandy Campaign
      • Battles for France & Germany

   • Pacific
      • Aleutian Campaign
      • Island Hopping
      • Plans for Invasion of Japan
      • How War Ended

World War II - Sea
   • Atlantic
      • Battle of the Atlantic

   • Pacific
      • Pearl Harbor
      • Midway     • Other Pacific Battles
      • USN Ships
      • US Sub War
      • Japanese Navy

World War II - Air
   • US Army Air Forces
   • Battle of Britain
   • Strategic Bombing of Germany
   • Strategic Bombing of Japan
   • A-bomb: Development & Use
   • WW II Aircraft
      • USAAF Aircraft
      • USN Aircraft
      • RAF Aircraft
      • German Aircraft
      • Japanese Aircraft


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Cold War
   • Timelines
   • Origins
   • Strategy
   • Aerial Reconnaissance
   • Nuclear Weapons & Forces

   • Berlin Airlift
   • Cuban Crisis
   • Cold War At Sea
   • Air Defenses & CD
   • End of the Cold War
Korean War
   • Air War
   • Naval Air
   • Naval War
Other Post World War II
   • Arab-Israeli Wars
      • Yom Kippur War (1973)
   • Iran Hostage Crisis
Vietnam   • Air Operations Falkland War (1982) Desert Storm (1991)
The Long War (War on Terrorism, 2001- ) Afghanistan
   • Soviet-Afghan War (1979-89)
   • US-Afghan War (2001-03)
   • Afghanistan War (2003-   )
Gulf War II   (Iraqi Freedom, 2003)
   • Lessons Learned
War at the Millennium
   • America in the 21st Century
   • The Long War on Terrorism
National Security Strategy
   • Nuclear Revival
   • Stability & Reconstruction (Phase IV) Ops
History of Modern War Course Lesson Plans The Study of War

Teaching Military History History Resources Aviation & Airpower History    • End

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General Resources
World & US History Resources (internal)

  • Reader's Companion Database
       • US Wars  • US Mil History Topics
       • American History
  • American History Lecture Portal (C-SPAN)
       • Listing w/ Links to Lecture/Video
  • Digital History ****
  • Talking Proud (vignettes of military history)

  • Modern History Sourcebook (primary docs)

  • Dictionaries of Military Science

  • Mil History Encyclopedia on the Web (Rickard)
       • Military History Portal (Olive-Drab)
       • Military History Online ****
       • Air War College Gateway  • Mil History  • Index
          • Air University Library  • Research Guides
       • Canadian Forces C&S College (cached)
       • eHistory.com  • Archive (c 2008)  • Images & Maps
       • Weapons & Warfare (all periods)
       • History of Warfare (KLMA)
       • About.com
       • Oxford Military History Companion
       • All World Wars (artices & photos)
       • OnWar.com
       • Warfare History Network  • WW II

  • The Millitary & War in America (SHSU, readings)
       • Infoplease (C³)
       • Oxford US Military History Companion
  • America At War (Smithsonian portal, all US Wars)
       • WW I  • WW II  • Korea  • Cold War  • Vietnam
  • America at War (timetables, all wars)

  • Harmon Memorial Lectures (military history)

  • General History Resources (internal link)
  • Air War College Resources
       • General History  • Military History
       • Lessons Learned  • Military Theory
       • Air University Bibliographies
  • Military History Encyclopedia on the Web
       • Index  • Wars, Campaigns, Treaties
       • Battles   • Weapons  • Timeline
  • Educypedia: History  • Warfare
       • WW I  • WW II  • Post-WWII
  • Mil Ops Summaries (Global Security)
  • Army Cntr of Military History (internal)
  • Army C&GSC MMAS Theses
  • US Campaigns & Streamers: Army
       • Navy  • Air Force  • Summary
  • American Military History (book)
  • American Military History (cached)
  • Online American History (textbook)
  • Wars & Conflicts of the US (cached)
  • US War Statistics (casualties)  • Detailed
       • US War Casualties: (DoD S- pdf)  • VA
       • Analysis of US War Casualties (thru 1930)
  • US Orders of Battle - 1918-2002

  • Military History Online
  • Military History (CFCSC: topic, period, war)
  • The War Times Journal ****
  • Military Affairs (journal)
  • Battlefield Anomalies
  • History Central: America's Wars
  • History Central: World History
  • eHistory
       • Online books
  • The World at War (portal)
  • Historical Articles (Wargamer-extensive)
  • EyeWitness to History (Narratives)
       • Chronological Index
  • Education World - History
  • 20th Century Wars Links
  • OnWar.com
  • Naval, Aviation & Military History
  • List of Battles  • Naval Battles
  • 15 Decisive Battles of the World (Creasy)
       • e-book (Creasy, 1851)  • alt  • doc
       • Creasy revisited (c 1988)
  • Turning Points in History (21 battles)
  • Top 10 Battles in History
  • Decisive Battles
  • Leaders & Battles Database
  • Weapons & Warfare (Probert Encyclopedia)
  • Order of Battle Portal
       • U.S. OB's (1917-2002)
  • Total Wars in History (examples)
  • Battlefield Staff Rides (NA & Europe)

  • The Price of Freedom: Americans At War
       • Contents

  • War in the 17th Century

  • War in the 18th Century

  • Wars of the 19th Century
       • 19th Century Armies (Calvert)
       • Timeline of 19th Century Warfare (cached)

  • Wars of the 20th Century  • More
       • Essays & Analysis on Modern War ****
       • Talking Proud: Personal Essays on 20th C Warfare

  • The World At War (Current Wars)
     
    Research Resources
  • National Archives (NARA)  • NARA Databases
  • National Digital Library (LOC)  • Online Collections
  • National Security Archive (Geo Washington Univ)
  • Summary of USAF History Research Sources
       • Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA)
          • AFHRA Data Base
       • AFHRA Numbered Historical Studies  • Fact Sheets
       • Guide to Air Force Historical Literature (1943-1983)
          x• Contents  • By title
  • USMA Department of History  • Maps & Atlases

  • Guide to the Study and Use of Military History

  • Defense Technical Information Ctr (DTIC)  • Formats

  • AWC Military History Links
  • Combat Studies Institute  • Search
  • US Army C&GSC Papers
  • Leavenworth Papers
  • Military History (NPS resources)
       • WW II  • Vietnam War
  • Historical Articles (Wargamer Mag)
  • The Classics Archive
  • Life Magazine Covers
  • Universal Library (CMU)
  • Artchive
  • Web Gallery of Art
  • Air History Videos
  • Imperial War Museum Photos  • DB
  • Photo Sources/Archives
  • Historical Picture Collections
  • Military Info/Pubs Links
  • Military Images (NDU)
  • GlobalSecurity: Military Operations
  • Military History Web Ring Hub
  • Military Book Reviews
  • Spartacus Resources
  • Library of Congress Oral Histories
  • Veterans History Project
  • Military History Reading List
  • Mil History Readings (Army C&GSC)
  • Paperless Archive (documents, fee)
  • Alpelphi Papers (IISS)  • doc

    Miscellaneous Topics
  • Medal of Honor
  • War Correspondents  • WW II  • Ernie Pyle  • More
       • Female Journalists of WW II Era  • Marie Colvin
       • Margaret Bourke-White  • Christiane Amanpour
       • Vietnam Reporting  • Bernard Fall  • Walter Cronkite
       • How the Associated Press Has Covered War ...

  • History of US Special Ops
  • U.S. Veteran Statistics
  • Women In War
  • Evolution of the US Uniform
  • What is Khaki?

    Glossaries
  • Military Appreviations
  • Military Jargon
  • Jane's Glossary
  • Operational Code Names


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  • Online Books
  • Internet Archive Books
     • Project Gutenberg
       • Scribd  • Historical Texts
       • FullBooks.com
       • UPenn On-Line Books  => Military History
  • e-History (Ohio State U)
  • Books-On-Line (by subject)
       • USAF Pubs  • Civil War  • Military Science
       • Infantry  • Air Warfare  • Naval Forces
  • Bartleby E-books: (Nonfiction)
       • Reference  • Columbia Encyclopedia
       • Encyclopedia of World History (2001)

  • A Short History of War  • Index  • Images
  • Oxford History of Modern War (pdf)
  • War, Peace & Intern'l Relations (Gray)
  • Reader's Companion: Military History
       • Reader's Companion Book Index (cached)
       • American History Database Index (cached)
       • Reader's Companion to US History (cached)
  • Oxford Companion to Military History  • Alt
  • Oxford Companion to US Mil History  • Alt
  • Oxford Companion to World War II
  • National Security Archive Briefing Books
  • Mil History of the Western World (Fuller)
  • Guide to Nat Security Policy & Strategy
  • Orchestrating the Instruments of Power
  • eHistory (e-books)
  • American History Texts (internal link)
  • Makers of Modern Strategy (e-book)
  • Encyclopedia of Marxism

  • Joint Publications Library (JCS)
  • Jt Military Ops History (JCS, pdf)  • Alt
  • U.S. Department of Defense Publications
  • USMC Doctrine Publications
  • US Armed Forces Manuals

  • Defense Technical Information Ctr (DTIC)  • Formats

  • NDU Press  • Books (cached)
       • Joint Forces Quarterly (JFQ)  • McNair Papers
       • Strategic Forum (e-books)

  • USAF Historical Studies Office Pubs
       • By Title • By Author
       • Pubs w/ annotations, by title  • by author
       • Popular Topics in Air Force History  • More
       • Significant Operations  • More
       • Topics of Interest
  • Harmon Memorial Lectures
  • Air University Press (books)  • e-books
       • Fairchild papers  • CADRE Papers
       • Air & Space Power Journal (plus earlier renditions)
  • Airpower History Magazine (archives)

  • U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
  • U.S. Army Center for Military History
       • CMH Publications by Title
       • Books Online  • Monographs  • Research
       • Publications  • By Title  • WW II  • More
  • American Military History, Vol I (CMH, 2005)
       • Vol. II, 1917-2003
       • American Military History (CMH, 1989)
  • Army History Magazine  • Index
  • Army C&GSC MMAS Theses
  • The Staff Ride (US Army CMH)   • Staff Rides
  • Combined Arms Research Library (lessons learned)
  • Combat Studies Institute

  • US Navy History Pubs  • Index  • By War

  • USMC Historical Publications  • Search
       • US Marine Corps in World War II (HyperWar series)
       • USMC Publications, 1920-2005
  • All Hands Magazine (archive, 1020's on)

  • RAND Publications: National Security
       • By Topic  • International Affairs

  • Historion.net
       • On the Trail of Grant & Lee
  • Europe In Retrospect (19th & 20th c, e-book)
  • British War Bluebook
  • History of Warfare (Keegan interview)

  • The Art of War, Sun Tzu (text)
  • On War, Clausewitz (text)  • Alt
       • Analysis of translations
       • Clausewitz Condensed

    Online Journals & Magazines
  • History Magazines (links)
  • Military Magazines (links)
  • Military History Magazines (links)
  • Military History Magazines (indexes)
  • Air Univ Index to Military Periodicals
  • Military Journals
  • Joint Pubs
  • Military-related Libraries
  • Columbia Intrn'l Affairs Online (CIAO)
  • Military Journal Links
  • Military.com
  • Strategic & International Affairs Journals (portal)
  • AccessMyLibrary (magazine articles)

  • Air Force Journal of Logistics  • Alt
  • Air Force Magazine Archives
       • Special Collections
       • In More Depth (articles by topic)
       • Keeper File Archive  • Airpower Classics
  • Airman Magazine  • Operational Topics
  • Air Power History (archive)  • More
  • AU Index to Military Periodicals (slow)
       • Air & Space Power Journal and AU Review (archives)
       • Chronicles Online Journal (1998-2009)
  • Air & Space Magazine (archive)
       • Photos & Video  • Military Aviation
  • All Hands (US Navy)
  • America In WW II (home front articles)
  • America's Civil War  • Archive
  • American Diplomacy
  • American Heritage Magazine  • Archive
       • Articles on War  • More
  • The American Interest (archive)
  • Armed Forces Journal International
  • Army magazine
  • Army Aviation Digest
  • Army History magazine
  • Army Logistician (archive)
  • The Atlantic  • Flashbacks  • Archive
  • Aviation History Magazine
  • Civil War Times  • Archive
  • Civil War History Magazine
  • Coast Artillery Journal (1922-1948)
  • Cultural Resource Management Magazine (NPS)
  • Early American Review  • Archive
  • Field Artillery Magazine
  • Flight Journal  • Archive
  • Foreign Affairs magazine
  • Foreign Policy magazine  • Archive
       • National Security blog
  • Headquarters Gazette (Society for Military History)
  • Historian Magazine (title index)
  • Infantry Bugler (archive)
  • Inter'l Journal of Naval History
  • Joint Forces Quarterly (JFQ)
  • Journal of Conflict Resolution
  • Journal of Military History  • Archive
       • JSTOR Archive
  • Journal of Strategic Studies (issues list)
  • Legion Magazine (Canadian military)
  • Marine Corps Gazette
  • Military Affairs (journal)
       • Journal of the Am Mil Institute (JSTOR)
       • Journal of the Am Mil History Fndtn (JSTOR)
  • Military History Magazine  • Archives
  • MHQ (Military History Quarterly)  • Archives
  • Miliary Officer (archives)
  • Military Review (C&GSC)  • Archive  • Alt
       • All Combined Arms Ctr Pubs
  • Mission: History (Naval Order of the US)
  • National Defense Magazine
  • Naval Aviation News  • WW II articles
  • Naval Institute Magazines
       • Proceedings  • Archive
       • Naval History Magazine
  • Naval War College Review (archive)  • Alt
  • Navy Supply Corps Newsletter
  • The New Republic (archives)
  • Orbis: A Journal of World Affairs
  • Parameters (Army War College)  • Index
  • Policy Review (Hoover Institute)
  • Popular Science magazine (1870s-current)
  • Prologue (National Archive magazine)
  • Quartermaster Professional Bulletin
     •   Archive
  • Small Wars Journal  • Archive
  • Strategic Insights Magazine (Navy PGS)
  • Strategic Studies Institute (Army War College pubs)
  • Strategic Studies Quarterly (Air University)
  • Studies in Intelligence (CIA)
  • Undersea Warfare Magazine
  • Vietnam Magazine  • Archive
  • War in History (journal)  • Archive
  • War Times Journal Portal
  • The Washington Quarterly
  • World War II Magazine  • Archive  • Issues

  • H-Net (essays, reviews)   • Reviews

    Books & Reviews
  • Military History Book Catalog
  • Military History Books (descriptions)
  • Military Book Reviews
  • Parameters Book Reviews


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  • Map & Geography Resources
  • Map Portal

  • Army Combat Studies Institute Maps
  • World Factbook (CIA)
       • Country Background Studies
  • Vox Maps (graphics that explain our world)
       • 40 Maps That Explain Europe
       • 70 Maps That Explain America
       • 40 Maps That Explain The Middle East  • More
       • 40 Maps That Explain WW I
       • 42 Maps That Explain WW II
       • 38 Maps That Explain Global Economics

  • World Historical Atlas
  • Old Maps Online  • More
  • Animated History Maps * * * *
       • Revolutionary War  • Civil War
       • WW II Europe  • WW II Pacific
  • Animated American History Maps
  • University of Texas Map Collection
       • Historical Maps  • Military History  • By Country
       • Battlefields & Historic Sites (NPS)  • Alt
  • Map of the Week
  • Maps.com
  • HRW World Atlas Online
  • World Statesman.org (geography, history, flags)
  • Centennia Online History Atlas
  • World History Encyclopedia (maps)
  • US History Maps (Allyn&Bacon/Longman)****
  • Mil History Maps (Library of Congress)
  • Eurpean History Maps (Temple Univ - excellent!)
  • Military History Maps
  • Historic Maps & Images (e-History)
  • Historical Atlas of Europe
  • Antique Maps
  • Naval Postgraduate School Maps
       • Military Maps
  • NOAA Historical Maps
  • World Historical Atlas [WHKMLA]
       • Europe 1815-2002  • France  • Prussia
       • Germany 1812-Today  • Italy
       • Vietnam 1470-1975  • Indochina
  • Historical Atlas, 20th Century
  • Historic Maps - B&W
  • National Defense University Map Resources
  • US Naval History Maps (cached)
  • Library of Congress Maps Online
  • Battle Maps: WW I, WW II & Falklands
  • WW II Map Resources (U Texas)
       • WW II: Europe (USMA)
       • WW II: Asia/Pacific (USMA)
  • Vietnam War Maps (1:50K)
       • USGS L7014 1:50K Map Index Graphic
       • Vietnam War (USMA)
  • CIAO Atlas (outline maps: slow but good)

  • Military Geography for Professionals ...  • Alt
  • Map Symbol System (FM 101-5-1, detailed)
       • Combat Arms
  • Basic Map Symbols  • Alt  • Alt
  • WW I Map Symbols
  • Map Symbol Fonts (PC)  • More
       • Equipment Fonts

  • Blank World Maps (different periods)

  • Flags of the World

    Timelines
  • History Timelines (World History Project)
  • Timelines of Wars
       • Middle Eastern Wars  • European Wars
  • Timelines (e-History)
  • Themed Timelines (Wikipedia)  • More
  • List of Human Time Periods
  • Conflict & War Timelines (interactive)  • More
  • Timeline of Major Wars in History
  • Mil History Timeline (1800-2000 - OnWar.com)
       • National Military History: A-D  • E-K  • L-R  • S-Z
       • France  • Germany  • Great Britain (UK)  • USA
  • Timelines of American Wars (detailed)  • Another
  • US Military Timeline (interactive)
  • Mil History Timeline (300 BC- 1999 AD)
  • List of Wars (Wikipedia)
       • Pike & Shot Era (to 1801)
       • Age of Rifles (19th century)
       • World War Era (20th century)
  • Military History Timeline (Rickard)
  • Chronology of Military Events
  • WarData.net
  • US Military Timeline (interactive)
  • Presidential Timeline (Hoover to Bush 43)
  • Early Gunpowder Weapons

  • War Casualties Through the Ages
  • Casualties in Major 20th C Conflicts
  • Mortality in American Wars
  • Dead & Wounded in US Wars
       • More (Congressional Research Service, pdf)

    Quotations & Maxims  
  • Notable Quotes (by subject & author w sources)
  • Bartlett's Quotations
  • Quotations By Category
  • The Quotations Page
  • GIGA Quotations
  • Wikiquotes
  • Famous-Quote.net
  • The Lessons of History  • More
  • American Rhetoric (speeches - audio)
       • Top 100 Speeches  • By Decade
  • Military Quotations  • More  • More
       • War Quotations  • Artillery Quotations
       • USMC Quotations & Lore
  • Quotations on War  • More  • More  • More
       • More  • More  • More  • More
       • Bellum site  • More (by author)
       • More  • More  • More  • More
       • Antiwar.com
  • Words on War: Military Quotations (Google book)
  • War & Peace Quotes  • More  • More
  • Quotes on War, Violence & Power
  • War: What is It Good For? (Barbara Ehrenreich)
  • Military Maxima (bibliography)
  • Pearls From War (humorous)  • More
       • More  • More
  • Quotations About Marines
  • Military Poems
  • Quotations on Leadership
  • Quotations on History (Famous-Quote.net)
       • Giga-USA.com (by topic)  • More
       • More  • More  • More
  • Quotations by Historians
  • Quotations on the Past
  • Psychological Warfare Quotations
  • Quotations on War, Peace & Politics
  • Quotations on Military Logistics
  • Quotations on War & Urban Ops
  • Quotations on Technology

  • Quotations of the Founding Fathers
  • Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia
       • On Unavoidable Wars  • On War & Peace  • More
  • James Madison Quotations
  • Lincoln on the real threat to America
  • Maxims of Napoleon
  • Military Maxims of Napoleon  • Alt
  • Napoleon: Quotations  • Military Quotes
       • Napoleon Guide  • Wikiquote
  • Clausewitz  • More  • More  • More
  • Quotations of Sun Tzu  • More  • More
       • On The Art of War  • More
       • "All Warfare Is Based On Deception" (Sun Tzu)
  • Samurai Quotations
  • Theodore Roosevelt  • More  • More
       • "Man in the Arena" & full speech  • Alt  • Context
  • Quotations From WW II
  • Winston Churchill (Wikiquote)
       • More  • More  • More  • More
       • The Churchill Centre  • Quotes
       • Churchill's Major Speeches (lifetime)
       • Churchill Myths
       • Churchill Resources (LOC)
       • Wartime Speeches (excerpts)
       • The British Bulldog (e-book, bio)  • pdf
       • Iron Curtain Speech (5 Mar 1946)  • Alt
          • Text, Audio, Video  • Short Clip
  • Eisenhower Quotations (Wikiquote)  • More
  • MacArthur Quotations (Wikiquote)
  • MacArthur's Farewell (Congress, April 19, 1951)
  • MacArthur's Farewell ( West Point, 12 May 62)  • Text
  • Sir Edmund Burke
  • Sir Basil Henry Liddel-Hart
  • George Santayana
  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • George Patton  • More
  • Adolph Hitler
  • Neocon Quotations
  • Opinions & Thoughts on Airpower
  • Engineering Quotes
  • Murphy's Laws of War

    Historic Documents
  • Documents of US History
  • American Historical Documents, 1000=1904 (Bartleby)
  • Military History Documents
  • World History Archives
  • Historical Monographs (Columbia)
  • History Documents (Army War College)
  • Law, History & Diplomacy (Avalon Project)

  • The Characteristics of War
  • Definitions:• War  • Alt
       • Total War  • Strategy
       • Military Science vs. Military Art
  • History of War (Wikipedia)
  • Military History (Wikipedia)
  • Nature of War (Oxford Companion, US Mil History)
  • Nature of War (von Molke the Elder)
  • Marine Corps Doctrine Publications
  • Warfighting (USMC, 1989 - pdf)
  • Warfighting (MCPD 1, 1997)  • pdf  • Alt
       • The Nature of War
       • The Theory of War
  • Commentary on Warfighting (2005 - pdf)
  • Concise Theory of Combat (Military Conflict Institute)
  • The Long-Range Analysis of War
  • An Overview of Military Conflict
  • The Second World Wars: WW II in Perspective

  • Intro to Causes of War: WW I to Iraq (e-book)
       • Conditions Influencing Liklihood of War (JSTOR)
  • Military Strategy & the Outbreak of War

  • Legal Analysis of Changes in War
  • The State and War (Libertarian view)
  • War: Normal State or Exception?
  • Declaration of War  • More
  • Issues on US War Delaration
  • US Declarations of War & Authorized Use of Force
       • More (LOC analysis)
  • Just War Theory
  • Logistics and the Western Way of War
  • Foundations of the Science of War
          (JFC Fuler, e-book)
     • pdf
  • War Quotes  • More
  • Naming the World Wars
  • On the Use of Force (articles, AF Mag)
  • The Need to Define Victory
  • Military-Industrial Complex: What Ike Said
  • Military-Industrial Complex Myth (AF Mag)
       • Commentary on Ike's Speech
  • Myth of Preemptive War (1995)
  • Effects Based Operations (AF Mag)
  • Beware of Boldness (Crane, 2006)  • Comment

  • USAF CADRE Essays
       • Characteristics of War
       • Three Levels of War
       • War: An Instrumrnt of Policy
       • Principles of War

    Instruments/Elements of Power
  • Instruments of National Power (definition, US DoD)
  • Elements of National Power (bibliography, NDU)
       • Instruments of National Power (Army War College)
  • Orchestrating the Instruments of Power
       • Instruments of National Power
  • IOP in the Long War (case study)
  • Soft Power (2018)

        Diplomacy
  • Milestones in US Diplomatic History (DoS)
       • Timeline
  • Foreign Relations of the United States (series)
  • International Relations  • More (Wikipedia)
  • Encyclopedia of Am Foreign Policy  • Alt
       • US Naval Diplomacy
  • Documents Related to Am Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Policy Issue Papers (historic)
  • US Treaties in Force
  • Documents on Diplomacy (Avalon Project)
  • The U.S. and Neutrality
  • Coalitions & Alliances in US History
  • US Foreign Relations to 1913 (Google book)
  • US Foreign Policy Since 1897 (Google book)
  • US Approach to Foreign Affairs (Whitcomb - e-book)
  • Monroe Doctrine (1823)
  • Treaty of Kanagawa (Japan, 1854)
       • Background  • More  • More

  • American Foreign Policy Since WW II

        Information
  • US Int'l Information Policy (NDSD 130, 6 Mar 1984)
  • Information As An Element of Power (ICAF paper)
  • Information as Power (portal)
  • Information/Ideology in War on Terror
  • What is Propaganda?  • More  • History
  • Propaganda in War (internal link)
  • US Strategic Communication  • Definitions
  • US Nat Strategy: Public Diplomacy & Strat Comm
  • DoD Drops "Strategic Communication" Term (Dec 12)
  • US Public Diplomacy & Strat Comm After 9/11
  • Information Warfare

  • Psy Ops & Propaganda (internal)

        Miliary
  • Military Power as Instrument of Policy in 21st C
  • Comprehensive National Power (concept)
       • Calculation

        Economic
  • Economic Element of National Power
  • Economics: EOP or Vulnerability? (p 157)  • PDF
  • Economic Warfare
  • Economic Wargame
  • Economic Warfare Against Japan 1940-41


    Levels of War  
  • Levels of War (Oxford Comp to US Mil History)
       • FM 3-0 (w/ Levels of War diagram)
       • Strategic Level of War (definition)
       • Operational Level of War (definition)
       • Tactical Level of War (definition)
  • Four Levels of War (The Air Campaign-Warden)  • Graphic
  • Three Levels of War (USAF CADRE, pdf)
  • Strategy & the Operational Level of War (pdf)
       • Part II (pdf)
  • Operational Level of War (JSTOR)
  • Large-Scale Military Operations

  • List of Military Operatons  • WW II Operations

    Politics of War
  • US Code Title 10: Armed Forces  • Alt
  • US Code Title 50: War & National Defense  • Alt
  • Evolution of US Political Parties
  • The Constitution Society
       • Constitutional Defense
  • The American Presidency Project
       • State of the Union Messages
          • Wilson (December 5, 1916)
          • Wilson (December 4, 1917)
          • FDR (January 6, 1942)
       • Nixon on War in Vietnam (November 3, 1969)
       • Executive Orders
  • Presidential Doctrines
  • Presidential Greatness & Warmaking
  • Presidential Character & Legacy (all 44; podcast)
  • Ranking the Presidents  • More (Schlesinger, 1997)
  • Intelligence and the American Presidency
  • Presidential Timeline (Hoover to Bush 43) ****
  • Presidential Power to Go to War (Feb 07)
  • US Presidential Speeches
  • Foreign Policy Research Institute Articles
  • Center for Strategic & International Studies (CISS)
  • Top 10 Presidential Errors (2006)
  • Editorial Cartoons in History  • Introduction
       • War in American Editorial Cartoons
  • Punch Political Cartoons (history)
  • CIA Briefings of Presidential Candidates

  • War Powers: Constitutional Roots (internal link)
  • Presidential Uses of Military Force, 1812-2016
  • Use of US Armed Forces Abroad (1798-2010, CRS)
  • Departmental Reorganization Act of 1918
  • War Powers Act of 1941
  • War Powers Resolution (1973)
  • War Powers Resolution After Thrity Years

  • What Happened to Declarations of War?

    Principles of War
  • Principles of War (Mil History Companion)
  • Principles of War (CADRE c 2006, pdf)
  • Air Univeristy Resources
  • Principles of War (Clauseweitz)
  • Principles of War (FM 3-0)  • Alt
  • Principles of War (Hackworth)
  • Principles of War (AWC links)
  • Nine Principles of War (list)
  • Flexibility: 10th Principle  • pdf
  • History of Principles of War  • Alt
  • Flexibility as the 10th US Principle
  • Principles of War (Clausewitz)
  • Principles of War (Japanese)  • pdf
  • Strategic Principles of War, 21st C
  • Info-based RMA & Principles of War

  • Total War
  • Total War (Oxfiord Comp to Mil History, 2nd def)
       • Wikipedia  • Britannica  • Definition
       • Strategy in the Age of total War
  • Logistics and the Western Way of War
  • Examples of Total War (149 BC - 1945 AD)
  • Anticipating Total War: German & US Experience
       • Review (JSTOR)
  • US Origins of Total War 1860-1880 (1995)
  • The First Total War: Napoleonic Wars
  • Total War in the US Civil War (internal link)
  • Total War in South vs. Frontier (Grimsley)
  • US Civil War & German Wars of Unification
  • Was the Civil War a Total War? (Neely)  • Alt
  • Franco-Prussian War: Step Toward Total War
  • "Total War I: The Great War" (Bourne)
  • The Western Front & Birth of Total War (BBC)
  • Patterns of War Since the 18th Century
  • Power, Technology & Total War (French views)
  • The Conduct of War, 1789-1961 (Fuller)
       • Review (JSTOR)  • More  • More  • More  • More
  • The Age of Total War, 1860-1945 (e-book)
  • Great War, Total War ... 1914-1918 (German view)
  • A World at Total War ... 1937-1945 (German view)
  • WW II as Total War (European Home Fronts)
  • Lethality & Casualty Trends
       • Weapon Lethality & Dispersion (graphic)

  • Road to Total War (WW II bombing)
  • Air Power and the Logic of Mass Destruction
  • Strategic Bombing in WW II
  • Hiroshima and the Evolution of Total War

  • "No Substitute For Victory" (MacArthur, 19Apr51)  • Alt
  • There IS No Substitute For Victory
  • Why Has America Stopped Winning Wars? (2015)
  • War: SometimesThere Is a Substitute for Victory
       • Did Stalemate Equal Victory? (Korea & Vietnam)

    Low Intensity Conflict
  • USMC Small Wars Manual (1940)  • pdf
       • Background
  • "Small Wars Manual:" Analysis & Relevance  • pdf
  • Small Wars: Principles & Practice (Caldwell, 1906)
       • pdf  • Background
  • Why the Strong Lose (Parameters, 2005)
  • Small Wars Journal  • Archive

    Irregular & Unconventional War
  • Insurgency  • Counterinsurgency
  • Counterinsurgency Portal (Air War College)
  • Theory & Practice of Insurgency & COIN (Bernard Fall)
  • Counterinsurgency Scorecard: 1981-2011 (RAND)
       • Case Studies: 1978-2008 (RAND)
  • Fighting Insurgencies (Foreign Affairs, 2009)
  • Is there a future for Counterinsurgency? (2007)
  • The End of Counterinsurgency? (Startfor, Jun 12)
  • US Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Origins of Guerrilla Doctrine (1982)
  • US Army & Irregular Warfare (e-book)
  • Counterinsurgency Ops (JP 3-24, Oct 09 - pdf)
       • Discussion (Dec 06) ; • More (w link to FM3-24)
  • Cultural Barriers to COIN (Jeffrey Record, 2006)
  • Role of Airpower in Counterinsurgency
  • Airpower in French Colonial Wars
       • Portuguese Wars
  • Evolution of US COIN Doctrine (Crane, 2006)  • pdf
  • Irregular Warfare Conference (Oct 06 - slides)
  • Long Small War: Indigenous Forces for COIN
  • COIN Warfare: Theory & Practice (Galula 1964)
       • Review
  • Savage Wars of Peace (book review, 2003)
  • Fighting a Global COIN (Donnelly & Serchuk, 2003)
  • Patterns of Insurgency & COIN (Lynn, 2005)
  • Best Practices in COIN (Mil Review, 2005)
  • Principles, Imperatives & Paradoxes of COIN (Mil Review, 2006)
  • Learning COIN: Observations From Iraq (Mil Review, 2006)
  • Lsns From a Successful COIN (Philippines, 1899-1902)
  • COIN in Iraq: Lessons From Philippine War
  • Lessons from the Philippine War
  • Managing COIN; Lessons From Malaya (Mil Review, 2007)  • Alt
  • Phase IV Ops: Where Wars Are Won (Crane, 2005)
  • Military Writings of Mao Tse-tung
       • On Protracted War  • Alt
       • Strategy in Revolutionary War
  • Guerrilla Tactics in Vietnam
  • Civic Action: USMC Experience in Vietnam
  • Why Great Powers Fight Small Wars Badly
  • Conterinsuregency in Iraq & Afghanistan (2012)
  • Doctrine, Guerrilla Warfare & Counterinsurgency

  • Urban Operations (JP 3-06, 2013)
  • Block to Block: The Challenge of Urban Ops
       • Urban Warfare: It's History & Future
  • FM 3-06 Urban Operations (2003)  • 2006
       • Case Study: Stalingrad

    Lessons of History
  • Why Study War (Hansen)
  • The Four Lessons of History
  • Quotations: Lessons of History  • Alt  • More
  • Lessons of History (Harold James)
  • Lessons of History (Wm Urban)
  • The Lessons of History (Michael Howard, 1982)
  • Why Don't We Learn From History? (Liddell Hart)
       • The Significance of Military History
  • How Do We Learn From History? (AHA)
  • History as a Way of Learning
  • Lessons Learned (video summaries, CFR)
  • Foreign Policy Lessons From History
  • Lessons of the Roman Empire for America
  • British Experience in Iraq (1917)
  • Lessons from the Thirties (JSTOR)
  • D-Day and the Lessons of History
  • Lessons of History for Invaders
  • Defining the Lessons of History
  • On History (Peter Landry)
  • The Lessons of History (Durant & Durant)
  • Edmund Burke on the Lessons of History
  • Reflections on the Lessons of History
  • Four Lessons of History (Charles A. Beard)  • Alt
  • Cultural Approach to the History of War

    Lessons Learned From War
  • The Warnings of History (NY Times, 2016)
  • History & the History of War (John Shy)  • pdf
  • Civil War: Decline of Decisive Battle  • pdf
  • Why the North Won the Civil War  • More
  • British Lessons From American Civil War
  • Lessons froe Philippine War    • More
  • Lessons of Russo-Japanese War
  • Lessons From WW II
  • Lessons of the Forgotten War (Korea)
  • North Korea & The Lessons of History
  • Lessons From History: Vietnam & Iraq
  • Iraq War: Will We Learn From History?
  • Lessons Learned: Urban Combat (FM 3-06.11)
  • Iraq, Grand Strategy & Lessons of Mil History
  • Jt. Military Operations Historical Collection
          (Korea; Desert Shield & Desert Storm)


  • Nothing Less Than Victory (Lewis, e-book)
  • Profiles in Audacity: Great Decisions (e-book)
  • American's Changing Self-Perceptions

  • McNamara's 11 Basic Tenants on War
  • McNamara's 11 Lessons from Vietnam
       • Fog of War (video)

  • Never Fight A Land War In Asia (Stratfor)  • Alt
       • Source?
       • MacArthur quotations  • More
       • Viscount Bernard Montgomery
       • SecDef Robert Gates (Feb 2011)

  • Center for Army Lessons Learned (pubs)
       • Report Index


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  • American Way of War
  • History of American Wars ****
  • U.S. Army Campaigns  • Streamers
  • Wars & Conflicts of the US Navy (list & streamers)
  • The American Military System (CMH)
       • The American Army, 1775-1917
  • US Global Defense Posture, 1783-2011 (RAND)
       • Key Findings  • Recommendations
  • The Duality of the American Military Tradition
  • History of the National Guard
  • American Way of War (Oxford Com to Mil Hist)
  • Foundations of the American Army (CMH)
       • The Question of a Peacetime Army
       • Civilian Control  • The Militia
  • The Army and the Nation (FM 7-21.13)
  • American Military Experience (Shy, 1971)
  • America's Distinctive Way of War (WSJ, 2011)
  • Early American Way of War (Higginbotham, 1987)
  • Early American Ways of War 1600-1815
  • War Making on the Frontier (1607-1814)
  • Washington & Tradition of Civilian Control
       • Newburgh Conspiracy (1783)
  • Jefferson & Hamilton on Standing Armies
  • Jefferson on a Standing Military
  • Jefferson & US Maritime Defense Policy
  • Jefferson on the Need For a Navy
  • Jefferson's Gunboat Navy
  • Establishment of US Military Academy (1802)

        Constitutional Roots
  • Constitution of the United States of America
       • Discussion (Wikipedia)
  • Lincoln on the real threat to America  • Full
  • Constitution Basis: Military & War Powers
       • War Powers Clause
       • "The Law of Nations" Clause  • Background
  • War Powers Act of 1941
  • War Powers Resolution of 1973  • Compliance
  • War Powers and the Supreme Court
  • US Code Title 10: Armed Forces  • Alt
       • 10 USC: Organization & General Military Powers
  • US Code Title 50: War & National Defense
  • The Federalist Papers (complete texts)
  • US National Guard (history & laws)
  • What is a Standing Army?
  • Quotations on Standing Armies  • On Militia
       • 2nd Amendment & Standing Armies
  • Militia and the Standing Army
  • State Militias & the US (AF Law Review)
  • Milita, Standing Armies & 2nd Amendment
  • Debate on a Standing Army (1798-1800)
  • Militia Act of 1792  • Text  • Alt
  • Militia Act of 1903 (Dick Act)
       • United States National Guard
  • Current Milita Legislation (Title 10 U.S.C. 311)
  • For Standing Armies (Clausewitz On War, Ch. 5)
       • Adam Smith (Wealth of Nations, CH. 1)
  • Against Standing Armies (Thomas Jefferson)
       • Jefferson's Call for Universal Service
       • James Madison quoations  • More
       • Jacob G. Hornberger
       • "It Takes A Militia" (review, Gart Hart book, 1999)
          • More Reviews
  • Madison: Raising An Army, 1812 (lesson plan)

        Second Amendment Issues
  • Origin & Meaning of Right to Bear Arms
  • U.S. v. Miller (Text: intent of 2nd Amendment, 1939)
       • Discussion
  • Commentary: Original Intent of 2nd Amendment
       • More Commentary  • Historic Roots
  • Commas in the Second Amendment
       • English Professor Anaylzes 2nd Amendment
  • Quotations on 2nd Amendment  • More

  • America's First Battles (chronology)  • More
  • The American Citizen-Soldier, 1775-1861
  • Citizen-Soldiers or Regulars: Views on Military Establishment 1775-1781
  • Reorganizing the Army (post-Span-Am War)

  • American Isolationism & Expansionism (JSTOR)
  • US Non-Intervention

        American Way of War Today
  • American Way of War (Air University bibliography)
  • Eagle' Talons: American Experience at War (e-book)
  • War & the Military in America (SHSU)
  • Grand Strategy & American Foreign Policy
  • New American Way of War (Jeff Record, 2002)
  • New American Way of War (Max Boot, 2003)  • Alt
  • American Way of War and Peace in Comparative Perspective (Wilson & Lyall)  • pdf
  • 100 Rules: New American Way of War  • Alt
  • American Way of War (Cebrowski & Barnett, Jan 03)
  • Technological War: Reality & American Myth
  • War at the Millennium (internal link)
  • The Wars of America (syllabus, Rutgers)
  • Airpower: American Way of War (Atlantic, Jun 02)
  • American Way of War or Way of Battle? (2004)
  • Toward An American Way of War (2004)  • pdf
  • Primer: Paradox of the American Way of War
  • Paradox of "New American Way of War" (2004)
  • Why America Fails to Win the Peace (2006, pdf)
  • Why America Fails to Win Every War It Starts (2017)
  • History of US War Powers (Mil Law Review, 93)
  • What Happened to Declarations of War?
  • Who Takes Us to War? (Krauthammer, Jun 11)
  • The American Way of War Revisited (Linn, 2002)
  • Trends in American Major War & Peace (1983)
  • National Style in Strategy (Colin Gray)
  • War is a Racket (e-book)
       • Smedley Butler  • Background on book
  • Eisenhower: Military-Industrial Complex
  • Weinberger Doctrine (internal link)
  • How American Regrads Its Warriors
  • Why We Serve (Colin Powell, 6 Nov 11)
  • American Way of War: Post-Cold War
  • Everything You Thought You Knew About the
           American Way of War is Wrong (2002)
  • Austerity and the End of American Intervention
  • Why Has America Stopped Winning Wars? (2015)
  • Reflections on the 9/11 Decade (Sep 2011)
  • Six Military Stereotypes That Are True
  • How America's Wars Changed English Language
  • Americans at War (Smithsonian)

  • On the Meaning of War Memorials

  • U.S. Flag Officers (numbers & rules)
  • US Army Commanding Generals and CoSs


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  • Grand Strategy
  • Grand Strategy  • More (D R Worley)
  • Grand Strategy (Air University bibliography)
       • Council on Foreign Relations portal
  • Grand Strategy: Literature, Statecraft & World Order
  • The Shaping of Grand Strategy (review)
  • Problems & Pitfalls of Grand Strategy (SSI)
  • Why Grand Strategy is Tough for Academics
  • Surprise, Security & The American Experience
  • The Myth of Grand Strategy  • Alt
  • Defining & Teaching Grand Strategy  • PDF
  • Grand Strategy & US Foreign Policy (case studies)
  • Grand Strategy for America (book review)
  • Five Pillars of American Grand Strategy
  • Criterial of a Sensible Grand Strategy (Spinney, 2015)
  • 8 Myths about American Grand Strategy  • Alt
  • Grand Strategy vs. Military Strategy
  • Grand Strategy and International Law
  • National Interest (definition)
  • Military Power & National Interests
  • National Interest and Strategy (2002)
       • Rebuttal (2003)
  • Key Strategic Issues List (Army War College, 2011)
  • The Grand Strategy of the United States (2014)
  • Grand Strategy i& American Foreign Policy (2012)
  • Instruments of National Power (internal link)

  • Hegemonic Stability Theory
       • Long Cycle Theory
       • Four Phases of Long Cycle Theory  • Source
       • Six Cycles of the Modern Era

    Strategy
  • Strategy (Wikipedia)
  • Strategy (Britannica)
  • Quotations on Strategy Definitions
  • Quotations on Strategy  • More
  • Quotations from Books on Strategy
       • Strategy (B H Liddell Hart)
  • Definitions of Strategy (corporate)
  • 33 Strategies of War (Google book)
  • Concepts of Strategy
  • Strategy: Theory (RCMH)  • Practice
  • Makers of Modern Strategy (Paret, Google book)
  • Teaching Strategy for 21st Century
  • Why Strategy Is Difficult (Colin Gray)
  • National Values => Mil Strategy
  • Military Strategy (Wikipedia)
  • Military Strategy: Historical Perspectives
  • Fabian Strategy (Wikipedia)
  • Strategy & Policy Course (USMC CCE)
  • Policy and War (case study, NWC)
  • Theory & Strategy Resources (AU)
       • Essays on Strategic Art
  • Military History pre-20th Century
  • Geopolitics, Geography & Strategy (Colin Gray)
  • Land Strategy: Past, Present, Future  • pdf
  • Strategic Questions w/o Answers (pdf)
       • Summary (Find: Crowl)
  • Toward a Theory of Strategy
  • Process of Strategy Making (NWC)
  • Environment of Strategy Making (NWC)
  • How Budget Crises Have Improved U.S. Strategy  • Alt
  • Case Studies: Strategy & Theory (NWC)
       • American Revolution  • Napoleonic Era
       • WW I  • WW II  • Chinese Civil War & Korea
       • Vietnam  • Gulf Wars
       • Terrorism: Strategies & Policy
       • Global War on Terrorism
  • Weinberger Doctrine
       • Dealing With a Potential "Nuclear Hitler" (1995)
       • Weinberger's Six Tests (AF Mag, 2004)
       • Analysis (AF Mag, 2014)
       • Speech: "The Uses of Military Power" (Nov 84)  • pdf
       • Decision to Fight in Gulf War (AF Mag, May 91)
       • "The Use of Force" (application of Weinberger)
  • Origins of the Weinberger Doctrine, 1980-1984
  • Weinberger v. Weinberger-Powell (2004)  • Alt
  • Iraq: Return to Weinberger? (Jeff Record, 2007)
  • Give War A Chance (political-military divergence)
  • We Ignore Weinberger At Our Peril (2001)
  • Mil Power in Pursuit of National Interests
  • The World At War (FAS)
  • Major Theater War (FAS)
  • Military Strategy bibliography (lonked)
  • US Military Strategy (ICAF)
  • American Way of Victory
  • USMC CCE Courses
       • Theory and Nature of War
       • Strategy & Policy
       • Operational Level of War
       • Ops Other Than War (case studies)
  • Coercive Military Strategy  • More
       • Coercive Diplomacy
  • Air Power As a Coercive Instrument
  • Surprise Attack (Google book)
       • Strategic Military Surprise: Incentives Opportunities
  • Preemptive & Preventive War Doctrine (C Gray)
  • Military Strategy & Tactics (overvirew)
  • Military Planning (e-books)
  • Harry Summers on Strategic Thinking (interview)
       • Video of Interview
  • Strategy in the Age of Nuclear Weapons

  • Geopolitics
  • The Heartland Theory
  • Intoduction to Geopolitics
  • The Geopolitics Reader
  • Geopolitics of the U.S. (Stratfor, Aug 11)  • Pt 2
  • Geopolitical Trends of Major Regions (Stratfor)
  • Geopolitics, Nationalism & Dual Citizenship
  • Geopolitics & Geoeconomics
  • Geopolitics in Eurasia (video slides)  • Source
  • Geopolitics, Geography & Strategy (Colin Gray, 1999)
  • The Deoman of Geopolitics (Herwig, 2011)
  • Military Geography for the Professional  • Alt  • Alt
       • Choke Points
  • Russia's Geographic Challenge (video)
  • The State of the World: A Framework (Stratfor)
  • US Naval Dominance & Importance of Oceans
  • Why Geography Matters

  • Strategy: Bridging Policy & Operations (2001)

    Operational Art
  • Historical Perspectives of Op. Art (CMH)
  • Operational Art (AirU links)  • More (NWC)
  • Roots of US Operational Art  • pdf
  • Operational Level of War (USMC CDC)
  • Operational Level of War (bibliography)
  • Essense of Operational Warfare  • pdf
  • Maneuver Warfare: Napoleon to Now
  • Operational Warfare Briefing (JCS)
  • Historical Perspectives of Op Art (CMH, e-book)
  • Major Theater War Phases
  • Blkitzkrieg to Desert Storm: Evolution of Op War

    Tactics
  • Tactics (Britannica)
       • Military Tactics  • Detail (lsubcatagoreis)
  • Weapons & Tactics Through History
  • Tactics 101 **** (Armchair General - series intro)
       • Mission Analysis  • Decisive Point
       • Archive (reverse order: first article last)
  • Military Geography (NDU e-book)
  • Terrain Considerations
  • The Basic Elements of Combat
  • Linear formations (mid-18th C, scroll down)
       • Battle of Fortenoy (1745: classic example)
          • Image  • Another ("facing off")
          • Panorama  • Another  • Map  • Period Map
  • Tactics: Age of Muskets (cached)
  • History of Drill
       • Maurice of Nassau (drill innovator)
  • Role of NCO in Drill & Tactics
  • The Bayonet & Linear Warfare
  • 18th c Infantry Tactics
  • 18th C Infantry Tactics (American Rev)
  • Infantry Tactics (17th c to mid-19th c)
       • Formations  • Infantry Evolution
       • Artillery Technology & Tactics
       • Evolution of Cavalry
  • Tactics  • 1792-1803  • 1803-14  • 1861-65
  • Tactics - Napoleon to Civil War
       • Army Organization - Mid-18th c
  • Tactics (USMC MCDP 1-3, 1997)  • Alt  • pdf
  • 20th Century Tactics, Doctrine & Org
  • Linear Warfare to Swarming (ppt)
  • Clausewitz and Non-linear War (Oct 2003)
  • Fourth Generation of War (Lind)
       • The Canon (Original "Fourth Gen" article)
         • Part 2  • Part 3
  • Five Generations of Warfare
  • FM 3-06 Urban Operations  • Alt

    Napoleonic War Tactics (internal link)
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  • Wargame Rules (portal)

  • Friendly Fire
  • Amicicide: Problems of Friendly Fire
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  • Theory of War  
  • Military Theory & Grand Strategy (AU portal)
  • Roots of Strategy (GoogleBook)
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  • War Theorists (US Mil History Companion)
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  • Center of Gravity: Still Relevant  • pdf
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       • Book Review  • Other commentary
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       • Critique
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  • Cannae (case studies, von Schlieffen)
       • Battle of Cannae (Wikipedia)
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  • Antoine-Henri Jomini (Wikipedia)
  • The Art of War (Jomini, 1862 ed)  •More
       • Table of Contents  • Article Summaries
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       • Present Theory of War and Its Utility  • Alt  • pdf
       • On Certain Types of War
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       • On Strategic Lines and Points  • Alt
       • On Modern Maritime Expeditions
  • Comments on Jomini  • 2  • 3  • 4
  • Clausewitz-Jomini Interaction
       • Fundamental Differences
  • Clausewitz, Jomini & Mil Strategy
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  • du Picq: Battle Studies (c 1868)
  • Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung
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       • On Protracted War
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  • Theory & Nature of War (USMC CSC)
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       • Papers of B H Liddell Hart
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  • Foundations of the Science of War (Fuller, 1926)
       • Original Document (pdf)
  • Generaliship: It's Diseases and Their Cure (Fuller, 1936)
  • British Military Thought: Fuller & Liddel Hart

  • Alfred Thayer Mahan  • More  • Bio
       • Influence of Sea Power ... (e-book)  • Alt
          • Ch. 1, Elements of Seapower
       • Synopsis  • Impact of book
       • Mahan on US Naval Expansion (1902)
       • Impact of Seapower (analysis)
  • Sea Power & Other Studies (Bridge, 1899)

  • Air Marshall Giulio Douhet  • AF Mag bio
       • The Command of the Air (1921)  • Review
       • Douhet's Influence Revisited
  • Hap Arnold: Fundamental Principles of Air Power
  • Air Power In War   (MRAF Authur Tedder)  • pdf

  • John Boyd: Impact on Strategic Thinking
       • Biography  • More  • More  • More
       • Destruction & Creation (theory-1976, pdf)  • HTML
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          • Slideshow (196 slides)  • ppt
       • Boyd & Military Strategy (portal)
       • Strategic Theories of John Boyd
       • How John Boyd Beat the Generals  • Alt
  • Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War
       • "Boydmania" (review)
  • John Boyd and American Security
  • The Strategic Theory of John Boyd
       • Birth of the OODA Loop
       • Boyd: Architect of Modern War (mag pp 24-28)
  • Forty-Second Boyd and the Big Picture  • Pt 2

  • Herman Kahn
       • On Thermonuclear War (1960)  • Excerpts
       • On Escalation  • Kahn's Escalation Ladder
  • André Beaufre (deterence theory)

    Leadership  
  • Great Leaders in the Art of War
  • Generalship: Diseases & Cure (Fuller)
  • Great Captains (list)
       • Van Tien Dung (Vietnam, 1975)
  • On Protracter War by Mao Tse-Tung
  • The Prince (review)   pdf

  • Grand Campaigns in History
       • Grand Campaigns: A Re-examination

    Dissent
  • Dissent in Wars
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  • A History of Pacifism (NY Times, 28 Aug 11)
  • New Definition of Military Valour - Saying No To Politicians (Guardian, Apr 06)
  • Generals Speak Out (links to articles on dissent)
       • Why Iraq Was A Mistake (LTGEN Greg Newbold, Aug 06)
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       • Related NY Times article
  • A Failure in Generalship (Yingling, May 07)
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    Protest in Wartime
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    The Imact of War on Humanity
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  • Dynamics (and Definitions ) of Military Revolutions
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       • Review
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  • Understanding 4th Generation War (Lind)
       • Alt  • pdf
       • History  • 1st Generation  • 2nd  • 3rd  • 4th
       • Marine Corps Gazette article, Oct 89  • Alt
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       • Last of "On War" series (15 Dec 09)
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       • Wm. Lind Explanation
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  • War at the Millennium (internal)
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  • Weapons
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       • Source (Fr)  • Gun Components (Fr)
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       • French 75 Field Gun
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    Naval Guns
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       • Gun Barrel Construction
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       • Ammunition, Fuzes & Projectiles
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    Tanks
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       • Oxford Companion to Military History
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    Intelligence
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    The Draft
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        Coastal Defenses
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        Air Defense
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    Logistics
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       • Multimedia Course
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  • The Big "L" - American Logistics in WW II
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       • Google book  • pdf
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  • Logistic Support of the Armies (May 41-Se p44)
       • Volume 2 (Sep 44-Feb 45)
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       • PDF (Both Volumes)
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    Reporting War
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  • Law of Armed Conflict
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  • The Hague Convention
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  • Hague Rules of Air Warfare (1923)

  • History of Arms Control (Encarta)
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  • Just War Theory
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  • Allied Area Bombing Revisited
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  • Lieber's Code (ROE, April 1863)  • Alt

  • Title 50, US Code: War and National Defense
       • Chapter 33: War Powers Resolution
       • Title 10: US Code: Armed Forces
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  • Strategic Bombing Doctrine: Moral & Legal?

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  • Land Warfare
  • History of Land Warfare ****   • More
  • U. S. Army Cntr of Military History
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    Airborne & Air Mobile Operations
  • Airborne Forces
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  • First US Airborne Operation (Husky, 1943)
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    Air Warfare
  • Aerial Warfare (overview)
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    USAF Air Warfare Doctrine
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       • Background  • Alt
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     • Air & Space Power Mentoring Guide
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       • Circa 1997
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       • Source Document (AFDD-2, 2006 - pdf)  • PDF
       • Discussion
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  • Why Air Forces Fail (e-book)
  • Bogus Charges Against Airpower (AF Mag, 2002)
       • More Bogus Charges Against Airpower
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       • Air Mobility Mission
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       • Preventing Recognition of the CSA
       • Trent Affair - Tension With Britain
       • The Alabama Claims
  • Diplomacy of the Civil War
       • US Mil History Companion (pp. 134-38)
       • US History.com
  • The American Question Abroad (CivilWarHome)
  • Cotton Diplomacy (Livingston)  • Overview
  • Civil War Turining Points: European View
  • US-Russian Treaty
  • Great Britain and the American Civil War (e-book)
  • A World on Fire (UK-US relation, review)
  • British Sympathies in Civil War (JSTOR)
  • Slavery As A Diplomatic Issue (JSTOR, 1945)
  • Confederate Diplomacy (JSTOR, 1966)
  • Civil War Diplomatic Sites in London

  • Military & Diplomatic Course of the War

  • Strategic Overview (Grimsley)
       • Synopsis
       • Overview of Civil War Strategies (map)
  • Civil War Armies (portal)
  • Civil War Strategy & Tactics
       • Civil War Home
       • More (RCMH - cashed)
       • Middle Tennessee State U (summary)
       • Millitary Art in the Civil War
       • Northern Strategy  • Southern Strategy
       • Command & Strategy (book review)
  • Mobility & Strategy in the Civil War
  • Clausewitz, Jomini & the US Civil War
  • Union Strategy (map - PBS)  • More
  • Developing The Union Strategy (eHistory)
  • North/South Strengths/Weaknesses
  • North-South Balance Sheet
  • Development of Union Strategy
  • Union Grand Strategy (lesson plan)
  • First Civil War Strategy (Anacoda Plan)
  • Simultaneous Attack Strategy (1864)
  • Attrition Strategy
  • Confederate Vision & Strategy
  • Southern Strategy
  • Confederate Tide Rising (Strategy, 1861-62)
  • Taken at the Flood (Confed Strategy, 1862)
  • Strategy of the Civil War Leaders
  • Impact of Napolean on S & T
  • Why Lee Invaded Maryland (1862)
  • Strategy for the Gettysburg Campaign
       • Logistics for the Gettysburg Campaign
  • Gettysburg's Decisive Battle (Mil Review, 2004)

  • Developing Campaigns: Op Art in the Civil War
  • Origins of Modern Warfare: Ideas, Organization
       • More
  • U.S. Grant and Operations
  • Interior Lines of Communication  • More
  • Military Art in the Civil War
  • Why a War of Attrition
  • The Operations of War (1869, e-book)
  • Organization of the Armies (internal)
  • Command & Control in Civil War
  • A Prussian Observes the American Civil War
       • Overview  • Lessons Learned

  • Civil War In4 (4 min. videos on CW topics)

  • Evolution of Civil War Tactics (staff ride)
  • US Army, 1846-1861 (Grimsley)
  • US Regulars Archive (tactics portal)
       • Casey's Infantry Tactics (1862; e-book)
       • History of US Infantry Tactics (1855-65)
       • Instruction for Field Artillery (1861; e-book)
       • Cooke's Cavalry Tactics (1862; e-book)
       • On the Tactical Use of Three Arms (1865)
  • Civil War Tactics  • Outline  • More
  • Evolution of CW Tactics (Jomini impact)  • More
  • Impact of Weapons on Tactics (Jensen)
       • Video  • Video  • Video
  • Infantry Tactics (US Army, 1861)
  • Influence of Napoleon on Civil War Strategy & Tactics
       • Tactics: Napoleonic Era vs. US Civil War
       • Attacking Artillery Batteries: Napoleonic v Civil Wars
  • Innovations in Infantry Tactics 1850-1865
  • Civil War Tactics in Perspective
  • Civil War Infantry Tactics (WTJ)
  • Civil War Infantry Assault Tactics (JSTOR)
  • Military Art [tactics] in US Civil War
  • Rifled Musket Tactics  • More  • More
  • Sharpshooters  • Sharpshooter Uniforms
  • Civil War Cavalry  • More (NPS)
  • US Army Cavalry Tactics (1862)
  • Cavalry Tactics: Civil War & Europe  • More
  • Evolution of the Field Artillery Battery (pdf)
  • Artillery Deployment at First Bull Run (pdf)  • Alt
  • Civil War Artillerists
       • Henry Jackson Hunt, USA
       • Edward Porter Alexander, CSA
       • Stephen D. Lee, CSA
       • John Pelham, CSA
  • Union Deception

  • Industrial Revolution & Warfare
       • Evolution of Modern Warfare
       • Impact & Major Trends
  • Technology & the Am Civil War (Mil Review, 2004)
  • The First Modern War
  • Civil War & Industrial Revolution
  • Civil War Technology (Tennessee)
  • CW Technology - Old, New, Expmtl
  • Civil War Tech: What Was In & Out
  • Military Developments in the War
  • Weapons & Ships (photos)

  • Technological Innovation & Weapons (portal)

  • Civil War Weapons (overview)  • Outline  • Clipart
       • More  • More  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Grenades in the Civil War
  • Civil War Era Firearms  • More  • More  • More
       • Civil War Firearms (e-book)  • Guns of the Civil War
       • Civil War Small Arms (Anglefire)
       • Small Arms (National Park Service)
  • Guns of the Civil War (video)
  • Rifles vs. Smoothbores (use of buck & ball)
  • Rifled Muskets (loading instructions)
  • Spencer Rifle
  • Rapid-Fire Guns of the American Civil War
  • Gatling Gun (internal link)  • In Civil War
  • Civil War Artillery (NPS)
  • Introduction to Civil War Artillery (ehistory)
  • Civil War Artillery (technical)
  • Civil War Artillery
       • Basics & Terminology  • Characteristics
       • 12-pound Field Guns (including Napoleons)
       • Rodmans & Confederate Columbiads
          • More    • More
          • Rodmans at Fort McHenry, 1840-1865
       • Brooke Rifles & Smoothbores
       • Dahlgren Rifles & Guns
       • Parrott Rifles  • More  • Projectiles
       • Civil War Forts & Batteries
       • Siege Artillery
  • Civil War Artillery (models)  • More
  • Civil War Naval Ordnance (history)

  • Federal & Confedrate Arms Manufacturers
  • Civil War Arms & Equipmt (Nat Archieves)  • Pt 2
  • West Point Foundry  • pdf
  • Tredegar Iron Works  • More

  • Gun Inventors
       • Thomas Rodman  • Alt  • Alt
       • Admiral John A. B. Dahlgren  • More
       • Robert P. Parrott  • Obituray

  • Signal Corps in Civil War
       • Signal Flags
  • Beardslee Telegraph Machine
  • Military Telegraph Service  • More  • Portal
  • Code-Breaking in the Civil War
  • Balloons in the Civil War  • More
       • T. S. C. Lowe Narrative
       • Balloon over Yorktown
       • Proposal: Balloons for Bombing (cached)
  • Civil War Photographs **** (The Atlantic)  • Pt. 2  • Pt. 3
       • HistoryNet.com  • Soldiers  • Destruction  • More
       • Library of Congress  • More
  • Mathew Brady & Impact of Photography
       • Brady's Photo Gallery (Smithsonian)
       • Brady's Photos of Antietam Dead
  • Battlefield War Council (Timothy O'Sullivan)
  • Civil War Art (Don Troiani)  • Battle Scenes
  • Civil War Times Archives
  • Civil War History Archives
  • America's Civil War Archives
  • Civil War Photographs (NARA)
  • Civil War Talk Web Rings

  • Bloody Crucible of Courage
          (book review, evolution of tactics)


  • American Civil War - Land
  • American Military History 1861 (CMH, 2005)
       • 1862  • 1863  • 1864-5
  • War of the Rebellion (official reports)  • eHistory
       • Accompaning Atlas (index)  • Individual Plates
       • Costliest Battles  • Casualty Figures
       • Full document
  • Civil War Armies (portal)
  • The Union Army in the Civil War
  • Organization of the Armies  • More  • More
       • More  • More  • More  • More  • More
       • Union Army Generic Organization (graphic)  • More
          • Tactics  • More  • More  • More    • More  • More

  • Campaign & Battle Maps (USMA)  • More
       • Jespersen's Wikipedia Civil War Maps
       • American Civil War.com
       • Battle Maps  • More (PBS)  • Animated Maps
       • Map: Union Control 1861-65 (CMH)
       • Map: Areas of Operation (CMH)
          • Eastern Theater (CMH)     • Basic Map (USMA)
       • Civil War GIS Maps
       • Civil War Battlefield Virtual Tours
       • Battlefield Panaramic Photos
  • Civil War Overview (campaign thumbnails)
       • List of Battles (Wikipedia)
       • Encyclopedia Britannica
       • Civil War at a Glance
          • Major Campaigns of the War (USMA map)
          • EasternTheater  • Western Theater
          • Union Strategy in West (w/ map)
       • Civil War Prelude (animated map, ppt)
       • Civil War Overview (animated map, ppt)
       • War in the East, 1862 (animated map, ppt)
       • Battles & Leaders of the Civil War (1887)
       • Battlefields (NPS)
       • Battle Guide (RCMH)
       • Major Battles (excellent graphics!)
          • By State  • More  • More
       • Civil War Unit DB
       • Battle Statistics and Thumbnails

  • Battlefield Links (Click "History")  • More
  • Battles by Campaign (NPS)
  • Battle Summaries (NPS)  • By State `
  • War in the Western Theater (e-book)
  • Virtual Battlefield Tours
  • Civil War Staff Rides

  • First Blood (Baltimore, April 19, 1861)
       • Federal Hill in Civil War
  • Virginia in the Civil War
       • Battles in Virginia (index map, 1861-65)
       • Map of Battles in Virginia (1892, detailed 2.9 MB)
  • History of the Army of the Potomac
  • Washington Defenses (NPS, e-book)
       • Interactive Map (NPS)
  • Manassas to Appomatox (Longstreet)
  • Manassas Campaigns (NPS)  • Battles (NPS)
  • First Manassas/Bull Run (21 Jul 1861)  • NPS  • More
       • First Manassas Campaign Map  • CMH  • More
       • First Bull Run Staff Guide  • PDF
  • Artillery at 1st Bull Run
  • War Watchers at Bull Run  • Alt
  • Northern Virginia Campaign 1862  • Map
  • Second Bull Run/Manassas (28-30 Aug 1862)  • More
       • Staff Ride Briefing Book  • Map
  • Ball's Bluff (Oct 1861)  • Staff Ride Guide (PDF)
  • Confederate Heartland Offensive (Ky, Tn)
  • Battle of Shilo (Apr 1862)
       • Map (CMH)  • Period Map (excellent detail)
  • Shenandoah Valley Battles
       • Importance  • Strategy  • Campaigns
       • Campaign Battles (map, pdf)
  • Peninsular Campaign (Sum 1862, NPS)
       • Wikipedia  • Campaign Map
       • Campaign Battles (map, CMH)  • Va. State map
       • Union Naval Attack on Drewery's Bluff (May 1862)
       • Union Naval Support at Malvern Hill (July 1862)
  • Peninsular Campaign (portal)
  • Why Lee Invaded Maryland (1862)
       • Lee Moves North
       • Maps: Maryland Campaign (day-by-day)
       • Map: Maryland Campaign (tourist, pdf)
  • Antietam (Sept 1862, portal)
       • Campaign (Union view)  • Confederate view
       • Antietam On the Web
       • Detailed Battle Maps    • Period Map (detailed)
       • Antietam Timeline
       • Antietam (animated map, ppt)
       • Antietam Stafff Ride Guide  • PDF (updated)
       • NPS Portal  • Casualties  • Park Map (pdf)
       • Military History Online
  • Lee's Lost Order No. 191  • More
  • Capture of Harper's Ferry (Sept 1862)  • Map
  • Brady's Photos of Antietam Dead
  • Fredericksburg (Dec 1862)  • Details
       • Map (CMH)
       • Period Map (detailed but rustic)
  • Fredericksburg: Gettysburg for Other Side
  • Stones River (Dec '62-Jan '63)
       • Map (CMH)  • Maps (NPS)
       • Stones River/Murfreesboro (NPS Lesson)
  • Chancellorsville (May 1-3, 1863)
       • Map (CMH)  • More (NPS)
       • The Campaign of Chancellorsville (text file)
  • Gettysburg Campaign (NPS)  • More  • Map
       • Situation, June 1, 1863 (USMA map)
       • Engagements (1 Jun-26 Jul 1863)
          • Map (19-24 Jun)  • Map (25-28 Jun)
       • Campaign Battles in Maryland (map, pdf)
  • Strategy for Gettysburg Campaign
       • Logistics for the Gettysburg Campaign
  • Gettysburg (Jul 1-3, 1863)
       • More  • More
       • Gettysburg National Military Park Guide (NPS)
       • Multimedia Description of Battle
       • Orders of Battle: • USA  • CSA
       • Prelude to Battle (strategy)  • More
       • Day 1  • More Detail  • Map (pdf)
       • Day 2  • More Detail  • Map (pdf)
       • Day 3  • More Detail  • Map (pdf)
       • Gettysburg: Third Day
       • Night Battle For Cemetery Hill
       • Battle for Little Round Top
       • Little Round Top After Action  • pdf
       • Pickett's Charge (Jul 3, 1863)
       • Picket's Charge: Lee's Mistake of All Mistakes
       • Picket's Charge (Cyclorama)
  • Gettysburg Maps (USMA)  • Day 2  • Day 3
       • Echos of Gettysburg: Day 1  • Day 2  • Day 3
       • Retreat from Gettysburg (Jul 4-13)
       • Maps: All three days (good detail)  • Summary map
       • CMH  • Three-day Overview (B&W)
       • Battle Timeline & Maps
       • Maps of Individual Actions
       • Battlefield 1:50K Map (1904)
       • Large Period Maps
       • Period Map (Willcox; detailed)
       • Period Map (LOC-Ditterline; detailed)
       • Period Map - Day 2 (highly detailed)
       • Gettysburg Battlefield (game quality, png)
       • Battlefield Panarama (Pennsylvania RR)
       • Newspaper Reports of the Battle
       • Animated Map: Day 1  • Day 2  • Day 3
  • Gettysburg: Discussion & links
       • Gettysburg's Decisive Battle (Mil Review, 2004)
       • Gettysburg: Narrative & Maps
       • MilHistory Online
       • Gettysburg (description & multimedia)
  • 1st Minn Volunteers (highest casualties)
  • Aftermath of Gettysburg
  • Generals at Gettysburg  • More
       • A Study in Command (book review)
  • Lee at Gettysburg (critique of his decisions)
  • Gettysburg: Official Histories
  • Comparing Gettysburg & Borodino  • pdf
  • Gettysburg Monuments (photos)

  • Vicksburg Campaign (Dec 1862-Jul 1863)  • pdf
       • Map (American Civil War)  • Map (CMH)
  • Failed Attack on Vicksburg (May 1863)
  • Valley Campaigns of 1864

  • Chickamauga (Sep 1863)
       • Chickamauga Prelude  • Battle
       • Map (period, color)  • Map (1863)  • Map (1895)
       • Staff Ride Handbook
  • Chattanooga Campaign (Sep-Nov 1863)
       • More  • Map (CMH)
  • Army of the Cumberland (Battle Reports)
       • Atlanta  • Chickamauga
  • Civil War in North Georgia
  • Fort Wagner and the 54th Massachusetts
  • The Atlanta Campaign
  • Sherman, Atlanta & The Sinews of War
  • Georgia Battle Map  • Map (CMH)
  • The Atlanta Campaign  • Map  • Chronology
       • Kennesaw Mountain
       • The Battles for Atlanta
          • Battle of Peachtree Creek  • More  • More
             • Peachtree Creek Digital Map
          • Battle of Atlanta  • More  • More  • Map  • Map
          • Battle Sites on Georgia Tech Campus (then, now)
          • Battle of Atlanta Digital Map Project
          • Maps: Troop Movements, Atlanta Campaign
          • Map: Atlanta Defenses (color)  • Another
          • MGen James Birdseye McPherson  • More  • Map
          • Eyewitness to Battle of Atlanta
          • Map: Federal Defenses After Fall of Atlanta
  • Sherman: Ltr to Atlanta Mayor  • Alt
  • Sherman Takes Atlanta (Jensen)
  • Why was Atlanta an Important Target?
  • Visiting Battle of Atlanta Today
       • Guide to Battle of Atlanta Landmarks (AJC)
       • Atlanta Campaign Tour Guide (book)
  • After Atlanta
  • Sherman's March to the Sea (Rhodes, 1901)
  • March to the Sea (NGeorgia.com)
       • Wikipedia
       • March to the Sea (thumbnail)
       • University of Georgia (documents, narratives)
          • Campaign Map
       • Son of the South.net
       • eHistory
       • Grant's Guidance to Sherman
  • Andersonville (NPS)
       • Sherman's Inabililty to Liberate Andersonville
  • Sherman's March Through NC
       • Campaign Battles (map, pdf)
  • Sherman's March & Law of War
       • Notes
  • Battle for Charleston (POWs as shields)
  • Last Confederate Shot At Washington (Jul 1864)
       • Battle of Monocacy (Jul 1864)
  • Overland Campaign (4 May - 15 Jun 1864)  • Map
       • Staff Ride Handbook (pdf)
  • Wilderness & Spotsylvania CH
       • Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864
       • Spotsylvania Court House, May 7-19, 1864
  • Cold Harbor (May-June 1864)  • More
  • Wilderness to Petersburg  • Map (CMH)  • Map
       • Campaign Battles (map, pdf)
  • St. Albans VT Raid (Oct 1864)  • Detail  • More
  • Richmond Campaign (1864-65, NPS)
  • Petersburg (1864-65, NPS)
       • Battles  • Sequential Maps  • Quiz
       • Final Assault at Petersburg
       • Attack on Fort Stedman
       • Railroad Gun (photo)
       • Petersburg Map (large file)
       • Siege of Petersburg & Impact on Citizens
  • Richmond (NPS)
       • Evacuation of Richmond (eyewitness)
  • Retreat to Appomattox (map, pdf)
  • Battle of Appomattox Court House (9 April 1865)
       • Lee's Surrender  • More
  • The Myth of Appomattox: It Ended the War
  • Johnston's Surrender to Sherman, N Carolina
  • The Last Battle (Texas, May 1865)
  • Fortifications in the War
  • Lieber's Code (ROE, April 1863)
  • Digest of Military & Naval Laws (CSA, 1864)
  • The Civil War Armies (portal)

    Military Leaders
  • Military Leadership of the North & South
  • On the Trail of Grant & Lee (e-book)
  • Memoirs: Grant, Sherman & Sheridan
  • Memoirs (U.S. Grant, e-book)
       • Alternate (searchable)  • Excerpts
  • U. S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity (bio, e-book)
  • Generalship of Ulysses S. Grant (Fuller, e-book)
  • Memoirs (W. T. Sherman, Guenberg)
       • Vol I, Pt. 2    • Vol II, Pt. 3  • Vol II, Pt. 4
  • Memoirs (W. T. Sherman, e-book)  • Alt
       • Excerpts: Shilo to Memphis
  • Sherman's Last Speech (31 Jan 1891)
  • Sherman: Bio & Links  • Quotations
  • Sherman in Europe (1872)
  • Sherman and the "Indirect Approach"
  • Admiral Farragut by Alfred Thayer Mahan
  • Personal Memoir of P. H. Sheridan  • Alt
  • Letters of Gen. Geo. Pickett, CSA
  • The South's Feuding Generals
  • Personal narratiave, VMI cadet

    Soldier Life
  • The Civil War Soldier (NPS)
       • The Soldier in 1863  • More  • Uniforms
  • "Citizen Soldiers: Why They Fought" (NPS)
  • What Motivated Soldiers to Fight
  • The Confederate Infantry Private
  • How Civil War Soldiers Lived
  • Civil War Camp Life  • More
  • Soldier Life  • More  • More (statistics)
  • Soldier Life - Road to Atlanta
  • Civil War Casualty Figures (detailed)
       • Regimental Losses
  • Prisoners of War
  • Feeding the Soldier  • More  • More  • Hardtack Specs
  • Soldier Training & Equipment
  • Equipment of a Cvil War Infantryman
  • Civil War Medicine  • More  • More  • More
  • Nursing & Medicine in Civil War ****

  • Statistics  • More
  • Problems of Returning Soldiers
  • Civil War Soldiers' Experience (Lesson Plan)

    Lessons Learned
  • Decline of the Decisive Battle  • pdf
  • Why the North Won the Civil War  • More
  • Why the North Won and the South Lost
  • Lessons Learned By Europe (JSTOR)
  • Lessons From A Prussian Observes (excerpt)

  • After the War: A Southern Tour (e-book)

    Civil War - Total War
  • American Origins of Total War, 1860-1880
  • Total War (Wikipedia)
  • The South at War 1861-65 (Grimsley)
  • The Road to Total War (Grimsley)
  • 1864-65: Total War (Grimsley: book excerpt)
  • The Hard Hand of War (Grimsley, GoogleBook)
       • Review (Howey)  • Review (Feltman)
  • Lincoln, Pope and the Origins of Total War
  • Sherman and Total War
  • Sherman's March & Law of War  • Notes
  • Lieber's Code (ROE, April 1863)
  • Total War in South vs. Frontier (Grimsley)
  • Mobilizing for Total War (Jensen)
  • British Lessons from US Civil War

  • American Civil War - Sea
  • Civil War At Sea  • Intro  • Overview
       • Dakota State University (portal)
       • US Naval Historical Center
          • Chronology of War at Sea (NHC)  • Alt
       • Detailed Chronology
       • Civil War @ Smithsonian
       • Short History of War at Sea
       • The Naval War (Grimsley -- scoll down)
       • War at Sea (annoying audio)
       • Civil War Naval Bibliography
  • Naval Strategy of the Civil War
       • More (details of both sides; pdf)
  • Official Naval Records (both sides)
       • Operations of the Cruisers (Jan 1861-Jan 1863)
       • Vol. II (Jan 1863-Mar 1864)
       • Vol. III (Apr 1864-Dec 1865)

  • Navies of the Union & Confederacy
  • Civil War Naval Forces  • List of Ships
  • Civil War Ship Types
  • Americam Naval Flags of the Civil War  • More

  • Civil War Naval Art (Tom Freeman)

  • Union Navy During Civil War
  • Union Navy Ships
  • Life on a Union Warship
  • USS Constellation  • History  • Restoration
  • USS Constitution during Civil War
  • Weapons & Ships of Civil War
  • Mine Warfare in the Civil War

  • Confederate Navy  • More  • Alt  • More
       • Confederate Navy Ships  • More (w/ photos)
  • Confederate Naval Strategy (w James Bulloch)
  • James Dunwoody Bulloch, Confederate Agent
       • More  • More  • More  • After the War
       • Secret Service of CSA in Europe (Bulloch)  • Details
          • Vol. 2  • Details
  • Matthew Maury & the South's Gunboat War
  • Confederate Naval Buildup
  • Confederate Naval Buildup: Too Little, Too Late
  • Confederate Navy Research Center

  • Blockading the South
       • Anaconda Plan  • More
          • NY Times commentary (June 1863)
       • Union Blockade, 1861-1865 (essay, pdf)
       • Union Blockade (Wikipedia)
       • The Blockade Board & Union Naval Strategy
       • Overview (Grimsley)  • More (Jensen)  • More
       • Proclamation of Blockade  • Legal Ramifications
       • Initiating the Blockade
       • Blockade Organization  • Blockade Ops
       • Blockade Strategy Board Reports
       • Blockade & Diplomacy (Jensen)
       • Naval Operations, SE US, 1861-62 (map, USMA)
  • Blockade Impact: Brsitish Cotton Famine
  • Legal Issues of the Blockade (JSTOR)
  • Blockade Runners
  • Blockade Runners Through Bermuda
  • Fort Fisher NC & The Blockade
  • Ironclads & Blockade Runners
       • Disposition of Ships

  • Battle of Hampton Roads  • More  • More  • More
       • Infographic (Monitor, Virginia profiles)  • Video
       • Action between USS Monitor & CSS Virginia (NHC)
          • Pt. 2  • Pt. 3  • Documents of Battle (NHC)
       • Reign of Iron, First Battle of Ironclads (e-book)
       • First Fight of Iron-Clads (eHistory)  • Original (1885)
       • Dispatches from Hampton Roads
       • CSS VIrginia In the Battle
       • Confederate View From the Shore  • Original (1885)
       • LT John Worden (Harper's, Mar 1862)
       • How the Cumberland Went Down
       • After the Battle
       • Hampton Roads: Decisive Draw (eHistory)

       • Ironclad (1991 Turner movie, full)
          • Opening Ship Scenes   • Battle Begins

       • Map of Battle (ship locations)  • Another
       • Image of Battle (south from Ft. Monore: ship locations)
       • Image Essay  • More Images

  • Personal Accounts: Buchanan (Virgina's Captain)
       • Notes from the surgeon of the Virginia (eHistory)
       • Crewmember Accounts (CSSVirginia.org)
       • Lt. Samuel Green (XO, "Inside Monitor Turret")  • More

  • USS Monitor  • More (Monitor Ctr)  • Images (NHC)
       • Background (Gideon Welles, SECVNAV)
       • More  • More  • Negotiations
       • Building Monitor (Ericsson)  • More
       • Monitor's Construction  • More  • Documentary
       • USS Monitor - plans (NHC: 1862)
       • Turret Detail  • Engine (video: operating 1/16 model)
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  • Comparison: Iraq & Philippines (commentary, 2005)
  • Bayan: Last Battle of Philipine War (May 2, 1902)
  • Krag-Jorgensen Rifle
  • Joint Operations in the Philippine War



  • Late 19th C Military Revolutions
  • Navies in Transition (developments, mid- late-19th c)
  • Brassey's Naval Annual (1888-1913,
  • Steel Navy (historic ships)
  • Pre-Dreadnought Battleships: US
       • France  • Russia
  • Modern Battleship (1904)
  • Dreadnoughts (development & impact)
  • Dreadnought and the Naval Arms Race
  • Dreadnought Battleships (extracts)
  • British-German Naval Rivalry
  • History of the Torpedo

  • Change & Continuity in 19th C Warfare

  • Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)

  • The Second Boer War (1899-1902)
  • Might Lessons of Boer War Have Prevented WW I Carnage?

    The 20th Century: America's Time (video series)

    Early 20th Century  
  • Great White Fleet  • More
       • US Navy Illustrated c 1908
       • Fleet Visits Australia (Aug-Sep 1908)
       • Images of Ships & Port Calls
  • Jamestown Naval Review (1907)
  • Modern Battleship (1914)
  • Navy Illustrated (1900 photos)
  • US Navy & Naval Policy, 1899-1916 (Grimsley)

  • Russo-Japanese War  • More  • Map
       • Russo-Japanese War Research Society
  • Chronology of Russo-Japanese War !904-1905
  • Battle & Siege of Port Arthur (Feb 1904-Jan 1905)
  • Russian Navy in Japanese War
  • Battle of the Yellow Sea (10 Aug 1904)  • Narrative
  • Battle off Ulsan (14 Aug 1904)
  • Voyage of the Baltic Fleet, 1904-1905
  • Baltic Fleet At Sea (photo & discussion)
  • Battle of Tsushima (May 1905)  • Narrative
  • Naval Technical Notes
  • Reasons For Japanese Success
  • Treaty of Portsmouth (5 September 2014)

  • German Way of War, 1870-1914
  • Germany: 1890-1914
       • Fleet Building & International Conflict


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    World War I

    History of the Great War (weekly)   • Week 1

  • The Story of the Great War (e-book, c 1919)  • Alt
       • Preface  • Table of Contents  • Chronology  • Alt2
  • The Nature of World War I (summary)
  • Total War I: The Great War (Bourne)
       • Photo essay
  • Germany: 1914-1918
       • Germany and Europe, 1871-1945

  • The Guns of August (Google book)  • Outline
       • Video (1:39:58)

  • The Atlantic: WW I edition (Aug 2014)
       • The Great War in Photos **** (The Atlantic)

  • WW I Portals
       • Western Front  • Eastern Front  • Casualties
       • Imperial War Museums: First World War
       • First World War.com   * * * *
          • Encyclopedia of WW I
          • How It Began
          • Battles (all fronts)  • Western Front
          • Primary Documents
       • Military History Online (essays)
       • Xenophile Historian: The Iron Storm, 1914-1945
       • World War I Today (portal)  • Events  • Technology
       • GlobalSecurity
       • The Great War in Period Media ****
       • War Cyclopedia (period, c1918)
       • National Archives of the UK
       • Mil History Encyclopedia on the Web (Rickard)
       • WW I Geographical Overview **** (animated map)
       • Internet Modern History Sourcebook
       • PBS  • Historian Commentaries
       • University of Pittsburg
       • BBC: World War One   * * * *  • Home Front
       • World-War-1.info
       • worldwar-1.net
       • Tragic War, Futile Peace
       • Spartacus Educational (portal)
       • Mike Andersson site
       • Encyclopedia of World History
       • Columbia Encyclopedia
       • Encarta
       • Moonie (detailed)
       • National Archives
       • Trenches on the Web (portal)
       • World War One Through Dutch Eyes
       • P. Darlene McClendon (contemporary)
       • The History Project (WW I essays)
       • Eyewitness to History: WW I
       • Heritage of Great War (Dutch)
       • Tulip Academy
       • HistoryGuide
       • Great War With A Difference (period media)
       • UK Public Records Office
       • Western Front Association  • Index (cached)
          • Western Front Battles
          • Battles & Tactics (cached)
          • Equipment & Weapons
          • Naval Actions
          • Articles by David Payne (cached)
  • WW I Essays (1918)
  • WW I Documents * * * *
       • Articles & Commentaries
  • WW I: Nation By Nation
       • Great Britain  • France  • Germany
  • History of the World War (e-book, 1919)
       • GoogleBooks
  • Great War Quotations

  • WW I Database

  • World War I Timeline (Air Univ)
       • PBS
       • World War-1.net
       • History Place **** (detailed)
       • FirstWorldWar.com
       • Kilidavid.com (comprehensive)
       • Story of the Great War (Usher, c 1919)
       • National World War One Museum (1914)
          • 1915  • 1916  • 1917  • 1918
       • The Book of the War (1918, parallel timelines)
       • U-S-History.com (linked)
       • Stars & Stripes
       • US Involvement in WW I (Feldmeth)

  • Statistics of WW I
       • Miscellaneous Statistics
  • WW I Casualties (Wikipedia)  • PBS
       • More  • WorldWar1.com  • More  • More
       • War Casualties Throught the Ages
  • Great War By the Numbers
  • Armies: Aug 1914 & Total Mobilized

  • The Great Illusion (1910)
       • Text  • More  • Excerpt
  • Germany & the Next War (1914)
       • Alt  • Excerpt

  • Origins of WW I   * * * *    • More Detail
       • Origins of World War I (Google Books)
       • Western Front Association
       • National Archives of the UK
       • Wikipedia
       • The Book of the War (1918, by combatant)
       • BBC
       • HistoryHome (UK)
       • Trenches on the Web
       • Sage on the Stage
       • Mike Andersson site
       • Loyal Edmonton Rgimt Museum (Canada)
  • Pre-1914 Documents (treaties, messages)
  • The Necessity of World War I (Stratfor)
  • Echos of Great War Still Resonate (Stratfor)
  • Causes of WW I (treaties)  • pdf
  • Causes of WW I (interactive game)  • More
  • Causes of WW I: Revisionist View
  • Causes & Conduct of WW I
  • Oil & The Origin of WW I  • More
  • Top 5 Causes of WW I (Answers.com)
  • Analysis of the Origins of WW I
  • Contemporary History (NY Times Essays, 1914-18)
  • German Responsibility for WW I
  • Militarism (e-book, 1917)
  • Assisination of Franz Ferdinand (video)
       • Crisis
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Road to War
  • The Meaning of Mobilization in 1914
  • Cult of the Offensive & Origins of WW I (1984)
  • Expectations of War in 1914
  • The World War and What Was Behind It (e-book, US, 1918)
  • "Willy-Nicky" Telgrams (Jul-Aug 1914)  • Alt
  • Why Did Britain Go to War? (archival material)
  • Sir Edward Gray & the Sarajevo Crisis
  • Imperialism & Roots of WW I
  • 1914 Revisited: Allies, Offense & Instability
       • Discussion & Relevance to Counterforce
  • Why Cooperation Failed in 1914

  • Run-up to War: Events thru 1914
  • Austro-Hungarian Ultimatum (July 1914)
  • Ultimatum to Belgium ( 2 Aug 1914)
  • War Declared (Aug 1914 news articles)
  • Declarations of War (chronology)  • By Nation
  • Initial Enthusiasm for War (video)
  • Pact of London (5 Sep 1914 - no separate peace)
  • Events of Opening Days: August 1, 1914
       • Aug 2, 1914  • Aug 3, 1914  • Aug 4, 1914
  • The Case for War (David Lloyd George)
  • Book of the War (e-book: causes, timeline - 1918)
  • Flags of Warring Nations
  • Netherlands in WW I  • More  • More

  • Schllieffen Plan (internal link)
  • The Birth of Total War (BBC)
  • "Total War I: The Great War" (Bourne)
  • Total War: Total History (overview, JSTOR)
  • Conundrum of the Casualties

  • Strategy & Technology (Bourne) * * * *
       • Photo Essay (excellent!)
  • Character of Modern War (c 1919)
       • Machinery of a Modern Army
  • Military Plans for War
  • Planning for War (multinational)
  • British & Allied Strategy
  • Strategy & Tactics
  • French Elan
  • How Prepared Was Britain?
  • British Cable Telegraphy in WW I: The All-Red Line

  • Tactics in WW I
       • British FIghting Methods in the Great War
       • Battle Tactics of the Western Front
  • The Character of Modern War (c. 1918)
  • Origins of the Stalemate
  • The Static Front: Why No Breakthroughs
  • Trench Warfare  • More  • More
       • The Attack in Trench Warfare (French, 1915)
       • Digger History
       • British Trench Warfare 1917-1918 (excerpt)
          • Trench detail (graphic)  • Video discussion
          • Trench construction diagrams
       • Trench Warfare (video)  • Tutorial (video)
  • Why Trench Warfare Was Not A Bad Strategy
  • Remembering Trench Warfare in WW I (Stratfor)
  • Engineers Support for Trench Warfare
  • Technology, Tactics & Organization
       • Overview (19th C tactics & technology)
  • Innovations - Western Front  • More
  • Breaking the Trench Deadlock
  • German Tactical Doctrine Changes  • pdf
  • Sturmtruppen (Stormtroopers)  • Alt
       • Wikipedia  • WorldWar1.com  • Poster
       • Oxford Companion to Military History
       • Weapons of German Sturm Tactics (video)
  • Hutier (Infiltration) Tactics
  • Creeping Barrage  • In WW I
  • Genesis of Aerial Reconnaissance
  • British Inf Tactics (posters, May 1917, cached)

  • British Army in WW I
  • British Army: Professionals vs. Volunteers
  • British Intellignece in WWI
  • French Army in WW I
  • France at War (photos)
  • French Intelligence, WWI & WWII
  • French Archives
  • Belgium in WW I & WW II

  • American Neutrality
       • "America Should Have Stayed Out" (Churchill)
  • US Foreign Policy 1914-1920

  • America's First World War  • More
  • How We Entered the War (Tuchman)  • Alt
  • Why & How America Joined the War
  • America's Path to War (timeline)
  • Sinking of the Lusitania (May 1915)
  • Zimmermann Telegram  • Telegram text
       • More  • More  • More  • More
       • Zimmerman Letter & Balfour Declaration
       • Severing Relations With Germany
       • Impact of Message (book review)
  • US WW I Political History
  • American Intervention - A War of Choice
       • Wars of Necessity vs Wars of Choice
  • Wilson's War Message (April 2, 1917)
  • American Planning for WW I
       • Search for Alternatives, Western Front
  • US Jt Planning Before WW I  • pdf
  • Notes on US Entry into WW I (text)
  • Story of the AEF (Doughboy Ctr)
       • Planning the AEF  • Sizing the AEF
  • Map - AEF Locations in France
  • US Army Overseas (CMH)
  • Growth of the American Army
  • "The Americans Are Coming!" (photos)
  • American Army in France (Nov 1917)
  • America's Army in the War (W C Both)
  • History of the 113th FA, 30th Div (e-book, photos)
  • Army-Navy Fact Book (1917)
  • U. S. Marines in WW I
  • U. S. Troops in Russia
  • Why We Are At War Wilson)
  • Stars & Stripes (WW I)
  • General Pershing (Bbo)
       • How Pershing Became U.S. Commander in France
  • Wilson's 14 Points (8 Jan 1918)
  • Wilson as Commander-in-Chief

    Images of the Great War
       • World War I Document Archive  • More
       • US Army Art
       • MilitaryPhotos.net (extensive!)
       • Imperial War Museim Photos
       • The Telegraph (UK)
       • Different Worlds: Pictures of the Past (UK)
          • German Photos  • In the Trenches
       • WorldWar1.com  • More
       • worldwaronecolorphotos.com (French)
       • FirstWorldWar.com
       • Great War Picture (Dutch)
       • Great War Heritage (Dutch)
          • Photos  • More  • Color photos
          • Adolph Hitler in WW I
       • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
       • The War Illustrated (magazine)
       • The Great War in a Different Light
  • Eyewitness to WW I (narratives)
  • America's War for Humanity (photos)
  • Video Clips: • 1914  • Pre-1914
  • Combat Video (Johnny Cash vocal)
  • WW I-era Audio

    US Home Front in WW I
  • Vintage Media (early 20th C)
  • "Over There" (history & words)
       • Audio (Billy Murray, 1917)
       • Audio (Enrico Caruso, 1918)
  • "Pack Up Your Troubles ... "
  • "It's A Long Way to Tipperary"
  • Oregon at War
       • Social Change  • Drives & Campaigns
       • The Economy  • Shortages & Inflation
  • Baltimore in WW I (images)
  • North Carolina in the Great War
  • The Draft
  • Myths About US Participation in WW I

    War Propaganda in WW I
  • Psychological Warfare, 1914-1918
  • Creel Commission (Public Information)  • More
  • George Creel, War Propagandist  • Video
  • The Four Minute Men  • More  • More
       • Sample Speech  • Promoting War Savings Stamps
  • War Cyclopedia (CPI, 1918)
  • Wilson & Propaganda
  • Civil Liberties in US During WW I  • More
       • Civil Liberty Case Studies
       • The Sedition Act (May 1918)
  • Propaganda Posters  • More
  • US Home Front Posters
       • Recruiting  • Bonds  • More  • More
       • Origin of Uncle Sam Wants YOU!
       • US Navy Recruiting Posters
  • WW I Propaganda Films
  • German Propaganda in US

    UK Home Front (BBC)  • Alt
  • Civilan Experience in UK (archival material)
  • British Propaganda (archival material)
       • War Propaganda Bureau
       • British Recruiting Posters  • More
       • Posters
  • The Battle of the Somme (film)
       • Imperial War Museum restoration (video)
       • Enhanced, shortened version
       • Imperial War Museum restored DVD info
       • Faking Video
  • How Advertisers Use WW I to Sell, Sell, Sell!
  • Introduction of the Wristwatch
  • Impact of Blockade on UK Imports
  • Impact of Sub Warfare on British Economy
  • Impact of Zeppelin Raids (archival material)
  • Impact of Propaganda on Publishing: WW I
  • Psychological Warfare, WWI
  • A British Town in WW I
  • British Recruiting Posters  • More
  • WW I Post Cards **** (Emory Univ)
  • Propaganda Postcards
  • French Propaganda Posters  • More

    Role of Logistics in Allied Victory
  • Logistics in WW I (bibliography)
  • Role of Railroads in the War (Aug 1914)
  • Quartermaster Supply in AEF  • More
  • Role of Horse & Mules in WW I
  • Blockade of Germany
       • Its Impact  • More

  • Technology & Military Advantage in WW I

    WW I Weapons  • Portal  • More
  • Weapons & War (UK, archival material)
  • Weapons of the Great War
       • Technology  • Inventors & Scientists
  • Body Armor  • More
  • German Stahlhelm: Coal Shuttle Helmet
  • Trench Knife
  • Rifles  • More
       • Lebel Model 1886 (8 mm, French)  • More
       • Mauser Gewher 98 (7.92 mm, German)  • More
  • Machine Guns During WW I (Google book)
       • Machine Guns (overview)  • More  • More
       • Lewis Gun  • More
       • Madsen LMG  • More
       • Chauchat (French)  • More
       • Hotchkiss M1914 (French)  • More
       • German MG 08 Spandau  • More
  • Artillery in WW I (impact & overview)
       • Basic Artillery Characteristicss
       • Details of artillery employment in WW I
       • Artillery Tactics
       • Shrapnel Round
       • Trajectories: Shrapnel & HE
  • Big Guns of WW I
  • British Artillery in WW I (e-book)
       • British 18 pdr. Field Gun
  • German Heavy Artillery (images)
       • Big Bertha  • More
       • The Goliath Gun (42 cm mortar)
       • Paris Gun  • Photos  • More
  • French 75 in WW I
  • German Siege Guns
  • Naval Railway Gun Batteries (cached)  • More
  • WW I Guns & Vehicles (detailed drawings)

  • Bayonet in WW I
  • Hand Grenades  • US Grenades
  • German Gernade Launchers  • More
  • Flamethrowers  • More  • More
  • Poison Gas in WW I
       • History of Chemical Warfare
       • Poison Gas in Cylinders
       • Impact of Gas (1915 article)  • Photos
       • Horrors of Gas Warfare (Canadian)
       • Livens Bomb & Projector  • More
       • German Development
       • Legacy of Gas Warfare
          • First German Attack (scroll down)
  • First Gas Attack (narrative)
  • Chemical Warfare in WW I: US Experience
       • Patriotic Peach Pits for US gas masks
  • British Gas Warfare in WW I  • More
  • Field Gun to Tank (BBC)
  • Development of the Tank in WW I
       • More  • More  • More
  • Tanks in the Great War 1914-1918 (JFC Fuller)
  • Tanks of WW I (all countries)
       • WW I Vehicles & Artillery (Photos & plans)
  • First Tank Proposal  • More
       • Supporting Correspondence
  • British Mark I Tank (interactive views)
  • Tanks in the Great War
  • First Use of Tanks (Somme, Sept 1916)  • Video
  • Description of a Tank Battle (1917)
  • First Tank-to-Tank Battle (Apr 1918)
       • Official Account
  • "With the Tanks" (Atlantic Monthly, Dec '18)  • Pt. 2
  • Tank Against Tank (narrative)
  • WW I Tanks (photos)
  • British Mk. I Tank (interactive description: BBC)
       • Mark I and varients (Wikipedia)
       • Video Clip (Military Channel)
  • Medium A Whippet Tank
  • French FT17 Light Tank    • FT17 Video
  • German Tanks  • More (cached)
       • German A7V Sturmpanzer-Kraftwagen
  • British Rolls Royce Armored Car

  • Royal Engineers in WW I
  • Fortifications in the War

  • World War I - Land
  • Short History of the Great War (e-book, 1920)
  • Futile Effort to Avert War

  • Battles of WW I (chronologically, all fronts)
       • Western Front  • Eastern Front  • Gallipoli
  • Battles of WW I (Wikipedia)

  • Western Front 1914-1918 (animated maps by day!)
          • French site: page text translated, maps in French.
          • Great detail: day-by-day movements (manually).
          • Original French Version advances automatically.
          • Click maps for even greater resolution!
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  • 40 Maps That Explain WW I
  • West Point Atlas, WW I
       • Wikimedia Commons Atlas of WW I
       • BBC (animated maps)
       • War Times Journal (animated maps)
       • 1914-1918.net
       • FirstWorldWar.com
  • The Map Archive: WW I (campaign & battle maps)
       • European Alliances & War Plans 1914
       • Schlieffen Plan 1905 & 1914
       • French Plan XVII - 1914
  • Animated Map (Western Front, 1914-1918)
       • Animated Maps by Year w/ description
          • 1914  • 1915  • 1916-1917  • 1918
  • Geography of the Great War (1919)  • Alt
  • Western Front Battlefields (interactive map)

  • World War I Western Front Photos (The Atlantic)  • Part II

  • War Plans and the First World War
  • Planning the War (all participants)
  • War Plans: 1905-1914
  • WW I - Background, Opening Moves
  • Schlieffen Plan (1905)  • Details  
       • More  • More  • More
  • Failure of Schlieffen Plan  • More
       • Animated maps
  • Schlieffen Plan & Plan XVII: Short Critique
  • Analysis of Schlieffen Plan  • More
       • Critique (re: Holland, Army Quarterly, London, 1929)
       • Myth of the German General Staff
       • How Close Did German Come?
       • Planning War in Peacetime (pdf)
  • German Preparations for War (and vis-a-vis Allies)
  • War by Timetable? (Role of Railroads)

  • Eastern Front (internal link)

  • Western Front, 1914-18 (Wikipedia)
       • War Times Journal  • More
       • Chronology of Opening Moves
       • British Experience (detailed)
       • Western Front 1914-18 (w/ animated maps)
  • Germany Conquers Neutral Belgium (mini-portal)
       • FirstWorlWar.com (portal)  • Video
  • Belgian Army in August 1914
  • German Policy Toward Belgium, 1914-1918
  • Western Front, August 1914 (map, USMA)
  • Battle of Liége (August 1914)
       • Fortresses of Liége  • Armaments  • Details
       • Belgian Army & Forts
  • Siege of Antwerp (28Sep-10Oct 1914)
       • More  • More  • More
  • Battle of the Frontiers (7 Aug - 13 Sep 1914)
       • More  • More  • Video
       • Maps  • Animated Maps (French)  • (English)
  • Battle of Mons (23Aug1914)  • Video
  • Impressions of Paris (Aug 1914)
  • Allied Retreat (30 Aug-5 Sep, animated map)
  • Battle of the Marne (Sep 1914)
       • Overview  • Details  • Details  • Video
  • Race to the Sea (Sep-Oct 1914)
       • Map (Wikipedia)  • Map (USMA)
  • Christmas Truce, 1914  • More

  • Dardanelles Campaign (Gallipoli) (1915-16)
       • More  • Timeline  • More
       • Armored landing barges ("beatles")
       • Documentary  • More
       • Kemal Ataturk: Defender of Gallipoli
       • First World War in Dutch Eyes
       • More  • More  • More  • More
     • Illustrated Magazines    • Map  • Map
       • Engineer Support at Gallipoli
       • Gallipoli and RMA of WW I  • pdf
       • Turkish Forces at Gallipoli
  • Gallipoli **** (e-book, c 1916)  • by John Masefield
       • Alt (Heritage History)    • Alt2
  • River Clyde Landing
  • Impact of Naval Mines at Gallipoli
  • Gallipoli (photo essay)
  • Dardanelles Operation: Disaster or Genius?
  • Gallipoli's Aims & Reasons For Failure
  • 2nd Battle of Ypres (Apr 1915)  •More
       • Gravenstafle Ridge (first gas attack, 22 Apr 1915)
       • Poison Gas in WW I (internal link)
  • The Campaign of 1916
  • Battle of Verdun (Feb-Dec 1916)
       • Overview (Dutch)  • More
  • Battle of Verdun (DODS Verdun HS)
       • Table of Contacts (w/ music :p )
       • Verdun: Panaramic Map
       • The Bayonet Trench
  • The Forts of Verdun (1916)
  • Battle of the Somme (Jul-Nov 1916)
       • Wikipedia  • BBC  • More  • Multimedia (BBC)
       • Animated Map (BBC)
       • Imperial War Museum
       • Lochnagar Mine Crater
       • "Battle of the Somme" (movie excerpt)
  • First Tanks and the Somme
  • Tanks in WW I (internal link)
  • The Campaign of 1917  • Map
       • Hindenburg Line  • More  • More  • Aerial Photo
  • Overview Map (1917-18) & Timeline
  • The Bullecourt Controversy (April 1917)
       • Background
  • Night action (25th Glosters 6-7 Apr 1917: Ivor Gurney)
  • Passchendaele (3rd Ypres, Jul-Nov 1917)  • BBC
  • Battle of Cambrai (Nov 1917)  • More
  • Tanks at Cambrai (Nov 1917)  • More
       • HM Land Ships (accounts)
  • Mutiny of French Army (1917)
  • British Operations: The Importance of 1918
  • German Plans for 1918
       • The German Offensive of 1918  • More  • Map
  • Ludendorff Offensive (March 1918)
       • More (The War Illustrated)
       • Kaiserschlacht (1918, Animated Map)
       • German 1918 Offensives: Case Study in Op Level of War

  • Eastern Front  • More  • More
       • German Invasion of Russia
       • Eastern Front 1914-1915 (Hindenburg in Poland)
          • Map: 1914  • Map: 1915
       • Victories & Defeats of the Russian Army, 1914
       • Battle of Tannengerg  • Video
       • First Battle of the Masurian Lakes (Sep 1914)
       • An American Journalist on the Eastern Front
       • The Great Russian Retreat (1915)
       • Kerensky Offensive, 1917
  • German Campaign in the East
  • Battle of Tannenberg (Aug 1914)
      • More  •More  • OB  • Video
  • Russia in WW I
  • Austria-Hungary & Russia At War
  • Italian Front   • Balkan Front

  • Middle Eastern Theater in World War I
  • T. E. Lawrence   • Wikipedia
  • Battle of Megiddo (Palestine, 1918)

    America in the War (CMH)  ****    • More
  • The U.S. Army Overseas (CMH)
  • American Expeditionary Force (AEF)  • More

  • Amerrican Armies & Battlefields in Europe
        (American Battlefield Commissions book)

       • Links to Individual chapters

  • OB of US Land Forces in the World War, v 1 (AEF)

  • OB of US Land Forces in the World War, v 2 (Divisions)

  • Birth of the Modern Army Division
  • US Divisions in WW I (data)
  • 27th NY Division
       • Breaking the Hindenburg Line
  • The US Army of WW I (Google book)
  • The US Marine Corps in WW I (Google book)

  • 2nd Battle of the Marne (Jul 1918)
  • Hundred Days Offensive (8 Aug-11 Nov 1918)
  • The Challenge of the Hindenburg Line
  • Breaking the Hindenburg Line
       • Background of Hindenburg Line
       • Map: Ops in Sep 1918  • Oct. 8  • Nov. 1
       • Second Battle of Cambrai (Oct 1918)
       • Hindenburg Line & Final Breakthrough (Dutch)
  • St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne (Sep-Nov 1918)  • Map
       • The Lost Battalion  • More
       • St. Mihiel: Dawn of American Airpower (AF Mag)
  • Cote de Chatelion (Sep-Oct 1918)
  • Rethinking US Role in Victory (commentary)
       • More

  • Medicine in WW I
       • Medical Care on the Battlefield
  • The Great Influenza Epidemic  • More  • Spanish Flu
  • The Army Medical Department 1917-1941  • More

  • Medicine in the First World War (index)
      • Intro to the System
     • Regimental Aid Station
        • Triage-Field Hospital Section
       • Ambulance Section
        • Hospital Train
  • Medical Care in the Battlefield
  • Life on the Western Front (medical focus)
  • New Zealand Medical Experience
  • Chemical Warfare (US Experience)
  • Military Medical Operations in the Great War
  • The Army Medical Department 1917-1941
       • Battlefield Medicine: Ambulance Section
  • EPIDEMIC AT SEA: USS Leviathan 29 Sep - 7 Oct 1918
  • The U.S. Army and Influenza, 1918-1919

  • Influenza of 1918 (American Experience video)  • More

    How the Armistice Ended the Great War
  • The Armistice of 1918
       • How the news was passed/received
  • The End of WW I (Russia out of war, BBC)
  • The Hundred Days Offensive (Final Allied Offensive)
  • Wasted Lives on Armistice Day

    Occupation & Demobilization 1918-1923 (CMH)
  • Occupation of the Rhineland  • Map (c 1923)
       • Occupation Duty (CMH)
  • Armistice & Occupation **** (ABMC book excerpt)
  • Armistice & Occupation of Germany 1918 (w/ map)
       • After the Armistce (unit locations) (2nd Div)
       • Map: Stages of Advance to the Rhine ****
       • Maps, photos of unit moves Rhine, 1918 (2nd Div)
  • Armistice & Occupation of Germany 1918 (NZ, w/ map)
       • More (NZ experience w/maps)

    Soldier Life
  • US "Dough Boy" uniform & equipment
  • Soul of the Assault (soldier experiences)
  • The Poilu (French soldier)
  • Life of a Tommy
  • Life in the Trenches (British)
  • They Shall Not Grow Old (review, 2019 documentary)
       • Trailer (2:24)  • Clip (4:17)
  • 1917 (video: first 9:30)  • Details (15:02)
  • 26th Division (Lorraine), 1918 (archival video: 37:38)
  • Quality of Command (UK, case studies)
  • Demobilizing the British Army
  • When the Boys Came Home
  • Terms & Expressions From WW I
  • Soldier Uniforms (early)
  • Uniforms & Equipment of WW I (all countries)
  • German Pickelhaube
  • German Stahlhelm, M1916
  • German WWI Equipmwnt & Uniforms

  • Writing the US History of the War (1919, JSTOR)
  • Movies About WW I

    World War I - Sea  
  • WW I Naval Campaigns & Battles
  • WW I Naval Chronology; 1914-15
       • 1916  • 1917  • 1918
  • Navies of WW I (e-book)
  • Naval History of WW I  • More
  • The Naval Race and the Road to War  • More
  • The Dreadnought Race  • More  • More
       • Completions by year  • Dreadnought Images (models)
  • Dreadnoughts and the Western Front
  • WW I Warships (European)
  • German Navy Ship Multiviews
  • Jane's Fighting Ships for 1919
  • Navies of WW I
  • WW I Warships
       • Ship Type Definitions
       • Dreadnought Battleships
  • Origin of the Battlecruiser
       • Battlecruisers of WW I
  • Imperial Navy in WW I (profiles)
  • History of the Imperial Navy (German)  • Translated
       • Another (in German)  •Translated
  • German Navy Ships (photos: USN Historical Ctr)
  • German Deutschland-class Battleships
  • SMS Von der Tann (first German battlecruiser)
  • German Armed Merchant Raiders
  • Russian Battleships (plans)

  • The War at Sea (WWI WWW)
  • Blockade of Germany  • More
       • German Efforts to Counter Blockade
  • Analysis: U-boats & Blockade in WW I (Stratfor)
  • Importance of the War at Sea
  • Photos of the War at Sea
       • Pg 2  • Pg 3  • Pg 4  • Pg 5  • More
  • WW I at Sea (BBC)  • Index
  • WW I at Sea (About.com)
  • WW I At Sea (US NHC)
  • WWI Naval Combat
  • WWI Naval Battles (Summaries)
  • Naval War: Background & Opening Moves
  • Early Naval Actions
  • Pursuit of the Goeben and Breslau
  • Battle of Heligoland Bight (Aug 1914)  • More
  • Battle of the Falkland Islands (Dec 1914)
       • Detail  • More  • Images

  • Battle of Jutland (Skagerrak, May 31-Jun 1, 1916)  • Map
       • Jutland: Clash of Dreadnaughts (documentary)  • Part 2
       • Jellicoe: Grand Fleet & Jutland
       • Sheer: Highs Seas Fleet & Jutland
       • Battle Narrative  • German View
       • Detailed Chronology of Battle
       • What Happened at Jutland
       • Daily Mirror Stories
  • Zeebrugge Raid (April 1918)
       • More (Western Front Association)
  • US Navy in the War (e-book, 1919)
  • Submarines in WW I  • More  • More
  • U-boats in WW I (U-boat.net)
       • U-boat Types & Details  • More
  • Submarine History 1900-1918
  • Impact of U-boats on the War ****
  • The U-boat Threat (BBC)
  • First Battle of the Atlantic (BBC)
       • Wikipedia
  • Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
  • German Declatation of 4 Feb 1915
  • Conf on Unrestricted Sub War, 31 Aug 1916
  • German Declaration of 22 Dec 1916
  • Conf on Unrestricted Sub War, 9 Jan 1917
  • Neutral Rights & Submarine Warfare
  • Handelskrieg (Commerce War) Strategy
  • The U-boat Summer of 1918
  • Sub Attacks on US Coast (pdf)
  • American Reaction to Sub War
  • Submarine History 1900-1918
  • U-35 on Patrol
  • UB-88 (details)
  • UC-97
  • Diary of a U-boat Commander
  • Cargo Sub Deutschland, U-155 (w/ photos)
       • History (RCMH)  • More  • More  • Photo
       • Postcards (some colorized)
       • Tech Details (w/ profile)  • As U-155  • War Record
       • Voyage of the Deutschland (Köning, article)
       • Voyage of the Deutschland (Köning, e-book)
  • British R-1 Submarine (1918)
  • US Subs in WW I
       • Loss of Submarine F-4 (1915)
  • RN Subs in Sea of Marmura (WW I)
  • RMS Lusitania  • Portal  • Details  • More
       • More  • Images  • Images  • Artwork
       • Profile & Plans
       • Lusitania Archive  • U-20  • U-20
       • FirstWorldWar.com
       • Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy (book review)
  • US Troopship Sunk By Sub (May 1918)
  • ASW: WWI, WWII
       • Listening through hydrophones
       • Introduction of depth charge into RN
  • Menace Below the Surface
  • Dover Patrol
  • The East Coast Patrol
  • Antisubmarine Information (US Navy, 1918)
  • Subchasers  • In WW I
  • Anti-Torpedo Nets on Ships
  • Mine Warfare in WW I  • Alt
       • Mine Impact on European Naval Ops
       • Impact of Mines: Dardanelles Operation
       • USN Mine Countermeasure Ops
       • North Sea Mine Barrage
       • Post-war Minesweeping
  • North Sea Minefield (Roebling book)
  • Impact of Blockade on UK
  • British Blockade of Central Powers
       • More  • Detailed (JSTOR)
  • Merchant Shipping (statistics)
       • Losses 1914-1918
       • Launches, 1914-1918
       • Net Gains/Losses, 1914-1918
       • Losses, Convoyed v. Independent
       • Losses by Qtr & Area
  • Bridge to France (e-book)
  • US Merchant Marine in WW I
  • U. S. Merchant Marine Losses
  • USN Cruiser and Transport Force
  • WW I Era US Navy Transport Ships (photos)
  • Statistics: US Troops Transported
  • Q-ships  • More  • More
  •  • More  • Photos
  • German Raider Emden
  • Königsberg Incident (East Africa)
  • Italian Torpedo Boats
  • US Navy Ships (Nov 1918)
  • USS Texas (detailed!)
  • Cage v. Tripod Masts in USN

    Leaders of World War I
  • FM Sir Douglas Haig: Worst General in WW I?
  • Gen. Payton C. March, US Army CoS  • Alt
  • Lord Earl Kitchener
  • The Generals of WW I
  • British Milirary Leadership in WW I

    Diplomacy in WW I
  • Diplomacy in WW I
  • World War I & Wilsonian Democracy (DoS documents)
       • Diplomacy of the First World War

    WW I Aftermath (internal link)


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  • World War I - Air
  • The War in the Air (portal)
       • More  • More
  • Birth of Military Aviation
  • Genesis of Aerial Reconnaissance
  • Aerodrome (Aces & Aircraft)
  • Triplane Fighters
  • Fighting the Flying Circus
  • The Red Fighter Pilot (Richthofen)
  • Zeppelin Strikes Foreshadow the Blitz (Stratfor)
  • Britain & Bombing, 1917-1941
  • Night Defense of Britain WW I
  • Gotha Bombers Over England
  • Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War (e-book, c 1915)
  • Airships in WW I & Interwar
  • Zeppelins
  • Zeppelin Offensive
  • Zeppelin Raid of August 1918
  • Impact of Zeppelin Raids on British Citizens
  • German & Allied Aeroplanes  • Color Profiles
  • Aircraft Used By Germany In WW I (by year)
  • Flying the SE-5
  • Video: von Richtofen misson prefligt (c 1917)
  • Flying the Fokker Dr.1 Triplane  • Details & Profile
  • Lafayette Escadrille (Escadrille de Lafayette)  • Portal
       • More  • More  • More  • Aircraft of the Escadrille
  • US Air Service in WW I (video)  • Article
  • US Aircraft Production in WW I
       • Liberty Engine
  • US WW I Flight Training (video)
  • Eddie Rickenbacker  • More
  • Billy Mitchell's Air Armada
  • St. Mihiel: Dawn of American Airpower (AF Mag)
       • Billy Mitchell and St. Mihiel
  • Mitchell's Parachute Plan (AF Mag)
  • Lt. Yeulett, RFC, DFC
      • Raid on Tondern
  • Frank Luke, Balloon Buster
  • Boelcke: Rules for Air Combat
  • Americans Fly Italian Bombers
  • War As Viewed By American Airmen
  • Fighter Guns & Snychronization Gear
       • Wikipedia
  • Observation Balloons in WW I  • pdf (w/ images)
  • Early German Parachute (graphic)
  • First Cruise Missile?

    World War I Aftermath
  • The End of WW I (BBC)
  • Aftermath of WW I (Wikipedia)
  • Scuttling of German Fleet (June 1919)
       • More  • More  • More  • More
       • Salvage Operations
  • Effects of WW I
  • Impact of Great War on Britain

  • The Peace Settlement (Tragic War, Futile Peace)
  • Paris Peace Conference (1919)  • More
  • Versailles Treaty (Wikipedia)  • Summary  • More
  • Treaty of Versailles (full text)  • Alt (w/ maps)
  • Treaty of Versailles & Consequences
  • Versailles: The War Guilt Clause
  • Wilson's Problems at Versailles
  • Versailles Treaty: Compromises & Impact
  • Europe Afer WW I (animated map)
  • Why Was It So Hard to Make Peace?
  • N Russia Expeditionary Force (1918-19)
  • US Intervention, Russian Civil War
       • More  • More (cached)
  • US Troops in Russia (1918)
     • More (8th ID)
  • Changing Views of Great War (UK)
       • More (then & now)
  • Economic Consequences of Peace (background)
       • Review  • Rebuttal (Étienne Mantoux)
       • E-book (Keynes)  • Alt
  • Economic Demobilization in US After WW I
  • The Versailles Thesis: Roots of WW I & II
  • Effects of WW I (summary)

  • Allied Occupation of Rhineland After Versailles (tutorial)    • Occupation Of Rhineland : 1919-1920 (silent video)
  • Alsace Restored to France
  • US Intervention in Russia (portal)
       • AEF in Siberia
  • Canadian Forces in Siberia
  • Aftermath of WW I(Wikipedia)
  • Casualty Statistics (internal link)
  • Misreading Clausewitz (re: WW I)
  • Progressive Impact of WWI?
  • Adolph Hitler in WW I
       • More  • Pvt. Henry Tandey, VC, & Hitler
  • Hitler & Remarque

  • Legacies of World War I **** (WSJ, 2016)
  • Sypes-Picot Agreement (Ottoman Empire Division)
  • 100 Years of Gratitude for America in WW I
  • Yes, It Could Happen Again

    Lessons of World War I
  • Lessons of World War I  • More
  • Forgotten Lesons of WW I (2118)
  • Courage, Folly & IIndelible Scars
  • "Features of the War" (Fld Marshal Haig)
  • Catastrophe 1914: The Significance of WW I
  • Relevance of the Great War
  • What If the Allies Had Lost WW I?
  • Rethinking Lessons of WW I
  • Who Won the War?
  • Wargames: 1914-1919
  • Historian Commentaries (PBS)
  • Unlearned Lessons of WW I
  • Blitzkreig: Lesson of WW I
  • Learning Lessons in the AEF
  • British WW I Cemeteries
  • History of the Great War (ABMC, great period maps)
       • Part 2  • Part 3
       • American Military Cemeteries (WW I & II)
  • Why World War I Resonates (NY Times)
  • Yes, It Could Happen Again! (Atlantic, Aug 2014)
  • How Germany Faced Up to Its Past (1 Aug 2014)
  • Military Lessons of WW I

    Inter-War Years
  • The League of Nations
  • US Debate Over League of Nations (lesson plan)
  • American Isolationism
  • Europe After WW I ****(Multimedia map)
  • Europe After WW I (1918-1931)  • 1931-1939
  • World Events, 1918-1948 (timeline)
       • Conflicts, 1918-1948 (timeline)
       • Germany, 1918-1939
  • The West Between the Wars
  • Prelude to War Timeline (1933-1939)
  • The World At War (Versailles to Cold War)
  • Post-WW I French Attitude to Germany
  • Gathering Storm: WW I => WW II

  • European Tragedy of 1914, Multipolar World of 2014
       • The Actuality of the Past: What is History Telling Us?

  • Detailed Global Timeline 1918-1948

  • War As Basis For Lasting Peace

  • Technology of War 1918-1939

  • Naval Disarmament Between the Wars
       • More
  • Washington Naval Treaty (1922)
       • Document  • Treaty Cruisers
  • London Naval Conferences (1930, 1935)
       • London Naval Treaty (1930)
  • Lexington-class Battle Cruisers
  • French Treaty Carrier Bearn
  • Treaty Impact on Battleship Design (pdf)
  • HMS Rodeney & Nelson
  • Anglo-German Naval Agreement ( 1935)

  • Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)  • Document
       • More  • Background  • More

  • Maginot Line (internal link)
       • Video
  • Contra View of Maginot Line
  • Contra View of German Attack
  • Maginot Line At War (1939-1940)

  • Stalin and the Great Terror
  • British Intelligence, Interwar Years

  • Soviet Tank Development (interwar)
  • German & French War Tech  • pdf
  • Origin of Blitzkriege, WW I - WW II
  • Blueprint for Blitzkrieg (HistoryNet)
  • Airborne Operations: The Forgotten RMA

  • Events Preceeding WW II (timeline)
  • Causes of World War II

    Road to War: WW II
  • The Road to War (History Learning Site)
       • Timeline (1939-1945)    • Timeline (1926-1945)
  • The Road to War (BBC series, episode list)
          • Ep 1  • Ep 2  • Ep 3 (USSR: n/a)  • Ep 4  • Ep 5
          • Ep 6  • Ep 7  • Ep 8

  • Origins of the Second World War (AJP Taylor)
       • The Taylor Thesis
       • Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered (Martel)
  • Remembering The Road to World War Two
  • Diplomacy & Road to Another War (US DoS)
       • Japan, China & Road to Pearl Harbor ('37-'41)
       • American Isolationism in the 1930's
       • Henry Luce & American Internationalism
       • Atlantic Conference & Charter (1941)
       • Lend Lease & Military Aid to Allies
       • Wartime Conferences (1941-45)
          • Casablanca ('43)  • Tehran ('43)  • Yalta ('45)
          • Potsdam ('45)
       • US-Soviet Alliance (1941-1945)
  • When Did WW II Begin?

  • Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940-1941 (review)  • More  • More

    The Road to War - Asia
  • Japan's History in Asia: 1853-1941
  • Open Door Policy to China (1899)
  • Japan's Quest for Empire, 1931-1945 (BBC)
       • Imperial Powers in Asia, 1939 (map)
  • Imperial Japan Timeline: 1905-1945
  • US & East Asia 1915-1941 (NEH: lessons)
       • Pt. 2: US & Sino-Japanese Conflicts 1933-1939
       • Pt 3: Japan's March Toward War, 1940-1941
       • Pt 4: The Failure of Diplomacy, Sep-Dec 1941

  • US in China (interwar years, portal)
       • Oral Histories
  • Yangtze Patrol
       • The Unequal Treaties With China
  • US Subs on China Station (nterwar years)
  • V-class Subs (interwar years)
  • Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-45)
       • More  • More  • More  • More  • Documentary
  • Nanking Massacre ("Rape of Nanking" Dec 37)
  • Panay Incident (Dec 1937)  • More
       • USS Panay (PR-5) (history)  • Photos
       • History of US Naval Ops in WW II (v 1, p 16)
       • Video (21:54)  • Story Behind Video
       • US Note to Japan (13 Dec 37)

  • Khalkin Gol / Nomonhan (USSR-Japan, 1939)
       • Least Known, Most Important Battle
       • HistoryNet  • Alt  • More
       • Siberian Light (Details & Significance)  • More
       • Mil History Online  • First & Final Battles
       • Road to War (USS Washington,com)
  • Khalkin Gol (Leavenworth Paper)  • pdf  • Maps
  • Khalkhin Gol (Reader's Companion to Mil History)
  • Khalkin Gol: Air Operations

  • New Order in East Asia (Dec 38)  • More
  • Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (Jun 40)
       • More  • Proclaimation (1940)  • Map (1942)

  • The Origins of the Pacific War (Sagan)
  • Indo-China and Embargos ****
  • US Army: War in WW II: The War in the Pacific
       • The Decision for War (US Army: War in the Pacific)
       • The US and the Road to War in the Pacific (scroll)
  • Japan-US Trade: Rethinking Point of No Return to War
  • Japan's Decision to War (Command Decisions, Ch 4)  • Alt
  • Japan's Decisions for War: Lessons (Jeff Record)
  • Japan's Decision to Move South
  • FDR Order Freezing Japanese Assets (25 Jul 41)
  • Japanese Statement on Embargo (6 Aug 41)
  • Last Chance for Peace? (Autumn 1941)
  • Why Did Japan Attack the US in 1941?  • Outline

    The Road to War - Europe
  • The Triumph of Hitler ****
  • Adolph Hitler (biography)  • More  • More
       • Lineage  • More  • Documentary
  • Hitler's WWI Experience
  • Early News Mention of Hitler (NY Times, 21 Nov 1922)
  • Rise of Adolph Hitler (1889-1933)
       • Triumph of Hitler (1933-1939)
       • The Story Behind Hitler's Rise to Power
       • How Hitler Won Over the German People
       • Psychoanalysis of Adolph Hitler
  • Mein Kampf (Murphy translation)  • txt
       • Dugdale translation (pre-1939)
       • Discussion  • More
  • When Democracy Failed (1933)  • Alt
  • Establishment of the Nazi Dictatorship
  • Nazi False Flags: Hitler and the Big Lie
  • Zweites Buch (Hitler's "Second Book," 1928)
  • Weimar Republic
  • Fall of Weimar Republic, Rise of Hitler
  • Timeline: Prelude to War (1933-1939)
       • Third Reich: Day-By-Day (1907-1939)
       • Third Reich Day-By-Day (Google book)
       • Timeline o f Germany's Rise (highlights: der Spiegel )
  • German Foreign Policy 1933-45  • More
  • Germany 1933 (map)  • Pre-war Gains
  • The Road to World War II
       • Eight Steps to War (acronym: SCRAMCUP)
  • Deutschland uber Alles
  • German Armed Forces, 1918-1935
       • The Reichsmarine, 1919-1935
  • Hitler's Lieutenants: Himmler & Heydrich
  • Reichstag Fire (Feb 1933)
       • Reichstag Building
  • Hitler Reveals His War Plans (5 Nov 1937)
       • Hossbach Memorandum  • Document
  • Hitler's Plan for War (1933-39)
  • Historic Value of Mark vs. £ and $
  • Nazi Propaganda (1920-1945)
       • Nazi Propaganda Posters (pre-1933)
       • 1933-1945
       • Hitler's "Seig Heil" salute (video, 1:30)
  • German Reamament Propaganda (1935)

  • Triumph of the Will (1935, fufll video, English subtitles)
       • Last 20 minutes (Hitler's finale w/subtitles)

       • Background  • Synopsis
       • Scene-By-Scene comments  • Alt

  • Third Reich Scenes (then & now)

  • Road to War in Europe, 1936-1939
       • Pt 2  • Pt 3
  • The Rhineland Following WW I
  • Rhineland Crisis (March 1936)
  • France & Remilitarization of Rhineland  • pdf
  • Munich Agreement (Sep 1938)
       • Chamberlain's Statement
       • Chamberlain & Hitler (National Archives of UK)
  • Appeasement  • More
       • Appeasement Reconsidered: Mythology of 1930's
  • Hitler, Man of the Year 1938 (cover, description)
       • Article
  • Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (23 Aug 39)
  • Axis Tripartite Pact (Sep 1940)  • More
  • Germany Administration of Poland

    Spanish Civil War
  • Spanish Revolution of 1936
  • Spanish Civil War
       • Timeline
  • The Condor Legion (AF Mag)  • More
  • Bombing of Guernicia, Spain (Dec 1937)
  • Spanish Civil War: Lessons Learned & Not
  • Bombing of Guernica (26 April 37)
       • Guernica (painting: Picasso, 1937)  • Analysis

    US Military Between the Wars
  • U.S. Color-Coded War Plans  • More  • More
  • Rainbow Plans  • More  • Book  • Review
  • Navy Basic War Plan-Rainbow 5 (May 41)

  • US Army Between the World Wars
  • Innovation in the US Army, 1917-1945
  • US Strategy & Tactics, 1910-1939
  • Mobilization Planning Between World Wars
  • Evolution of Tank in US Army 1919-1940
  • US Weapons, 1910-39
  • US Army Louisiana Maneuvers (1940-41)

  • Developing Army Leaders Between Wars
  • Eisenhower as MacArthur's Aide

  • US Naval Prep for Pacific War 1931-1941
  • Sea-Power in the Pacific (1921 e-book, Questia)
  • Advanced Base Ops in Micronesia (USMC, 1921)
  • USS Macon (flying aircraft carrier)

  • The Army & Its Air Corps, 1919-1941
  • Court Martial of Billy Mitchell  • More
       • More
       • Mitchell: Airpower Visionary  • More
       • Ostfriesland Bombing Tests  • More
       • Photo  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5  • w/captions
  • "The Bomber Will Always Get Through" (Baldwin, 1932)
  • Crash of the B-17 Prototype (1935)
  • Rendezvous With the Rex (May 1938)

    US Debate: Neutrality vs. Intervention
  • Nye Report on Munitions Industry (1936)
  • Neutrality Acts  • US DoS  • More
       • 1935  • 1936  • 1937
  • "Is Neutrality Possible for America?" (Nye, 1939)
  • Charles Lindbergh and WW II
  • "War & Peace" (Lindbergh Speeches, 1939-40)
  • The Atlantic Crisis of 1941
       • War Plan Gray: Defense of the Azores
  • FDR in World War II (incldes runup, JSTOR)
  • The Cloud Over Charles Lindbergh



    Naming World Wars
  • Naming World Wars (Global Security)
       • Official Naming of WW II


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    World War II
  • Why Study World War II?
  • The War: A Concise History
  • WW II Overview (GlobalSecurity - links)
  • WW II Overview (MoreLawInfo.com)
  • WW II Europe (Colby College)
  • WW II Summary (Moonie - detailed)
  • The US and World War II (Maddox, e-book)
  • Fighting the War (Williamson Murray, e-book)
       • The Revolution in Military Affairs
  • The World At War (British TV series)

  • Retrospective on WW II (The Atlantic, photos)  • Alt

  • West Point Atlas: WW II (Europe)
       • Asia/Pacific
  • Maps of the World Battle Fronts (US Army)
  • Military Maps of the Second World War
  • Maps of World War II
  • Atlas of World War II (Wikimedia Commons)
  • WW II Animated Maps (subscription required)

    World War II Timelines (internal link)

  • The History Project (WW II essays)
       • Essays  • Essays
  • Eyewitness to WW II (narratives)
  • Quotations From WW II

  • Documents of WW II (Mt. Holyoak)

    The Road to War: WW II (internal)

  • Events Leading to WW II (1931-44)
       • Europe    • Asia & Pacific
  • Causes of WW II (Long Term)  • Short Term
       • Wikipedia
       • Three Approaches (essay)
       • Europe: Expansion & Failed Deterrence
       • Cause & Effect of WW II
  • Detailed Global Timeline 1918-1948
  • History of Nazi Germany (Spartacus portal)
  • War in Europe Timeline (The History Place)
       • Rise of Adolph Hitler (1889-1933)
       • Triumph of Hitler (1933-1939)
       • Defeat of Hitler (1939-1945)
  • WWII Overview

    HYPERWAR: WW II Links  • More Primary Source Doucments
       • U.S. Army in World War II
          • U.S. Army in World War II
       • U.S. Navy in World War II
       • U.S. Marine Corps in World War II
       • American Theather of Operations

    World War II Database (articles, photos, maps)
  • Photo Collection: National Museum of WW II

    WW II Portals
  • Wikipedia Portal    • Wikipedia
       • Encyclopedia Britannica * * * *
       • BBC: World War Two   * * * *
       • world-war-2.info * * * *
       • History Learning Site
       • worldwar-2.net
       • The World at War (chronological & stats)
       • Army Ctr for Mil History
       • Lone Sentry (intelligence on German forces, more)
       • Spartacus
       • Military History Online (essays)
       • eHistory
       • WorldWar2.com (essays)
       • History Link 101
     • Warfare History Network (WW II)
       • Internet Modern History Sourcebook
       • HistoryNet.com (articles)
       • WW II Campaign Summaries
       • World War II plus 55
       • People at War (National Archives)
       • Digital History  • Articles
       • America in WW II (magazine)  • Archive  • More  • Video
       • WW II Battle, People, Production (WW2 Weapons)

    WW II Timelines
  • WW II Timeline * * * * (Encyclopedia Britannica)
  • WW II Chronology * * * * (Historic UK)
       • HistoryPlace.com (1918-45, links, photos)
       • Eyewitness to History: WW II
       • WW II Timeline (1931-1945)  • Pacific
          • Planning & Strategy
       • BBC  • Major news stories: linked
       • Chronology of WW II **** (detailed, referenced)
       • WorldAtWar.net (diplomatic timeline)
       • US Dept. of State: Mar 1938-Dec 1941
       • xtimeline.com
       • WW II Linked Timeline (extensive! statistics!)
       • National Geographic
       • OnWar.com (WW II by day)
          • America Prepares for War (Nov '39 - Non '41)
       • WorldWar2.com
       • World-War-2.info
       • WorldWar-2.net
       • eHistory
       • International Events (1938-1941)
       • Third Reich Timeline (1907-1939)
          • WW II Day-by-Day (1939 -1945)
       • Runup to War: Timelines & Documents
       • Epic Photos of WW II Timeline

  • Road to War in Asia (internal link)
  • Road to War in Europe (internal link)

    The Warlords (video series)
  • Hitler vs. Stalin
  • Churchill vs. Stalin
  • Stalin vs. Roosevelt

  • War Begins in Europe (w newspaper headlines)
  • Declaration of War: Japan, 8 Dec 1941
       • Germany, 11 Dec 1941
       • Japanese Surrender Documents, Sep 1945

  • Hitler's Declaration of War (11 Dec 1941)
       • Circumstances of Delivery to US
       • Analysis of Hitler's Decision   ****

  • World War II in Photos (The Atlantic)
  • WW II Multimedia Database
  • Pictures of WW II (National Archives)
  • Color Images of WW II  • More
  • World War II Magazine  • Archives
  • WW II History Image Gallery  • WW II DB
  • Photos of the Depression & WW II (LOC)

  • WW II FAQs
  • Lesser Known Facts of WW II
  • Essays & Docs (Historical Text Archive)
  • WW II + 55 (running narratives)
  • Axis Countries
  • WWII Multimedia Database
  • WWII Comprehensive Narrative

  • Stars & Stripes WW II Portal
       • Victory Edition: 8/15/1945
       • Front Pages  • Articles  • Home Front Report

  • Bill Mauldin's Up Front (Google excerpt)
       • Bill Mauldin Bio  • More  • More (w/ cartoons)
       • Bill Mauldin Cartoons
         • Shooting Jeep  • Seeking a Company of Infantry?
         • "Got a target"
       • Willie & Joe  • Willie & Joe: Back Home (Mauldin, 1947)

  • WW II National Strategies
  • Allied and Axis GDP's

  • American Grand Strategy in WW II
  • Oil Strategy & World War II  • More
  • US Strategy in WW II (Google book)  • Review
  • Marshall Prepares US Army for War
  • Strategic Planning for Coaition Warfare
  • WW II Allied Grand Strategy
  • Europe (Germany) First Strategy
       • "Europe First" Decision Factors
  • Command Decisions of WW II (key decisions, all sides)
       • Germany First
       • Japan's Decision for War
       • US Merchant Shipping to Support UK
       • The 90-Division Gamble
       • Logistics and the Broad-Front Strategy
       • Decision to Halt at the Elbe
       • Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb

  • Diplomatic History of WW II
  • American Diplomacy in WW II
  • Allied Strategy Conferences
       • US DoS (1941-45)  • Timeline  • Map
  • Atlantic Conference (Aug 1941)
       • Conference documents
       • Atlantic Charter
  • Washington (Acadia) Conference (Dec 41-Jan 42)
       • Details
  • Moscow Conference (Aug 12-17, 42)
       • Video 2:25)  • Newsreel (7:25)
  • Casablanca Conference (Jan 1943)
       • FDR: Flying to Casablanca
  • Teheran Conference (Nov-Dec 1943)
  • Pacific Strategy Conference (Pearl Harbor, Jul 44)
  • Yalta Conference (Feb 45)  • Video
       • Muddled Legend of Yalta  • Yalta in Retrospect
       • The Agreement
       • Contemporary Perspective (Time, 23 Feb 45)
       • FDR Reports to Congress (audio, 1 Mar 45)
  • Potsdam Conference (Jul-Aug 1945)
       • US DoS Summary  • More  • More
  • US, Britain & Econmic Warfare
  • Churchill's Southern Strategy (AF Mag, Jan 2013)
       • More
  • Allied Strategy Against Germany
  • US-Soviet Alliance (1941-1945, DoS)

  • German Strategy   (Strat Bombing Survey)
       • German Strategy (prewar)
       • German Strategy (1933-38)
       • German Strategy (1939-42)
       • German Strategy From 1943
  • German Strategic Plan
  • German Economy
  • Oil & Economics in German Strategy
  • German Economy & Strategy (JSTOR)
  • German Economy at War (JSTOR)
  • German Strategy & Tactics Resources (e-books)
  • Hitler and World War II (The History Guide)
  • Germany in WW II (summary)
  • Why Germany Lost the War  • More
  • Military Leadership Analysis of Adolph Hitler
  • Hitler's Greatest Blunders (WW II mag, Mar/Apr 11)
  • Barbarossa or Sealion?
  • German "Plans" to Invade US (Life, 2 Mar 42)
       • Update
  • German Army Battles & Campaigns (cached)
  • German Army Expansion & Mobilization

  • The Holocaust   • Holocaust Encyclopedia
       • Children of the Holocaust
       • Madagascar Plan  • Document (July 1940)  • More

  • Japanese Strategy & War Origins (internal)
  • Japan & World War II (portal) Ha

  • WW II Map Resources  • More  • More
       • West Point Atlas: Europe  • Pacific
       • Time Magazine Maps (Europe)
       • Wikipedia
       • Battle & Campaign Maps: WW II

  • US Path to War (timeline: 1938-1941)
       • Supporting Documents  • More (Avalon Project)
       • Chronology of Events (US Dept of State)
  • US Prepares for War (timeline)
  • US Pre-WW II Political History
  • Diplomacy & the Path to War (DoS, 37-45)
       • US Foreign Policy Documents, 1931-1941
       • US Foreign Policy 1941-45
  • US Foreign Policy in WW II (lesson plan)
  • FDR (American Experience video, 4:03:27)
  • FDR and World War II  **** (JSTOR)
  • FDR, the Media & the Coming of WWII
  • FDR Biography  • FDR's Children
  • FDR & US Foreign Policy, 1932-1945 (e-book)
  • FDR & Naval Construction, 1933-1945
  • The "Back Door to War" Theory
  • "How FDR Lied America Into WWII"
  • How FDR Failed America in WW II (e-Fbook)
  • Legal Analysis of FDR's Role  • Links
  • US Neutrality Acts (1935-1939, internal link)
  • FDR "Quarantine" Speech (1937)
  • FDR & Search for US Policy, 1937-42
  • Belligerent Acts Before US Entry
       • Economic Warfare & Belligerent Acts
  • Fateful Choices: 1940-41 (Google book)
       • Which Date Should Live in Infamy?
  • ABC Military Staff Conference (Jan-Feb 41)
  • Lend-Lease (March 11, 1941)
       • Lend-Lease & Military Aid to Allies (US DoS)
       • Lend-Lease Act (document)  • More
       • Lend-Lease to USSR
  • US Preparations for War (1940-1941)
  • US Strict Neutrality, 1939-1940
       • US Armed Neutrality, 1940-1941
  • Reaction to Peactime Conscription (Sep 40)
  • Destroyers For Bases (Sep 1940)
       • More  • More
       • Town-class Destroyers  • More  • More
  • Alliance w/ USSR & Lend Lease
  • War Powers Act of 1941
  • Iceland in the Second World War
       • British Invasion of Iceland (May 1940)
       • Marine Occupation of Iceland
       • US Marines in Iceland  • Alt (pdf)
       • FDR Speech on US Occupation of Iceland
  • Pre-war US Operations in Greenland
  • The Atlantic Conference (Aug 1941)
       • Atlantic Charter  • Documents  • Period Reports
       • President Roosevelt's Memo on Trip
       • "US Should Get All Facts on Churchill-FDR Meeting"
       • The Atlantic Charter Smokescreen
  • Attack on USS Greer (11 Sep 41; FDR remarks)

  • Origins of Pacific War (internal link)

  • Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor (internal)
  • Germany Declares War on U.S. (11 Dec 41)
       • More  • More  • What if ...

  • U. S. Army in WW II  • Alt  • CMH Portal
  • U. S. Navy in WW II  • Overview
  • U. S. Marine Corps in WW II

  • U. S. Army Campaigns
  • Brief History of US Army in WW II
  • Mobilization in WW II (CMH)
  • Draftee Division: 88th ID Training & Deploymnet
  • Secret of Futre Victories (WWII Lessons)  • pdf
  • Forging a Combined Arms Team
  • Defense of the Americas (CMH)
       • Guarding the US & Its Outposts
       • Framework of Hemispheric Defense
  • Ten Things to Know About US Army in WW II

    Weapons & Technology in WWII (internal)

    Logistics in WW II (internal link)
  • Mobilization in WW II (CMH)
  • Resource Mobilization (US, UK, USSR, Ger)
  • Military Production in WW II (all nations)
       • Aircraft Production, Losses & Costs (all nations)

    US Home Front in WWII
       • American Home Front: WW II  • More  • Documentary
       • Library of Congress  • More
  • US Home Front & War in 20th C (e-book)  • Alt
  • US Home Front Issues (outline)
  • Attacks on Continental US
       • Shelling of California Oil Refinery (23 Feb 42)
       • Shelling of Fort Stevens, OR (Jun 42)
       • Sub-launched Air Attacks ( Oregon, Sep 42)
          • More  • More  • More  • More
       • Japanese Balloon Bombs  • More  • More  • More
         • More  • More  • More  • Bibliography  • More
  • German Saboteurs in US (Operation Pastorius)  • More
  • Impact of War on Civilians in Hawaii (pdf)
  • Internment Camps (CONUS & Hawaii)  • More
       • Relocation Centers (NPS)  • Locations
       • The Imprisonment of Ourselves
       • Internement: America's Great Mistake
       • Photo Essay (The Atlantic)  • More
       • Executive Order 9066  • More
       • Images of Manzanar  • More Photos
       • Camps of California  • Photos
       • Legal Issues  • Camp Documents
  • Forced Importation of Japanese Latin Americans
  • Internment of American-Japanese by Japan
  • 442 RCT: Nisei Soldiers  • More
  • A People at War (National Archives)
  • Americans at War (Smithsonian)
  • Voices of WW II (radio clips)
       • How America Heard the War (radio clips)
  • Civil Defense  • Posters  • Posters
     • Airplane Spotter Cards    • Spotter Poster

    Mobilizing the U.S. Home Front in WW II
  • "The Home Front" (Time, Jun 1994)  • More  • More
  • American Experience in WWII (e-book)
       • Vol. 3: The US and the Road to War in the Pacific
  • Housing for the Training Forces
       • CONUS Soldier Life
  • US Naval Activities, WW II (by state)
  • Housing the Workforce (America In WW II)
  • Home Front Report (Stars & Stripes)
  • Homefront Magazine  • More  • More  • Covers
  • America In WW II Magazine (home front)
  • North Carolina on the Home Front
  • Louisiana in WW II (w/ lesson plans)
  • This Is Your War (Ernie Pyle, e-book)
  • Ernie Pyle: Column Excerpts
  • Saturday Evening Post WW II articles
  • Life Covers • '41  • '42  • '43  • '44  • '45
  • The US At War (Time, Dec 22, 1941)

  • American Propoganda in WW II  • 'More
  • Propaganda's Role, Objectives, Techniques
  • America Goes to War (National WW II Museum)
  • America Goes to War (1942 newsreels)
  • War Production (PBS)
  • "Manpower" (video)  • Alt
  • Conquer By the Clock (HF production, video, 1943)

  • U.S. War Production (PBS)  • Wikipedia
  • Significance of Arsenal of Democracy
       • Mobilization of the Home Front (portal)
       • Mobilizing For War (Digital History)
  • How the US Economists Won WW II (preview)
       • Review
  • Mobilizing US Industry in WW II (Gropman)
  • Mobilizing the WW II Economy
       • Impact of War on Economy  • More
  • War Bonds  • More
       • Defense Postal Savings Stamps  • Examples
          • Album  • Poster
       • Memphis Belle in bond drives
       • War Bond Aircraft  • More

  • US Merchant Shipbuilding in WW II  • Video
  • Liberty Ship  • More  • Video
  • Victory Ship  • More
  • Liberty Ship-Victory Ship Comparison
  • Building Liberty Ships, WW II (video)
       • Kaiser Shipyards Builds a Liberty Ship (article)
       • Building Libery Ships (video)

  • Auto Industry in WW II: Gov't Rules
       • Preparing for War
       • Conversion to War Production
       • Overview & Stats
       • Chrysler Goes to War (pdf)
       • Chrysler & the B-29
       • Chrysler Military Production
       • Birth of the Jeep
       • Autos to Aircraft  • pdf

  • Expansion of U.S. Aircraft Production
  • U.S. Aircraft Production, WW II (by service & type)
       • Background  • Global Statistics
       • U.S. Production Records: How they DId It
       • U.S. Aircraft Production Facilities, 1944
       • Aircraft Production Images
       • Mass Producting P-38s  • More  • Details
       • Building a B-17F (42-29532)
  • Why Were B-17 & B-24 Produced in Parallel?

  • Air Force Plants  • More
       • U.S. WW II Aircraft Manufacturing Locations
  • Air Force Plant 2 (Boeing)
  • Air Force Plant 6 ("Bell Bomber" in 1944)
       • History of Plant 6 (Lesson Plan)  • Photos
       • Under One Roof: Story of AF Plant 6 (ebook)
       • The Lockheed Plant (ebook)
       • The Bell Bomber Plant (ebook)
       • How Marietta Won the Bell Plant  • More
       • B-29s Over Dixie (Bell Bomber plant video)
       • Birth of B-29 (video)  • Inside B-29 Factory (video)
  • All government B-29 plants  • More
  • USAAF Aircraft Modification Centers  • More

  • Moving Aircraft to War: Air Transport Command
      • North Atlantic Ferry Route  • Map
      • South Atlantic Ferry Route
      • South Pacific Air Routes
      • West Coast Wing (Fairfield-Suisun AAF)
      • Northwest Staging Route to Russia
      • ALSIB (USSR portion of staging route to Russia)

  • WW II Military Airfields (Brooks, by state)
       • Flight Strips  • Data Base  • More
  • Developing USAAF Base Facilities
  • Army Airfields Constructed in WW II (DB)  • Source
       • Army & Army Air Force Bases in US
       • Army Airfields in California  • Ohio
       • Buiding Fairfield-Suisun AAF  • Now Travis AFB
       • Post-war Use of Army Airfields
       • Abandoned & Little Known WWII Airfields (by state)

  • USAAF Individual Aircrew Training
  • USAAF Flight Training on the eve of WWII
       • Flying Schools & Primary Flight Training in WWII
       • USAAF Contract Flying Schools  • More  • List
       • USAAF Primary Flying - Overview
       • USAAF Primary Trainers in WW II  • Manual (detailed)
          • Key USAAAF Trainers (scroll down)
       • Combat Crew & Unit Training
          • Pilot Flying Training Stages (graphic: primary, basic, adv)
          • Operational Training Units (OTU)
             • Bomb Group Training
                • Training Period for Heavy Bomb Grps (graphic)
          • Replacement Training Units (RTU)
       • USAAF Fling Cadet Recruitment Video (41:14)
       • Training of Ground Technicians & Service Personnel

    Women at War (photo essay, all nations)

  • Women and the Home Front
  • Women in the Wartime Workforce
  • Rosie the Riveter  • More  • Painting (1943)
       • Rosie the Riveter in World War Two
  • Rosie the Riveter / Home Front National Park
  • Our Summer in a Bomber Factory
       • Review  • Review  • Review
  • WAC (Women's Army Corps)
  • Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP, internal link)
  • Women's Air Raid Defense (WARD: Hawaii)  • More
  • Women at War (Redstone Arsenal)
  • Women's War Posters
  • Home Front Advertising (US)
  • Home Front Photos (Shorpy)  • Home Front Color
       • More  • More  • More
  • Family Scrapbook of WW II
  • Rationing in US  • Wikipedia  • More
       • Ration Book  • More  • Food Coupons  • Gas Stickers
  • Victory Gardens
  • World War II for Kids (children on the Home Front)
  • Spam Again (America In WW II, magazine)
  • Letters & Memories (Modern Maturity, cached)
  • Life in Wartime Washington DC
  • Baltimore in WW II (images)  • Index
  • San Francisco in WW II
       • Seacoast Defense in San Francisco
       • Fort Mason (San Fracisco Port of Embarkation)
  • Georgia in World War II (GPB)
  • Montana in WW II (farm labor issues)
  • Texas in World War II  • More

  • Axis POW Camps in US (list)  • More
       • Operational Details  • More  • "The Fritz Ritz"
       • Camp Hearne, TX  • Homepage  • Camp Model
          • Lone Star Stalag  • More  • More  • Links
          • History  • More  • POW Camps
          • Camp Hearne TX POW Camp
          • Map  • Photos  • Video
       • East Texas in WW II (e-book)

  • Patriotic Songs  • Popular Songs
  • WW II Diary (photos, news clips)
  • Kate Smith and "God Bless America"
  • Broadcast News (comment & news, WW II era)
       • The War Before Pearl Harbor: Austria 1938  • Munich
       • Pearl Harbor  • Normandy Invasion  • More
       • Radio on the Home Front in WW II
  • "Watching the Radio" (America In WW II)
  • V-E Day, May 8,1945  • More  • UK  • International
       • More (w/ radio clips)
  • End of the War (V-E Day to V-J Day)
  • V-J Day, Aug 15, 1945 (internal)
  • Bringing the Troops Home
  • War & Recovery

  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt
      • Fireside Chats  • 9 Dec 41
       • Fireside Chats with audio
  • Four Freedoms Speech (6 Jan 1941)
       • Rockwell Paintings & story
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt in WW II
  • State of the Union Address (6 Jan 42)
  • FDR as Commander-In-Chief

  • Canadian Military in WW II (articles)
  • Canadian Propaganda Posters
  • Early Days of WW II in Canada
  • Canada in WW II
       • Home Front, 1939-40  • 1940-45

  • UK Home Front Portal (BBC)  • Timeline  • More
       • More  • Civilian Life  • More  • More
       • Industrial Front
  • UK Home Front: Living With the Blitz
       • Timeline of UK Home Front  • Evacuation
       • Propaganda Posters
       • London  • Liverpool
       • Personal Experiences  • More  • More
       • First attack on London (7 Sep 1940, details)
       • ARP: Air Raid Precautions  • Fire Watch
       • Blitz Bombing Campaign (internal link)
  • Where the Bombs Fell (interactive map, London, 1940)
  • "Keep Calm & Carry On" (Daily Mail, 19 Oct 11
  • The Wilcoxon Speech (from Mrs. Miniver, 1942)
       • Background & Text  • More  • More
  • Know Your Ally - Britain (video, 42:06)
  • Home Sweet Homepage (Blitz life)
  • Cabinet War Room  • Detail
  • Sinews of War (Imprl War Museum)
  • Rationing in the UK
  • Battle of Atlantic Impact (cartoons)
  • Civvy Street (life in London)
  • UK Home Guard  • History
  • British WW II Homeland Deception
  • British Political Cartoons on the War

  • WW II as Total War (European Home Fronts)
  • Undercover Mail: Letters from Germany to UK/US

  • Churchill (LOC)
       • Churchill as Wartime Prime Minister
       • Churchill & US Entry in War
       • Churchill & Strategy for Victory
  • Churchill and the Gathering Storm
  • Churchill's Guiding Hand
  • Chruchill's Wartime Speeches
       • "Blood, Sweat & Tears"(13 May 1940)
       • "Finest Hour" Speech (18 June 1940)  • Audio
       • "So Much Owed By So Many ..." (20 Aug 1940)
          • Audio
  • The Churchill Centre  • Quotes
       • Finest Hour Online (e-mag)
       • Churchill's Major Speeches (lifetime)
       • Churchill Bio  • Churchill Myths

    Propaganda in WW II

    American Propaganda in WW II
  • War Posters (portal)  • More
       • More (all nations)  • More  • More
       • International Posters
       • Posters of Persuasion (National Archives)
       • More  • More  • More  • More  • More
       • Posters & Photos From WPA
       • Home Front Posters  • More  • More  • More
       • War & Liberty Bond Posters
       • Navy  • WAVES  • Marines  • USCG
  • Mobilizing A Nation  • More (US Army History)
  • Political Cartoons of Dr. Suess (Theodor Geisel)
  • Propaganda Leaflets
  • G.I. Roundtable series
       • What is Propaganda?
  • WW II Documentaries (HyperWar - downloads)
  • Allied Propaganda Films of WW II (list, Wikipedia)
  • Cinemocracy (WW II documentaries)
  • Video Clips of the Home Front (Media =>)
       • First pictures of American dead (Life, 20 Sep 43)
       • "You, John Jones!"
       • "It's Everybody's War"
  • The Wilcoxon Speech (from Mrs. Miniver, 1942)
       • Background & Text  • More  • More
  • WW II Films
       • Entertainment/Propaganda
       • "Why We Fight" (Frank Copra)  • More
       • "America Goes to War" (CBS)
          • More (detailed descriptions)  • Wikipedia
  • "Manpower" (video)  • Alt
  • WW II Propaganda Movies & Music
  • UK Propaganda Posters  • More
  • Soviet Propaganda Posters
  • Hitler Background  • More (internal)
       • Timeline  • Speeches
  • Joseph Goebbels (Minister of Propaganda)
  • Nazi Propaganda
       • Posters, Pre-1933  • Posters, 1933-45
       • Posters  • More  • More  • More  • More
  • German Propaganda Archive  • WW II
  • Nazi Propaganda Films
  • Triumph of the Will (internal)
  • German Leaflets for US Soldiers (1944)
  • Life in German Cities
  • German Wartime Ads
  • German Saboteurs in US
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  • US Navy in WW II (e-book)
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  • US Ship Construction
       • Small Ship Construction
  • Submarine History 1939-45
  • Role of the Submarine in WW II
  • Analysis of Sub Warfare in WW II
  • US Torpedo Scandal (1941-43)
  • Amphibious Warfare in WW II (internal link)
  • U. S. Merchant Marine in WWII (internal link)
       • Men and Ships  • Losses to Mines
  • British Merchant Navy
  • Liners at War (UC, May 05)
  • Aircraft Repair Ships (Project Ivory Soap)  • More
       • ARS: SS Brig. Gen. Alfred J. Lyon  • More
       • More`  • Pt. 2  • More
  • Preserved US Ships of WW II
  • Kriegsmarine Ships (w/ profiles)  • Photos
  • Anti-Submarine Warfare (WW II)

         Atlantic/Europe
  • European Naval War Timeline 1939-1945
       • Campaigns Around Britain (stats)
  • Battle of the Atlantic Timeline
  • Battle of the Atlantic Map ('39-'41)  • '43-'45  • More
  • The War at Sea (Mike Kemble portal)
  • Kriegsmarine Encyclopedia
  • European Naval Campaign (1939-40)
       • July 1940 - June 1944
  • British Occupation of Iceland (May 1940)
       • More

    Battle of the Atlantic
       • Imperial War Museum
       • Mariners' Museum  • Photo Ring
       • BBC  • Photos  • Animated Games
       • HistoryPlace.com
       • The World At War
       • Royal Navy History
       • U San Diego (linked chronology)
       • Wikipedia
       • Military History Online
       • Merseyside Maritime Museum (Liverpool)
       • US Merchant Marine  • Stats
       • Mike Kemble
       • The History Learning Site
       • U-boats & Battle of Atlantic
       • Unterseebootwaffe
       • Battle of the Atlantic photos
       • Battle of the Atlantic Essays ****
       • U-boat "Sea Wolves" (video)  • 2  • 3  • 4  • 5

  • Battle of the Atlantic (Morison, excerpts)
       • 1939-43
     • 1943-45 (pp 12-14, Allied views)
  • Battle of the Atlantic Video
  • The Battle That Had To Be Won (Naval History)
  • Battle of the Atlantic Chronology & Stats
       • Technology in the Battle of the Atlantic  • More
  • Battle of the Atlantic Glossary (& photos)
  • US & German Sub Warfare Theory & Doctrine
  • Defeat of the U-boats in WW II (JSTOR)
  • Battle of the Atlantic Articles
  • Atlantic Neutrality Patrol  • More  • More
  • USS Reuben James (31 Oct 41)
       • Model & Details  • More (plus song)
  • Adm. Karl Dönitz
  • Plan Z (Kriegsmarine expansion plan, 1935- )
  • The Mine Threat  • More
       • US Mine Losses
  • Convoy OS.33 (July 1942)
  • U-boat Operations (Uboat.net)
       • U-boat Tactics  • U-boat losses
  • "First Happy Time" (July '40-Spring '41)
  • Convoy Battles  • Maps  • Wolfpacks
  • Operation Drumbeat (Jan-Aug 42)
       • "Second Happy Time"
       • More  • More  • More  • Book Review
       • Attacks off Hatteras  • NY  • More (pdf)
  • First US U-boat Kill (Apr 42 - detailed)
  • U-boat Archive
  • U-boat History  • site map
  • U-boat War (Kemble)
  • Treatment of Suvivors By U-boat Crews
  • Laconia Incident (Sep 42)
  • U-Boat Bunkers  • More
  • History of U-boats in WW II
  • German WW II Submarine Design (scroll)
  • U-boat types  • More  • More
       • U-boat Photos  • More (color)  • List of Boats
       • U-boat Details  • Profiles  • Profiles
       • Type VII  • More  • Video
       • Type IX  • More  • More (scroll down)  • Details
       • Type XIV Milchkuh
       • Type XXI  • More  • Details  • More
  • U-boat Details (virtual tour)
  • U-boat Technology  • More
  • Walter (closed-cycle) Propulsion
  • German Torpedoes
  • German U-boat Rockets
  • Schnorkel (Schnorchel)
  • U-35 Wartime History
  • U-166
  • U-boat History: U-181
  • Sinking of U-352: First Blood

  • Capture of U-505 (4 Jun 1944)  • More
     • Secret Capture of U-505  • German Perspective
          • Capturing & Saving U-505  • Video
          • Capture of U-505 & Germn POW experience
          • U-505 CO Statement  • Crewman's Story
       • U-505 history  • More  • Images
          • The U-boat Menace
          • USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) (5 parts)
          • U-boat Archive (photos & documents)
          • Capt. Dan Gallery (commander TG 22.3)
       • U-505 (Chicago museum)  • Moving U-505  • Inside U-505
          • Find the U-505 (interactive game)

  • Captured German U-boats
       • U-110  • Photo  • U-505  • U-559
       • U-570  • More
  • German Mini-sub Biber
  • FW-200 Condor (maritime reconnaissance)  • More
       • Multi-view

  • Loss of SS Dorchester (23 Sep 43)
       • The Four Chaplains  • More

  • Fighting the U-boat
       • Allied Ships & Navies  • Allied Air Forces
       • Air War at Sea
  • Defeat of the German U-boats (NetLibrary)
  • Battling U-boats in the Bay of Biscay
  • Battling U-boats in American Theater
       • RCN Anti-submarine Ops  • First Convoys
       • Newfoundland Escort Force
       • Plans for US Involvement
       • More  • More  • More
  • New Technology Against U-boats (video)
  • ASW: WWI, WWII
  • "Sharks in American Waters" (1942)
  • Intelligence in the Atlantic War (JSTOR)
  • Operational Intelligence Against U-boats (HF/DF)
  • Detecting U-boats (Infographic)
  • Anti-sub Weapons
  • Aerial ASW History
  • Airpower in the Battle of the Atlantic (JSTOR)
  • U-boat Hunting Blimps  • K-ships  • More
  • US Navy Non-Rigid Airships
       • WW II Convoy Escort  • More  • Photos
       • Blimp Ops at Lagens (Lajes) Field  • More
  • Catapult Armed Merchantmen (CAM)
       • Ops Details  • More  • Model
       • More  • CAM Ship Empire Darwin  • Photo
       • Hurricat  • More
  • Destroyer Escorts  • Building DEs
       • DEs in WW II
       • History of DEs  • In Atlantic
       • DE Actions in WW II
       • USS Francis M. Robinson DE-220
       • USS Slater DE-766
  • British Flower-class corvettes  • More  • Plan
       • More  • USN Flowers  • USCG
       • HMCS Sackville
  • HMS Mermaid (RN escort: narrative)
  • Hunter-Killer Groups (Mariners' Museum)
  • Escort Carriers  • More  • More
       • USS Bogue CVE-9
       • USS Guadalcanal CVE-60
  • Airpower & Battle of Atlantic
  • US Navy Q-ships
  • Ultra vs. the U-boats  • More
       • Anglo-American Cooperation on Ultra
  • Defeat of the U-boats: 1943 (NSA)
  • Voyage of U-234 (book review)
  • U-869 Virtual Tour  • U-869 Survivor
  • Rescue Ships
  • US Coast Guard in WW II
       • USCG in North Atlantic
       • Greenland Patrol
  • Comparison: US & German Sub Campaigns
  • US, German Sub Campaign Results

  • Kriegsmarine ships  • More  • More
       • Battleships  • Cruisers  • Raiders
       • Aircraft Carrier  • More  • KMS Graf Zeppelin  • More
  • Battle of the River Plate (Dec 1939)  • More  • More
       • Map  • Animation  • Documentary
       • Pocket Battleship Graf Spee  • Wikipedia  • Video
       • Langsdorff of the Graf Spee
       • HMS Exeter    • HMS Ajax  • Design detail
       • HMNZS Achilles  • Battle Report
  • German Armed Merchant Raiders
  • Altmark Affair (Feb 1940)
  • Raider Penguin (video)
  • Raider Stier v SS Stephen Hopkins (27 Sep 42)
       • More  • More

  • German Raiders  • Tactics
       • Raider Atlantis  • Layout & Data
       • Raider Tactics

  • Royal Navy in WW II (naval-history.net)
       • Campaign & Battle Maps
  • Attack on French Fleet (Mers-el-Kebir, Jul 1940)
       • Operation Catapult (3 Jul 40)  • More  • More
  • Attack on Taranto (Nov 40)  • Map  • Video
       • Regia Marina Italiana
       • Fleet Air Arm Archive  • Royal Navy History  • More
       • Description & Art  • More  • More
  • Operation Rheinubung (Bismarck sortie, May 41)
       • More  • Details
       • Ships Involved (w/ profiles & photos)
       • Battleship Bismarck  • More  • More  • More  • Video
       • HMS Hood Details  • Video  • Loss of Hood
  • Battle of the Denmark Strait (May 41)  • Video
  • Bismark's Final Battle
       • RN Torpedo Attacks on Bismark
  • Naval Intelligence in Sinking of Bismark
  • Channel Dash (May1941)  • Video
       • Battleship Scharnhorst  • Detailed history
       • Battle of North Cape (end of Scharnhorst, 26 Dec 43)
  • Battle of Calabria (Jun 1941)
  • Channel Dash (Feb 42)
  • Malta Convoys
       • Oprn. Pedestal and SS Ohio (1942)  • More
  • Operation Overlord (internal)
  • USS Augusta: • North Africa  • Overlord
  • French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir
  • USS Ranger Off Norway (Oct 43)
  • Battleship Tirpitz  • Recognition Drawing
       • Destruction by RAF, 1944 (documentary)  • More
  • Russia Convoys  • Details

  • Loss of Japanese Sub in Atlantic (RO-501)
  • Sub Rendezvous: U-530 & I-52
       • More    • More (scoll down)
       • History of I-52 (cargo sub)    • More

         Pacific
  • Pacific War Online Encyclopedia ****
       • Chronology  • Contents  • Map
  • Pacific War: Strategy, Politics, Players
  • The Pacific War (Strategic Bombing Survey)
       • Overview (Wikipedia)  • More  • More
  • Pacific Theater of Operations (documentary)
       • Monograms on Individual Campaigns (Hyperwar)
  • Pacific Campaigns (US & Allied)  • Pt. 2 (1943-45)

  • Timeline of the Japanese Empire (20th Century)
       • Timeline of Japan's Road to War (National Geographic)
  • Origins of the Pacific War (JSTOR)
  • Origins of Pacific War: Japan's Strategy
       • July 1941  • Decision for War (Fall 1941)
  • Japan's Road to War  • Video (9:09-19:38)
  • Prince Fumimaro Konoe & Japan's Path to War
  • Japan's Decision to Move South (1941)
  • Japan's Decision: Enduring Lessons (Jeff Record)
  • Pacific War: Origins & Conduct
  • Peace & War: US Foreign Policy 1931-41
  • Debate: US Pledge to UK in Pacific (JSTOR)
  • Japanese Strategy, Early WW II
  • Japan's Original Strategic Plan  • Map
       • Modification (1942)
  • Revised Japanese Strategy (1943)  • More
  • Role of Emperor: Road to War (bk rvw)
  • Road to War: Diplomatic History
  • Japanese Legal Case for War
  • Japan's Quest for Empire 1931-1945
  • Japan's Occupation of Indochina (Sep 1940)
       • Vichy Indochina vs. Japan
  • Indochina & US Embargo on Japan
  • Japan's Strategy For War (pp 499-502)
  • The Enemy Japan: The People (1943 US propaganda)

  • Prelude to War in the Pacific
  • US Navy Planning for WW II
  • US Pacific Plan (pre-Dec 41)  • More
  • Events Leading to Pearl Harbor Attack  • More
  • US Plan for Preemptive Strike (pre-Pearl Harbor)
       • More  • Book
  • Prologue to Pearl: Spy Flight That Wasn't ****  • Pt. 2
       • Summary of Planned Overflight Missions (early Dec '41)

  • Grand Strategy in the Pacific (JSTOR)
  • US Pacific War Strategy: 1941-1944
  • Pacific War Strategies (1941-1943, US Army in WWII)
  • US Pacific Strategy (pp 504-8)
  • US Pacific Naval Strategy **** (Morison)
  • War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
  • Pacific Strategy Conference (Jul 44)
       • FDR Visits Hawaii (scroll to 28 Jul 2010)
       • Role of Australians in Campaign
  • US Navy Comm Int (1924-1941)  • Alt

  • Naval Battles of the Pacific War (w/ links)
  • Bacific Battles (National Park Service)
       • Documentary
  • Crusade in the Pacific (26-part documentary)

  • War Comes to the Pacific (HyperWar)
  • Pacific War Timeline (1941-1945)
       • PBS  • WW2Pacific.com
       • More (w/ documents on occupation)
       • Pacific War Timeline Map  • Another
  • Victory At Sea (David Kennedy, Atlantic)
  • Collision Course in the Pacific (DigitalHistory)
  • Oil Logistics in the Pacific War  • More
  • Japan, Oil and the Embargo, 1940-1941
  • US Early Pacific Strategy (to 1943)
       • Prewar US  • Prewar Japanese
  • Strategy: War Plan Orange
  • WW II in the Pacific (extensive portal)
  • Pacific War Historical Society
  • Pacific War Campaigns (portal)
  • U. S. Navy Pacific War (portal)
  • USAAF in the Pacific War (portal)
       • Early Experience (P-35 Pilot)  • Original (cached)
  • Japan at War (portal)
  • Major Pacific Battles (NHHC)  • More
  • Pacific War Timeline
  • Pacific War Maps (USMA Atlas)  • More
  • Pacific War Animated Maps
  • Naval Air War in the Pacific
  • Battle for Australia (good war overview)
  • Dutch East Indies Campaign (1941-42)
  • Comparative Fleet Strength (Dec 1941)
  • Navy Communiques (Dec 41 - May 45)
  • US Preemptive Strike Plan (Nov 1941)
  • Aerial Reconnaissance in Far East
  • Admiral "Bull" Halsey (bio)
  • Pre-Attack Intelligence (internal link)
  • Preemptive Strike Against Japan (book)
       • Review

  • Pearl Harbor Aerial View (30 Oct 41)  • With captions
       • Sub Base & Oil Tanks (13Oct41)  • Larger Image
       • Pearl Harbor Hydrographic Chart
  • Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (history)

  • PH: Why, How, Salvage, Final Appraisal  • Intro
       • Ch. 2: The Trends Toward War
       • Ch. 5: Imminence of War
       • Ch. 6: Attack, Strategy & Tactics
  • Pearl Harbor (Imprl War Museum)
       • Photos (1940-41)
       • Preparation & Preparation
       • Third Wave Debate  • More
       • Impact of No Third Wave
       • Aftermath of Attack
  • Pearl Harbor Attack Resources (HyperWar)
  • Planning & Execution (Strat Bombing Survey)
  • Pearl Harbor Attack (Ctr Military History)
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor (Wikipedia)
       • Short video summary
       • Naval Historical Center  • Photos  • More
          • Pearl Harbor Attack: Fact Sheet
       • Remembering Pearl Harbor (NPS Lesson Plan)
          • Pearl Harbor Attack
       • PH Attack: Animated Map
       • PearlHarborAttacked.com (detail links)
       • Arizona Preservation Project  • More
       • WW2Pacific.com Details  • More
       • Pacific War Encyclopedia
       • Overview (Military.com)
       • War Times Journal
       • New York Times Topic: Pearl Harbor
       • NavSource Naval History
       • World War II Air Power
       • Failure of US Airpower Early in War
       • Pearl Harbor Timeline (Time)
       • Pearl Harbor Timeline (deck logs)
       • History Place (timeline)
       • Time magazine (Dec 2001)  • More
       • Pearl Harbor Staff Ride (C&GSC)  • E-book
  • Pearl Harbor Articles (Stars & Stripes, Dec 91)
  • US Ships at Pearl Harbor  • Battleships
       • Other US Pacific Fleet Ships on 7 Dec 41
  • First US Shots of WW II (USS Ward)
       • USS Ward  • More  • Image  • Book Excerpt
       • After-Action Report  • Ward Victim Found  • More
  • Mini-Subs at Pearl Harbor  • More
       • Japan's Type-A Mini-Subs  • Photos
       • Profile  • Compared to US Fleet Sub
       • Fate of Five Mini-Subs
       • Grounded Mini-sub HA-19 at Bellows Flield HI  • More
       • Mini-sub Controversey  • Discussion  • Photo
  • Images of Pearl Harbor Attack (NHHC)
       • Overall Views of Attack
       • Battleship Row    • More  • More
       • USS Arizona & USS Utah Images  • Alt
       • More  • More  • More  • More
       • Photo Essay  • Battleship Row (w/ detailed annotation)
  • December 7th (John Ford Documentary, 1943 - 1:54;58)
  • Video of Attack  • Pt. 2  • Pt. 3
       • First Newsreel Footage (6:15)
       • Aftermath of Attack
  • Details of Events at Pearl Harbor (NPS)
  • Articles, US Naval Institute
  • Pearl Harbor Map (ship locations, 7 Dec 1941)
       • Ford Island Map
       • Animated maps of attack (WTJ)
  • US Subs at Pearl Harbor
  • Location of US Carriers During Attack
  • CINCPAC After Action Reports
  • How We Underestimated Japan (Atlantic, Jul 48)
  • Why Weren't We Warned? (strategic warning)
  • The Four Most Fateful Words At Pearl Harbor
  • Ship Damage Summary (CinC Pac Fleet)  • More
       • Audio-Slide Show
       • Photos (including aerial)
  • PH Post-Attack Suvery Photos (10 Dc 41)
       • Battleship Row(aerial, 10Dec41)
       • Drydock Area (aerial, 10Dec41)
       • PH Navy Shipyard (aerial, 24Jul42)

  • Salvage Operations
       • Video (Pt 1: The Smoke Clears)  • Pt 2  • Pt 3
       • Photos  • More  • Drydocks
       • Oklahoma & Utah Salvage (slide show)
  • USS Arizona Operational History
       • More  • Slide Show  • Images
       • USS Arizona on Day of Attack  • Video
       • Battle Damage & Salvage  • More
  • USS Arizona Preservation Project
       • USS Arizona Memorial Interment Ceremony
       • Submerged Cultural Resource Study (NPS)
  • USS Nevada  • Images  • The Nevada's Run
  • USS Oklahoma: Death of a Battleship
       • More on losss of USS Oklahoma (2015)
  • Salvaging USS Oklahoma
       • PDF Briefing  • Images
       • Oklahoma Escapes Indignity of Scrap Heap (May 47)
  • USS Utah Attack  • More on attack
  • USS Utah Salvage  • More
  • USS West Virginia Salvage
  • USS Shaw Duirng Attack  • Recovery
  • AAF at Pearl Harbor  • More
       • George Welch  • More
  • Memorials, Myths, Symbols of the Attack
       • Spring 1942 (video: recovery underway)

  • How the Japanese Did It (Naval History mag)
       • Underestimated Capabilities (US Naval Institute)
  • Japanese Intellignece Successes in WW II
  • Japanese View of Attack  • More  • More
       • IJN Propaganda Video (color)  • More  • More
       • Documentary video
  • Japanese Operations Plans & Orders
  • Japanese Post-Mission Debriefing
  • IJN Ships in PH TF (and their fate)
       • More  • More  • Silhouettes
       • DD Ushio: Sole attack force survivor  • History
  • Mitsuo Fuchida (attack leader)
  • Minoru Genda (attack planner)
  • Japanese Aircraft at Pearl Harbor
  • Japanese Ordnance Used In Attack
       • Modified Type 91 Torpedo (image)

  • FDR's Day of Infamy Speech (Nat Archive)
       • FDR's Reaction to News of Attack
       • Radio Broadcast w/ photo of FDR  • Photo only
       • Full radio boradcast  • Alt  • Transcript  • Original
  • Impact: Germany Declares War on U.S. (11Dec 41)

  • PH Attack - Congressional Hearings
       • Sequence
       • PostWar Hearings  • Links
  • Orders of Battle (both sides)
  • CINC Pac Fleet Intel Summary (27 Nov 41)
  • "Magic" Background of Pearl Harbor
       • Warnings From Message Intercepts
       • Details of Magic Traffic
  • With Magic, Why Were We Suprised?
  • Intelligence Prior to Attack

  • Code Breaking in Pacific War  • More
     • Braking the Japanese Code (documentary)
  • Priceless Advantage (COMINT)
       • Ch. 1: COMINT and Battle of the Coral Sea
       • Ch. 2: COMINT at Midway and the Aleutians
  • Double Edged Secrets ... (W.J. Holmes)
       • J W Holmes & Application of COMINT
  • Cryptopogy & Battle of Midway (NSA)
  • Midway: Implications of Information & C² (pdf)
  • Operational Deception at Midway
       • Origin of "Midway Has No Water" Ruse

  • Nimitz
  • MacArthur  • Detailed Biography
       • Campaigns of MacArthur in the Pacific
       • Truman on MacArthur (diary entry)
  • Pacific Strategy Confernence (Jul 44)  • Photo
  • Yamamoto  • More (USN History)  • Misquotations
       • The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the IJN
       • Yamamoto shootdown (Apr 43 - internal link)
  • Op Leadership: Nimitz vs. Yamamoto (pdf)

    The Pacific War: Animated Maps ****
  • Pacific Theater of War (National WWII Museum)

  • The Battle of the Pacific (Time, 29 Dec 1941)
  • Attack on Philippines (8 Dec 41)  • More
  • Defense of Wake Island
       • History of Wake  • Photos
  • Old China Hands (stories)
  • Loss of Repulse & Prince of Wales (Dec 1941)
       • Combat comic book
  • Early Pacific Raids (Feb-Mar 1942)  • Alt  • More
  • Dutch East Indies Campaign (1941-42)
  • Pacific Clipper: Westbound Home After PH Attack

  • Second Attack on Pearl Harbor (Mar 42)
       • Echo of Infamy: Second Attack on Pearl Harbor
          • Video (16:58)
       • Operation K  • More  • More  • More  • More  • Video
       • Operation K and link to "Rendevous" article
       • E-book  • Honolulu Advertiser (16 Mar 09)
       • French Frigate Shoals  • More  • Map
       • Kawanishi H8K Emily  • More (internal link)
       • Photo: Emily with I-class submarine
  • Japanese Attacks on West Coast (internal link)

  • The Tide Turns (HyperWar portal)

  • Doolittle Tokyo Raid (18 Apr 42)
       • Documentary  • Newsreel  • Video
       • Mission Overview (NMUSAF)  • Aircraft
       • Naval Overview  • More  • Photo Portal  • Map
       • Infographic (USAF)  • US Navy
       • Mission Details ****
       • USS Enterprise site
       • USS Hornet (CV-8)  • Video  • Pt 2
          • B-25s on Hornet deck (diorama)
       • Doolittle's Raid (AF Mag, details)
       • Office of AF Historical Studies
       • American History magazine
       • Airman magazine
       • Century of Flight  • Alt
       • Video (9:29)  • More (4:54)  • More (1:49)
  • Tokyo Raid - Planning & Tech Details
       • Initial Concept Document  • Preparations
       • Training at Eglin AAF (AF Mag)
  • Doolittle Raid (Army Air Forces in WWII)
       • After Action Reports (USAAF, USN)
       • Doolittle's Report
       • Intellignece Service Report
  • Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle  • Bio video  • More
       • Interview Video (1980)  • Transcript
       • Granddaughter's Tribute
  • Doolittle Raiders Site  • Photos
       • Raid History  • More
  • Lessons of the Doolittle Raid (c 2017)
  • Japanese Vengence on China After Doolittle Raid

  • Pacific Carrier Battles (summaries)
       • Pacific Naval Air War (images)
  • Pearl Harbor to Midway: Narrative
  • Battles of Coral Sea and Midway  • Documentary
       • Lessons Learned
  • Battle of Coral Sea (4-8 May 42)  • More  • Map
       • NHHC  • More  • More  • eHistory  • More
       • Video (detailed analysis)
       • After-Action Report (Naval Intelligence)
  • USS Neosho (AO-23: PH & Coral Sea - maps)
  • USS Yorktown (CV-5)  • More
       • Coral Sea After-Action Report
       • Damage to Yorktown at Coral Sea  • Graphic
       • Repairing Yorktown  • More  • More

  • Pacific Ocean Actions, May-June 42 (map)

  • Battle of Midway **** (4-6 Jun 1942)
       • Strategic Overview  • Preparations for Battle  • Timeline
       • Significance of Battle in WW II
       • Battle of Midway in Retrospect
  • Midway, 1942 **** (portal)  • Source Documents
       • Order of Battle (detailed)  • More  • Ships & Aircraft
       • Initial Placement of US Carriers
       • 1st Air Fleet, IJN (Kido Butai: "Mobile Force")
  • Battle of Midway (USN History & Heritage Cmd)
       • Combat Narratives  • Combat Intelligence
       • Prelimaries (7 Dec 41 - 10 Mar 42)
       • Preparations for Battle (March 42 - 4 Jun 42)
       • Scouting & Early US Attacks (3-4 Jun 42)
       • Japanese Attack on Midway, June 4, 1942
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       • "Midway: The Story That Never Ends" (USNI, 07)
       • Air Force Magazine (Feb 2011)
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       • About.com
       • Role of COMINT at Midway (internal)
       • Strategic Insights magazine (NPS)
  • Battle of Midway video (detailed documentary)
          • John Ford documentary
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          • US Navy history video
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       • Analysis of IJN Carrier Damage
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       • Combat Narrative
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       • Damage Analysis
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       • Operational Lessons    • Tactical Lessons
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          • Battle of the Bismark Sea (2-4 Mar 43)

  • Solomon Islands Campaign (Jan42 - Aug45)  • Map
          • Naval Battles  • Maps
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          • First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (13 Nov 42)
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             • Loss of USS Juneau (CL-52)
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             • Turning Point in the Pacific War?
  • The Cactus Air Force at Guadalcanal
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  • Yamamoto Shootdown (Oprn Vengeance, Apr43)
       • "Magic & Lightning" (AF Mag)  • More (scroll)
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       • Lightning Strike: Mission to Kill Yamamoto
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       • Cartwheel: Reduction of Rubal (US Army series)
       • Animated Maps  • Area Map
  • Attack on Hollandia (Mar '44)

  • Marianas Campaign (Jun-Aug 1944)
  • Battle of the Philippine Sea (19-20 Jun 44)
       • Battle of Philippine Sea = Marianas Turkey Shoot!
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       • One Fighter Squadron's Story (VF-31)
       •The Fighting Lady (video)
  • Battle of Leyte Gulf (Oct 1944)
       • Battle of Leyte Gulf.com  • Strategy
       • Summary & map
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       • Taffy 3 (escort carriers)  • Photos  • Photos
       • Battle off Sumar: Taffy 3 (e-book)
       • Kamikaze attack on escort carriers (photos)
       • Post-war comments from senior Japanese officer
  • Carrier Strikes on Manila (5 Nov 44; video)
       • Burial at sea of TBM gunner
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       • Okinawa: Where the Pacific Powers Converged
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       • Radar Picket Line Around Okinawa  • Map
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       • LCS(L)  • LSM(R)  • photo
       • Mighty Midgets at War (book review)

  • US Navy WW II Fleet Statistics (Dec 41 to Oct 45)
  • WW II USN Ship Recognition Manual **** (ONI 222)
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       • Overview  • More  • More
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       • More  • More

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       •The Rising Sun in the Pacific (Morrison - preview)
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       • The Gilberts Oprn (History of USMC Ops in WW II)
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  • Iwo Jima (Feb-Mar 1945)  • Map  • Map  • Photos
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       • History and Analysis of Survey (AF mag)  • pdf
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  • Strat Air War: Germany & Japan (e-book)

    The Allied Rift on Strategic Bombing (AF Mag)

  • Combined Bomber Offensive  • Map  • Graphic
       • RAF Bomber Command in WW II
       • Birth of the Combined Bomber Offensive
       • Overview  • Analysis
  • Planning the Air War Against Germany (1941)
       • AWPD-1: The Process  • More  • More
       • MG Hawood S. Hansell  • Contribution to AWPD-1
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       • Timeline of the Air War, 1939-1945
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       • Tallboy (10 ton) Bomb  • Photos  • Video  • Video

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  • Masters of the Air (book: 8AF crew stories)
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  • Omar Bradley: Role of Airpower in Europe
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      • Harris:"Reap the Whirlwind" speech  • Video
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  • Early Long-Range Pacific Missions
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    Weapons, Tactics & Technology, WWII
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    A-Bomb Development & Use
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       • Truman tells Stalin  • More
       • Stalin Knew  • More
  • Documents on A-bomb Decision  • More
       • Bibliography
       • FDR, Truman & Decision Continuity  • pdf
       • Minutes of Targeting Committee (10-11 May 45)
       • Command Decisions (CMH)
       • Army C&GS paper (detailed)
       • CIA (SIGINT issues)
       • Military v. Diplomatic History Views (Airpwr Jrnl)
       • History, Ethics and the Bomb (AU Review , 1966)
       • Essay - Alternate Strategies
       • Strategic Bombing Survey Discussion
  • A Sudden Victory (Proceedings, Aug 05)
  • Directive to Drop A-Bomb (25 Jul 45)

  • A-Bomb Decision Controversy (internal)

  • Assembling & Loading A-Bombs (photo essay)

  • A-Bomb Missions (Century of Flight series)
  • A-Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
       • Manhattan Engineering District Report  • Alt
       • A-bomb Missions Map
  • A-bomb Mission Preparations
  • Hiroshima Mission (details, AF Mag)
       • The Airplane  • Thr Crew  • The Bomb
  • Hiroshima Hypocenter & Aim Point
  • Eyewitness to Hiroshima
  • Hiroshima Archive  • Photos
  • Tibbets: A-bomb Missions (interview, Aug 02)
  • Nagasaki Mission  • Cloud Video
       • Near Failure at Nagasaki (AF Mag)
       • Commander's Narrative (Sweeny: audio)
       • Nagasaki BDA (Sep 45)  • BDA video (Bill Camp)
       • Nagasaki Ground Zero (photo map)  • Map
  • Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War (review)
  • Remembering Nagasaki
  • Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki
  • Tale of Two Cities
       • Video BDA (Army documentary)
       • Hiroshima BDA map  • Nagasaki BDA map
  • The Third Bomb
  • Truman Announces Bomb (audio)
  • Truman Statement (6 Aug 1945)  • Alt  • Alt

  • The Fall of Imperial Japan (The Atlantic, photo essay)
  • Surrender Timeline Details  • More
  • Japanese Surrender Debates  • More
  • Japan's Stuggle to End the War (USSBS)
  • Japanese End Game in WW II (JSTOR)
  • Why Did Japan Surrender?
  • How Japan Surrendered
  • Emperor Hirohito Address to People on Accepting the Potsdam Declaration
  • Surrender Announced (15 Aug 45, video)

  • V-J Day (Victory Over Japan, 15 Aug 1945)
       • More  • More  • Photos
       • Reaction  • More  • Radio Clip  • UK
  • Japan's Surrender (NY Times article)
  • V-J Day Kiss (Life Mag Cover)  • Background
  • Documents Relating to Japan's Surrender

  • First Contact w/ Japanese (Ie Shima, 14Aug45)
       • More  • Video
  • First (Unofficial) Landing In Japan (narrative)

  • US Navy Entrance into Tokyo Bay  • Photos
       • US Fleet Gathers in Tokyo Bay
       • Allied Ships in Tokyo Bay  • More
       • USS Missouri (overhead)
  • Allied Forces Land in Japan (video, 8:37)
       • More: Surrender in the Pacific (video, 9:01)

  • Surrender Ceremony (2 Sep 45)  • Detail  • Video
      • Final Mission: Staging Japan's Surrender
          • Photos    • More
       • Victory Flyover (Tokyo Bay, panarama)  • More
  • Instrument of Surrender  • Alt
  • Symbolism of the Surrender Ceremony
  • Other Surrender Related Documents  • More

  • Relief of Allied Prisoners & Internees  • More
       • Camp Details  • Release Video (Australian & US)
  • B-29 Airdrops to POW Camps

  • MacArthur and the Occupation of Japan
       • American Proconsul: MacArthur & Postwar Japan
       • Initial planning for the occupation
  • The Fall of Japan (video: details of occupation)
  • US Army in Post-war Japan
       • Video - End of the War
       • 2 - Organizing Occupation
       • 3 - Demilitarization  • 4 - New Constitution
       • 5 - Economic Reform  • 6 - A Legacy of Peace
  • American Occupation of Japan (video)  • Pt. 2  • Pt. 3
  • Surrender & Ocupation of Japan & Korea
       • Abstract  • Synopsis
  • US Marines in Occupation of Japan  • More
  • Military Government for Japan (1945, JSTOR)

  • Why Japan Lost the War
  • Oil Logistics in the Pacific War
  • Pacific War in Retrospect

  • Soviet Invasion of Manchuria (9-20 Aug 45)
  • USSR vs. Japan (Manchuria, Aug 45)
  • Soviet Operations In Manchuria (Aug 45)
  • Entry of the USSR into the War With Japan

    World War II: Reprise
  • Bogus Charges Against Airpower
  • Analysis of the Strat Bombing Survey (AF Mag)
  • Turning Point(s) of WW II?
  • The Goering Interrogation (AF Mag)
  • Impact of A-Bombs on Role of Air Power (1946)
  • Evaluation of A-Bomb as a Mil Weapon (1947)
       • Original Document  • Printable PDF
  • Japan Remembers Kamikazes (Atlantic, Mar 2001)
  • Fratricide in WW II (Europe)

    Post-War Occupations
  • Allied-Occupied Germany
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       • Oprn Lusty & Freeman Field IN
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    Legacies of World War II
  • Lessons From the Greatest War ****
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       • War Crimes trials documents
  • Pondering Hitler's Legacy (Stratfor)
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  • The Cold War (internal)

  • A-Bomb Decision Controversy (viewpoints)
       • Ethical Debates: Pro & Con  • More
       • Consequences of Decision
       • Historiography of A-Bomb Decision
  • Effects of A-bomb Missions
  • Hiroshima: Was It Necessary?  • Summary
       • Notes  • Debate
  • If A-bomb Had Not Been Used (Atlantic, Dec 46)
  • Why DId We Drop the Bomb? (Time, Apr 05)
  • Why We Did Not Demonstrate the Bomb First
  • Why We Had to Drop the Bomb
  • Why Truman Dropped Bomb  • More
  • The Decision to Drop the Bomb (essay)
  • A-Bomb Decision: Conflicting VIews
  • Decision: False Pretense?
  • Soviet Declaration Caused Surrender
  • Bombing & Decision to Surrender (Time)
  • Invasion: Alternative to A-Bomb?
  • A-Bombings Reconsidered (Foreign Affairs, 1995)
  • Debating the Morality of Hiroshima (Stratfor)
  • Regrets But No Apology for A-bombs (May16)


  • Post-WW II World Order (1942 map #44)

  • The World At War (Versailles to Cold War)

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    Cold War
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       • Commentary
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  • Nuclear Weapons & Strategy: History
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       • Nuclear Deterrence - U.S. Policy and Strategy
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  • On Thermonuclear War (Herman Kahn)  • Index
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       • Source: Can Deterence Last?
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       • Sword & Shield (1945-1950)
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  • Robert Strausz-Hupé on the Cold War
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       • Cold War Threat Anaylsis
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       • Nuclear Doctrine By Country  • US DoD
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  • NSC 68: Objectives & Programs for National Security (1950)
       • Original document  • Alt
       • "Blueprint for Cold War Defense" (AF Mag)
       • NSC-68: Forging the Strategy of Containment (NDU, e-book)
  • Origins of US Strategic Airpower (1948-1962)
  • The Air Force and the Cold War (AFA, pdf)
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  • Massive Retaliation  • Background
       • Dulles on Massive Retaliation
  • Origins of Massive Retaliation (1981)
  • The Rise and Fall of Massive Retaliation
       • Source: Eisenhower & Thermonuclear War
  • Massive Retaliation Revised (1974, JSTOR)
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  • Project Solarium (containment review, '53)
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  • Eisenhower on Deterrence
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  • Nuc Strategy: A Theory of Victory (Colin Gray)
  • Strat Forces Rationale - Lost Discipline?
  • Selection & Use of Strategic Air Bases (1954)
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  • Finite Containment & US Grand Strategy
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  • Kennedy & Flexible Response
  • McNamara: Counterforce Doctrine ('62)
  • Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD, Wikipedia)
       • The Making of MAD
       • McNamara: Mutual Destruction (1967)
  • In the Shadow of MAD (AF Mag ****)  • pdf
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  • US Cold War Nuclear Target List (c 1959)
       • Update  • Analysis (NY Times)
  • SIOP  • More  • Details  • Critique
       • Creation of SIOP-62  • More
       • SIOP-62 Briefing to JFK  •Alt
  • Weapons Doctrine & SIOP-62 (Google book)
  • Nixon Adminitration Review of SIOP (1969)
  • Protracted Nuclear War (1980's)  • pdf
       • Civil Defense For Surviving Protracted War
  • Reagan's SIOP Briefing (1982)
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       • Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan (JSCP)
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    Berlin Airlift
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  • Berlin Airlift: Strategic Use of Nonlethal Airpower
  • To Save a City: The Berlin Airlift, 1948-49  • Alt
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         Air War
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       • More (c 2004)  • More (c 2006)  • More (c 2008)
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         Naval Aviation in Korea
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       • Narrative
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  • Eisenhower: Mil-Indstrl Complex (Jan 1961, full text)
       • Video (17 Jan 1961, excerpts)
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    Arab-Israeli Wars
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          • Another
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         Suez Crisis (1956)
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         Six-Day War (1967)
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       • Summary Map
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  • Thoughts on the Six-Day War (2017)

  • USS Liberty Attack
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         Yom Kippur War (1973)
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       • Sagger in Sinai (image & tactics)  • Video
  • F-4: Essential Aircraft in '73 Air War

  • Crisis & War, 1973 (Foreign Relations of US)
       • Index  • Documents  • Alternate (pdf)
       • DOS Documents: US & Portugal (1973-1976)
       • Timeline of Key US Policy Decisions
  • October War & US Policy **** (documents)
       • Airlifts, Battlefield Stalements, Oil Threats
  • Kissinger and the Yom Kippur War
  • Yom Kippur War Decisions (6 Oct 73 - 12 Oct 73)
       • 13 Oct 73 - 25 Oct 73
  • Decision to Resupply (6-13 Oct 73)  • Source
       • More  • More
       • JCS and the Yom Kippur War (Ch. 10, p 167)
  • DOS to Embassy, Lisbon: Re: Lajes Access (12 Oct 73)
       • US contingency for Lajes Field  • Source (1975)
  • Portugal: US Lajes Use Threat to Oil Supply (Apr 75)
  • Operation Nickel Grass (Oct-Nov 73)
       • Operation Nickel Grass (Boyne, AF Mag, 1973)
       • Yom Kippur Airlift (Correll, AF Mag, 2016)  • w/ images
       • Arms Shipments to Israel (DOS memo, 15 Oct 73)
       • Report to Congress on Operation Nickel Grass (GAO)
          • Lessons Learned  • Recommendations
       • Nickel Grass: Strategic Use of Nonlethal Airpower
       • Global Security  • More
       • Air Mobility Command Museum
       • Airlift In Support of National Policy
  • The Airlift That Saved Israel (Boyne, e- book)  • Alt
  • Lajes Field in Nickel Grass
  • How Nixon Saved Israel

  • The Albatross of Decisive Victory
  • Israel's Nuclear Decision
       • Israel's Nuclear Weapons
  • Over Reliance on Technology in Yom Kippur War
  • Soviet Policy in the October War
  • Soviet Naval Activity in '73 War

  • Entebbe Raid (4 July 1976, IDF)  • More  • More
       • Operation Thunderbolt (Entebbe Raid details)
       • Digital recreation  • Documentary

  • Attack on Osirak Nuclear Reactor (June 7, 1981)
       • Operation Opera (Wikipedia)  • More (AF Mag)
       • History Channel Video (44:44)
       • Gun camera film (2:02, with notes)  • More (1:30)

  • Bakaa Valley War (June 1982)  • pdf w/ images
       • Bakaa Valley Air Battle  • More (scroll down)

  • Israeli-Lebanan War (July 2006)
  • Israel-Hezbollah War-Lessons (Cordesman, pdf)

  • Israeli Attack on Syrian Nuc Facility (Sep 07)

  • The Halfway War: Israel & Gaza (2008-9)

    Iran Hostage Crisis
  • Iran Hostage Crisis (1979-80)
  • Operation Eagle Claw (Iran, Apr 1980)
       • More (Wikipedia)  • More
       • Rescue Mission Report
       • Survivor Interviews (Airman)
       • Implications  • Lessons Learned
       • Case Study  • More
  • Desert One Debacle (Apr 80)  • Print article
  • Desert One (AF mag)
  • Operation Eagle Claw (detailed analysis)
       • More  • Weapons & Tactics
       • Mission Execution  • Pt 2  • Lessons
  • Operation Eagle Claw (1980)
       • More  • More  • More
       • Credible Sport (special C-130s)  • Video

  • Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada, 1983)
       • Details

  • Operation El Dorado Canyon (1986)

  • Attack on USS Stark (May 1987)

  • Operation Just Cause (Panama, 1989)  • More
       • Paitilla Airfield

  • Battle of Mogadishu (1993)


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    Vietnam
    Expanded Vietnam Resources
    Vietnam War Bibliography

  • Vietnam War (overview essay)
       • Additional Readings
  • America in Vietnam **** (Guilmartin, e-book)
  • Vietnam War, 1954-1975 (Slantchev)
  • History of Vietnam War 101
  • Victory Lost or Unwinnable War? (ppt, FPRI)
       • HTML
  • Vietnam War (brief history, PBS)
  • Vietnam War (c³)
  • Vietnam War Maps (USMA)
  • Vietnam Casualties By Year  • More  • pdf
       • Casualties: Vietnam v. Iraq
  • Vietnam Studies (Army Ctr for Mil History)
  • Vietnam War History (AF Museum)
  • Vietnam War History (FAS)
  • America, the Vietnam War, and the World (e-book)
  • Limited War: Vietnam in Perspective (e-book)
  • War in SEA (AFROTC)
  • Vietnam Center & Archive (Texas Tech)  • Search
  • Vietnam War Maps
  • US Naval Historical Ctr Resources
  • Vietnam Terms (dictionary)
  • Vietnam Portal (eHistory)  • Another
  • Sen. J F Kennedy on War in Indochina (1954)
  • About.com: Vietnam
       • Battles & Operations
  • Logistics in Vietnam (CMH)
  • Impact of Mining Hiaphong (May 72)
  • Vietnam Portal (Retrospective)
  • Vietnam Internet Project
  • Vietnam War as History
  • General Vo Nguyen Giap
  • Dien Bien Phu
  • Sounds of Vietnam
  • Songs of Vietnam Era
  • Vietnam Propaganda Films

  • Tet Offenisve (links)
       • Wikipedia
       • Vets With A Mission  • BBC
       • Battles That Changed History: Tet
       • Tet map (USMA)  • More
  • Battle of Hué (links)
  • Escalating the War: Tet 1968
  • The Fall of Vietnam (links)

  • Images (Kurt Rolfes)
  • MPC (script)

  • Home Front Vietnam (PBS transcript)
  • Critical Photos in the War
  • Public Opinion Polls  • More Stats
  • History of the Draft (internal link)
  • Anti-War Movement
  • Cronkite: "Mired in Stalemate"
  • Tet Offensive and the US Home Front
  • Opposition to the War

  • Analogies: Am Revolution & Vietnam War

    Air Operations - Vietnam
  • Role of Airpower in Vietnam War
  • Air Ops Web Site
  • USAF in SEA (AF Museum)
  • USAF in SEA (Timeline)
  • Strategic Bombing Debate: WW II & Vietnam
  • The In-Country Air War
  • SEA Close Air Support
  • SEA Air Combat Msn
  • SEA Air-to-Air
  • SEA POW/MIA Resources

    Lessons Learned
  • Vietnam War: Lessons Learned
  • Lessons of Vietnam (Newsweek 7 Nov 09)
  • People's War in Vietnam
  • Reflections on Vietnam (Proceedings, May 05)
  • Vietnam: The Debate Goes On
  • In Retrospect (McNamara, e-book)
  • Thoughts on In Retrospect (CIA)
  • McNamara: Too Late to Say "Sorry"
  • McNamara's Mistakes (Z Mag, 1995)
  • Vietnam: Doctrine, Strategies & Outcomes
  • Was Vietnam a Mistake?
  • Lessons of Vietnam (AF Mag)
  • Lessons of Vietnam (Dereliction of Duty)
       • Interview with H. R. McMaster (AF Mag, Jan 98)
  • Victory Lost or Unwinnable War? (ppt, FPRI)
       • HTML
  • Kissinger on Vietnam (May 75)
  • CIA Doubts About Vietnam
  • Distortions of Intellingence
  • Johnson Decision to "Go Big" (CIA, 1963-65)
  • OB Controersy & Tet (CIA, 1967-68)
  • Slow Squeeze: Airpower in Vietnam
  • Vietnam: Were the Hawks Right?
  • Could We Have Won? (Jeff Record)
  • We Could Have Won!
  • What We Should Have Done (DuPuy, pdf)
  • Case For Vietnam (Rostow, '96)
  • Lessons of Vietnam (interview)
  • The Use of Military Force (article)
  • Intelligent & Vietnam (DoS TS Study)
  • Vietnam in Perspective (strategy, ROE)
  • Rolling Thunder: Lessons For Today
  • From Vietnam to Desert Storm (AF Mag)
       • DS: The Right Lessons from Vietnam
  • Easter Offensive Lessons For Gulf War
  • Vietnam and the Failure of Containment
  • Vietnam: Lessons Learned (USMC CSC)
  • Analogies: Am Revolution & Vietnam War
  • Ten Lessons From Vietnam War
  • Lessons from Vietnam - Tet Plus 30
  • Examining the Myths of the Vietnam War
  • Lessons of Vietnam & Soviet Foreign Policy (JSTOR)
  • Doctrines, Strategies and Outcomes of the Vietnam War (JSTOR)
  • Lessons From Vietnam (Melvin Laird, Nov 05)  • Alt

  • Mayaguez Incident (May 1975 - Guilmartin)
       • More (Wikipedia)  • More (AF Mag)

    Iran Hostage Rescue Mission
  • Operation Eagle Claw (Iran, Apr 1980)
       • More (Wikipedia)
       • Survivor Interviews (Airman)
       • Implications  • Lessons Learned
  • Desert One Debacle (Apr 80)
       • Print article
  • Operation Eagle Claw (detailed)
       • Weapons & Tactics
       • Mission Execution  • Pt 2  • Lessons

    Falkland War (1982)
  • Falkland Islands Background  • Timeline
  • Capture of South Georgia Island (3 Apr 82)
       • Re-caputre of S Georgia Island (25 Apr 82)  • Video
  • Falkland War (Wikipedia)
       • Argentine Invasion (Operation Azul, 2 Apr 82)
       • Battle of Goose Green  • Detailed Analysis
  • Falkland War (Britain's Small Wars)
       • Sea War
       • Air War  • More  • Black Buck Missions (internal)
       • Land Battles
       • Air-Sea Battles, 25 May 82: Argentine View
       • Exocet Missile Attacks (Zampini)
       • SAS Operations  • Documentary
  • Battlefield Falklands (BBC video)
  • War in the Falklands (video)  • 2  • 3
  • Falklands Newsreels  • 2  • 4  • 7
  • Falklands War Maps  • Deployment
       • Op Summary  • Stanley Assault
  • Battle Axis of the Falklands War (e-book)
  • Falklands Detailed History (naval-history.net)
  • Falklands War (National Army Museum, UK)
  • Falklands War Order of Battle
  • Falklands War Overview (about.com)
  • Falklands War Portal  • More  • Photos
  • Falklands War: 15 Years On
  • Falklands Air War (RAF)
       • Timeline of Battles  • More  • More
       • Lessons   • Impact on Doctrine (AF Mag)  • pdf
  • British Aircraft Modification Efforts
  • Operation Black Buck (Vulcan raids)
       • Wikipedia  • More  • More  • More
       • Video (docmentary)  • Another
  • Argentine AF (FAA) Site (translated)  • Original
  • Aircraft Carriers in Falklands
  • Loss of HMS Sheffield
       • Exocet Attack on HMS Sheffield
       • Exocet Missile
  • HMS Broadsword in the Falklands
  • Lessons: Falklands War (Cordesman)
  • Falklands War Analysis
  • Lessons of Falklands War (pdf)
  • Falklands Legacy
  • Adm. Sir John Woodward (task force cmdr)
  • Psy Ops in Falklands War
  • Lessons: 1982 Falklands & Mid-East Wars
  • Argentine Perspective of Falkland's Conflict
  • Why Argentina Didn't Win the War

    Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
  • Iran-Iraq War  • Synopsis  • Portal
       • Iraqi Offensives (1980-82)
       • Iraqi Retreats (1982-84)
       • The War of Attrition (1984-87)
       • Tanker War (1984-87)  • Alt
         • Lessons Learned  • pdf
         • Oprn Earnest Will  • More
  • Iran-Iraq War Video (Modern War series)
  • Iranian View
  • Analysis of the Iran-Iraq War (Cordesman)
         • Lessons of Iran-Iraq War
  • International Law Implications
  • Iran-Iraq War Map
  • Economic Impact on Tanker Industry
  • Operation Earnest Will (tanker escort, 1987-88)
       • Tanker Bridgeton Incident  • Iranian Mine Laying
  • Attack on USS Stark (1987)
  • Mining of Samuel B. Roberts (1988)
  • Oprn Praying Mantis (retaliation for mining, 1988)
       • Video clip
  • Iran-Iraq War Lessons Learned (Cordesman, 1990)

  • Operatiom El Dorado Canyon (Lybia, April 1986)
       • Mission Narrative

    Kosovo War 1998-1999
  • Kosovo War
  • International Law and Kosovo

    9/11 Attacks & Response
  • Who was in charge during the attack? (Newsweek)

    Cyberwarfare
  • Cyberwar (NY Times)

    Space Warfare
  • Anti-Satelitte Demonstrtion (1985)

    Strategy Resources
  • Stratfor Forecasting (Stratfor)
  • US Army Strategic Studies Institute
  • Center for Strategic & International Studies (CISS)
  • The American Enterprise Institute

    War at the Millennium
  • Reflections on the Future of War (van Creveld)
  • War Is Going Out of Style (NY Times, Dec 11)
  • Beyond the Post-Cold War World (Stratfor)
  • Patterns of War Since the 18th Century (e-book)
  • New American Way of War (Jeff Record, 2002)
  • The New American Way of War (Max Boot, 2003))
  • Top 100 Rules: New American Way of War
       • Original (US Naval Institute - registration req'd)
       • pdf (Transformation Trends newsletter, 13 Jan 03)
  • American Way of War circa Apr '03 (National Review)
  • American Way of War (AWC bibliography)
  • American Way of War: Strategy, Ops, Tactics
  • American Way of War (audio)
  • The American Way of War (Barnett, Jan 03)
  • Conversations With History (Barnett, Mar 05)
  • The Pentagon's New Map (Barnett, 2003)
       • Details  • Briefing (video, 2007)
       • Detailed Briefing (1 of 13, 2007)
       • Detailed Briefing (1 of 3, 2006)
       • Review & Critique
  • Blueprint for Action  • Preface
  • Winning Wars (2005)
  • The New American Militarism (Google book)
  • William S. Lind Archive  • More
  • US Spoiling Attack (Stratfor, George Friedman)
  • Gulf War & Afghanistan: New American Way of War
  • Effects-Based Operations (Deptula, pdf)
  • Effects-Based Operations
  • The Assault on Effects-Based Operations  • pdf
  • Cognitive / Command & Control Warfare (C2W)
  • Urban Operations (Army FM 3-06, 2003)
  • Threat Categories: Traditional v. Irregular (Mar 06)
  • The Home Front & War in the 20th Century
  • Managing Complex Contingency Ops (PDD 56, 1997)
       • Abstract
  • Iran War Game (Atlantic, Dec 04)
       • Update (May 06)
  • North Korea: The War Game (Atlantic, Aug 05)
  • Military Power of China (PRC) (DoD)
  • "Natural Security:" Wars Over Resources
  • Strategy of Containment in the War on Terror
  • Whither Victory in the War on Terror? (Mar 07)
  • Interagency Process for Long War (Jul 06)
  • No Easy Wars for 21st Century  • Comment
  • American Grand Strategy in a Changing World

  • Reforming US Drone Strike Policy

    America in the 21st Century
  • The Next 100 Years (George Friedman)
       • "Introduction to the American Age"
  • The Next Decade (George Friedman, 2011)  • Alt
  • George Friedman on Geopolitics (portal)
  • Superpower No More? (AF Mag, Jul 11)
  • Grand Strategy of American Empire (2002)
  • Myths, Realities of US Empire
  • The Empire in 2005 (prediction, Dec 04)
  • Intervention Should Not Be US Policy (SSQ)
  • Renaissance of Powell Docrtrine? (SSQ)
  • The Real World Order (Stratfor, Aug 08)
  • The State of the World: A Framework (Stratfor)
  • Explaining U.S. Strategy (Stratfor, 28 Feb 12)
  • Big Bets, Black Swans: Foreign Policy Challenges (2013)
       • Overview
  • The Coming Age of Preventive War (review, 2009)

  • America's Addiction to War (2018)



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  • Iraq Wars
    Bibliography of the Iraq Wars
       • US Army CMH  • USAMHI

    Desert Storm (1990=1991)
  • Desert Storm Overview (Wikipedia)
       • Summary  • Map
  • Conduct of the Gulf War: Final Report to Congress
       • Overview
       • Air Campaign  • Maritime Campaign  • Ground Campaign

  • Desert Storm: 30 Years Later (Mitchell Institute)
  • Desert Storm's Unheeded Lessons (AF Mag, 2020)

  • Summary of the War (Day-by-day: comprehensive)
       • Operation Desert Shield
       • Desert Storm (AF Mag, 2010)  • Text
  • Gulf War Resources (Air Univ.)
  • US Policy - Prelude to War
  • Saddam Hussein Background
  • Descision-Making in Baghdad (case study)
  • Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait (eyewitness)
  • Gulf War (PBS Frontline)
       • Oral Histories
         • Decision Makers (Powell, Cheney)
         • Commanders
  • The Media in the Gulf War (portal)
         • Dissenting Views
  • Services' Use of Histories to Shape Perceptions
  • Desert Shield to Desert Storm (GoogleBooks)
  • Gulf War Video Clips

  • Gulf War Timeline (detailed)  • More  • More
       • Chronology (AF Mag)  • More (BBC)  • DoD (w/stats)
       • Desert Storm Week-by-Week
       • War Timeline w/ Links (Washington Post)
  • Gulf War Digital Timeline
  • DIA Chronology
  • Timeline w/ Chem/Bio/Medical Events

  • The Decision to Fight (AF Mag)
  • President's Address to Congress (11 Sep 1990)
  • Sec Council Resolutions (Iraq-Kuwait, 1990)  • 1991
  • Congress Authorizes Use of Force (16 Jan 91)
  • NSD 54 (16 Jan 1991 - TS strategic objectives)
  • National Security Archive Documents
  • CIA Support for Gulf War
  • Satellite Intelligence in Desert Storm

  • Schwarzkopf & Desert Storm (case study, pdf)
       • Schwarzkopf & the Campaign Strategy (AF Mag)
       • Saddam vs. Schwarzkpf (video)
  • Initial Concept of Ops (Oct 90, map)
  • Coalition Amphibious Ops
       • Imminent Thunder (deception)
       • Deception in Gulf War (amphib assault option - pdf)
       • Deception Bibliography (Air Univ)
  • Coaliton Force Contributions (by nation)

  • Gulf War Maps (PBS)  • Ground Ops
       • Whirlwind War (CMH)  • Air Univ
       • Iraqi OB (4 Oct 90 - CIA)  • Pt. 2  • Pt. 3
       • Iraqi Depositions: Late-Sep 90  • Mid-Feb 91
       • Initial ConOps, Oct 90
       • Invasion (1990)  • Liberation (1991)
       • Ground Campaign Map (Wikipedia)  • Alt
  • Iraq Maps  • Historical (1682-2004)
  • Desert Storm Resources (GlobalSecurity)
       • Desert Storm Statistics
       • Desert Shield
       • Imminent Thunder (amphib deception)
       • Desert Sabre (ground operation)  • More

  • Schwartzkopf Briefing (27 Feb 91, excerpt)
       • Video (full)  • Individual Segments

  • Run-Up to the War
  • Desert Shield: Prelude to War (AF Mag)  • More

  • Moving the Force: Desert Storm and Beyond (NDU)
       • Moving the Force (US Arrmy History Report FY90-91)
  • Moving Mountains (Pagpnis, Googlebooks)
  • Getting to the Desert (Army Ctr for Lessons Learned)
  • Logistics in Southwest Asia (GAO)
  • Powerlift - Getting to Desert Storm (Google book)
  • Theater Transportation in Desert Shield
       • Desert Storm
  • Logistics Infrastructure (map, Dec 1990)
  • Gulf War & 16 Log Principles
  • Deployment of the 1st InfDiv (pp. 119-121)
  • Mobility Performnce & Deficiencies (airlift & sealift)
  • US Airlift in Desert Storm  • Tankers  • More
  • CRAF Perfrmance in Desert Shield
  • Lajes Field in Desert Storm
  • Merchant Marine in Gulf War

  • Air Campaign (Washington Post portal)
       • Operation Instant Thunder (campaign plan)
       • Initial Air Attacks (17 Jan 1991)
       • Baghdad Target Map  • Bomb Damage Assessment
       • Collateral Damage Assessment
  • Air Campaign (Report to Congress)  • Alt
       • The Air War: Day 1 (video: 21:59)
  • Evaluation of Air Campaign (GAO, PDF)
  • Desert Storm (air campaign, AF Mag)  • Text
  • Air Campaign: Analytical Perspective
  • John Warden & the Air Campaign in Desert Storm
  • Effects-Based Targeting in Gulf War (Deptula)
  • Air Power in the Gulf War (Rand)
  • Gulf War Air Power Survey (USAF e-book, 1993)
  • On Target: Strategic Air Compaign (e-book)  • Review
  • Command & Control of the Air War
  • Perspectives: Lt Gen Chuck Horner  • Oral History
  • Brig Gen Buster Glosson (oral history)
  • JTF Proven Force (AF; cached)
  • TF Normandy (Apache Attack, AF Mag)
       • More  • TF Normandy First Person
  • Opening F-117 Strikes (AF Mag)
       • Map of Opening Air Attacks
  • B-52s & ALCMs from U.S.
  • Blackout Bombs - Gulf Wars I & II
       • Blackout Bombs (background, FAS)
  • Use of Smart Munitions  • More
  • Tank Plinking  • Killer Scouts
  • Gulf War Target Imagery
  • Gulf War Aircraft Photos
  • Combat SAR in Desert Storm (Whitcomb)  • Alt

  • U.S. Army in Desert Storm
  • Whirlwind War (online book)
      • Background to War
      • One Hundred Hours
  • The War in the Persian Gulf (Army Report)
  • Certain Victory (US Army in Gulf War)
  • Third Army in Desert Storm (e-book)
  • Air Assault in Gulf (online book)
  • Winning in the Desert (Amry Ctr, Lessons Learned)
  • Operation Desert Sabre (e-book extract)
      • GlobalSecurity.org
  • Artillery Prep (24 February 1991)
  • 101st ABDiv in Desert Storm
  • Battle of Khafji  • More (AF Mag)
       • Bibliography (Air Univ)  • More
  • Marine Mine Field Assault
       • More (HistoryNet.com)
       • Minefield Breaching & Chemical Weapons
       • Details  • Map: 1st MarDiv  • Map: 2nd MarDiv
  • Battle of 73 Easting (26 Feb 91)  • More  • More
       • 73 Easting Narrative
  • McCaffery & Battle of Rumaila (2 Mar 91)  • More

  • USMC in Desert Storm
       • Marine AO Map
       • Highlights & Stats

  • U. S. Navy in Desert Storm
       • Role of the Navy
       • Buildup of US Forces
       • Joint & Multinational Operations
       • Logisitcs Ops
       • Naval Operations
       • Navy Lessons Learned
  • Impact of Iraqi Naval Mines
  • Mine Warfare in the Gulf War

  • British Forces in Gulf War
       • Persian Gulf War (regiments.org)
       • British Army in Gulf War
       • Operation Grandy (RAF)
  • French Forces in Gulf War (Oprn Dauget)

  • Scuds in Gulf War
       • Scud Backgrnd (FAS)  • More (Wikipedia)
       • Scud Range & Performance  • Scuds & IRFNA
       • Scud Chronology Gulf War
       • Scuds Against Al Jubayl? (Proceedings, registration req'd)
          • Cached
       • Patriot Missile v. Scud  • pdf
  • Countering Scuds
  • Scud Hunting (ground)

  • Lessons From the Gulf War (Cordesman)
       • Chap 1: Analyzing the Lessons
       • Chap 12: Strategic Lessons (pdf)
       • Chap 10: Naval And Amphibious Forces
  • Lessons of the Gulf War (Retired Officer, Feb '01)
  • Lessons From Gulf War (HASC, 1992)  • Alt
  • Lessons From Gulf War (MSNBC, 2003)
  • Lessons Learned (Warfighter's Encyclodedia)
  • From Vietnam to the Gulf (Lessons)
  • Vietnam War Lessons For Gulf War
  • Should We Have Gone On?
  • Why We Did Not Go to Baghdad
  • Cheney Defends Decision to Stop (1992)  • More
  • WMD Lessons (Scuds, ABC Weapons)
  • Analysis of the Gulf War
  • Eagle in the Desert: Looking Back on Gulf War (Google book)
  • Revisiting the Gulf War (Summers)  • pdf
  • How the War Was Won (Dupuy, 1991)
  • Myths of the Gulf War: Lessons Not to Learn
  • What Gulf War Tells About Future of Conflict
  • Impact of Technology & Training on Gulf War
  • Realities of Opposed Amphibious Assault
  • Gulf War Served National Interest (Atlantic, Jul91)
  • Gulf War Was Not in National Interest (Atlantic, Jul91)
  • Lessons NOT Learned From Gulf War (AF Mag)
  • Desert Storm: The Soviet View

  • Gulf War Syndrome
  • Gulf War Syndrome (explanation)
  • Gulf War Illnesses (DoD)
       • Timeline (DoD)
       • Final Report: Gulf War Vet Illnessses
       • Dissenting View  • Missing Files
  • Exposure to Chemical Agents (DoD)
       • Use of Chemical Agents in Gulf (CIA)
       • Khamisiyah Pit Demolition Maps
  • Chem Agent Resistive Coatings (CARC)
  • AF Magazine Articles
  • Statistics From the Storm (AF Mag)
  • Gulf War Facts
  • Gulf War Overview (Iraqi)
  • Gulf War Archive (Iraqi)
  • Friendly Fire (statistics)
  • Friendly Fire in Gulf War (AF Mag, Dec 91)
       • Freindly FIre Incident (detailed)
  • Desert Storm War Stories
  • The Unseen Gulf War (photo essay)
  • Armored Vehicles:  • M-1 Abrams
       • M2/M3 Bradley
  • Artillery: M-109 Howitzer  • Ammo

  • Operation Desert Fox (missile strikes on Iraq, 1998)

    Gulf War II   (Iraqi Freedom)
  • Iraq War (2003-2011)
       • Invasion of Iraq (2003)
  • Bibliography of the Iraq Wars (linked)
  • Path to War Timeline (1999-2003)
  • Iraq War Timeline (2003-2011)
  • Iraqi Insurgency Timeline (2003-2009)  • NY Times
  • Iraq War Portal (NY Times)  • PBS
  • Map: Iraq (1682-2004)
  • Quotes on Iraq War  • More
       • Quotations on War: Pre-9/11 (timeline)
  • The Real Goal in Iraq (Bookman, Sep 2002)
  • Invasion Plan Years in Making (Floyd, Sep 2002)
       • Rebuilding America's Defenses (2000)
       • National Security Strategy of the US (17 Sep 2002)
  • Why US Invaded Iraq (Jeff Record, 2008)
  • Iraq & Bush Doctrine (Law of War)  • Alt
       • Rebutal: Donald Kagan
  • Leap of Faith: Why did US invade Iraq? (review, 2019)
  • Oil: The Real Reason Behind Iraq War
  • Iraqi Freedom and American History (AEI, Dec 03)
  • The Debate to War: WW II and Iraq
  • Office of Special Plans (domestsic psyops)  • More
       • Truth From These Podia (detailed study, Gardiner, 03)
       • Interview w/ Sam Gardiner (Oct 03)  • Another
       • Another (Jun 05)  • Discussion  • More

  • Chilcot Report: UK Case for War (6 Jul 16)
       • Sir John Chilcot Release Summary (video, 6Jul16)
       • Chilcot Report Background (Guardian)
       • US Perspective (w/ interview with Bush)

  • Authorization to Use Force Against Iraq (Oct 02)
  • Timeline of Initial Combat Ops (Cordesman, 4/03)
  • Struggling to Find a Strategy (Timeline: May 03 - )
  • Iraq War Project (Brookings Institution)
       • Iraq War Statistics
  • "On Point" (US Army in Oprn Iraqi Freedom)
  • Iraq Casualties (current)  • More
       • Casualties: Vietnam v. Iraq
  • US Iraq Policy: A Realist Approach (Cordesman, 8/04)
  • Bush Plan for Iraq: A Risk Assessment (Cordesman)
  • Commentary on War (Galloway)
  • Articles: Iraq War (Strategy Page)
  • Battle of An Nasiriyah (Mar 2003)
  • Until Then ... (Soldier Life in Iraq War)
  • Use of Incendary Bombs in Iraq  • Graphic
  • Living With Snipers (video)
  • Psychological Cost of War (NY Times)
  • Iraq War Equipment (Popular Mechanics
       • Weapon Performance Evals (Popular Science)
  • Network-Centric Warfare in Iraq
  • Video Clips From Iraq & Afghanistan
  • Airpower in the Iraq War (GlobalSecurity.org)
       • Air Force Historical Studies Office
  • The War of 9/11 (AFA: airpower in the Long War)
  • How We Fight (USAF, 2006)
  • Iraq War Troop Surge (2007)
  • Results of the Surge (statistics, AF Mag
  • TACPs in Iraq
  • Mk 77 Incendiary Bomb  • More  • More
  • JDAM Double Tap (photo)
  • Yamamoto to Al-Zarqawi: Assassination by Air
       • Video
  • C-17 Airdrop (Commander's narratiave)
       • Details of drop & logistics
  • Employment of C-17 in Airdrop  • Alt (pdf)
  • C-17 Missile Strike (9 Dec 2003)
  • Airdrop Resupply in Iraqi Freedom
  • Logistics in Gulf War II (initial)
       • Fuel Logistics (ongong)
       • Logistic Realities of Iraq War (Jul 06)
  • War Reserve Stocks (Iraq War)
  • Financial Cost of Iraq War  • Details
       • CRS Report (Mar 11)

           Lessons of Iraq War
  • Cordesman on Iraq War (CSIS archive)
  • Strategic Lessons of Iraq & Afghanistan Wars (Cordesman book, Jun 04)
  • Iraq War Lessons Learned (Cordesman, 2004)
  • Lessons of Iraq: Grand Strategy & Asymmetric War (03)
  • Iraq, Grand Strategy & Mil History (Oct 04)  • Alt
  • Iraq & Counterinsurgency Experience (Mar 06)
  • US Strategies & Tactical Failures in Iraq (Aug 06)
  • Bush Strategy in Iraq (Feb 07)
  • Real Goal in Iraq (Bookman, Sep 02)  • Alt
       • Rebutal: Donald Kagan
  • Regime Change Discussion (PBS, Aug 02)
  • Why Bush Prepares for War (Oct 02)
  • Why Iraq Was Inevitable (2008)  • Comment
  • US Mil Ops in Iraq: Planning, Combat & Occupation (Nov 05)  • pdf
  • Iraq Is the Central Front (Donnelly, AEI, Nov 03)
  • War Planned From Start (Times, 1 May 05)
       • Classified UK PM Memo (23 July 2002)
  • No End In Sight (trailer)
  • Iraq & Beyond (documentary)
  • Into the Abyss (van Creveld, 2004)
  • Iraq & US Grand Strategy (Stratfor, Aug 10)
  • We Never Should Have Been There (Pitts, Oct 11)
  • What Went Wrong (Newsweek, 8 Feb 04)
  • Why Iraq Will End As Vietnam Did
  • Mistakes Repeated From Vietnam
  • Difference Between Vietnam & Iraq
  • Deaths per Month: Vietnam vs. Iraq
  • Seeing Baghdad, Thinking Saigon
  • Iraq After Action Report Surpressed (Feb 08)
  • Battle Lessons (Jan 05)
  • Lessons Learned: Modern Urban Combat
  • Iraq War Lessons Learned (Cordesman, 2004)
  • Ten Mistakes of the Iraq War
  • Lessons From the Occupation of Germany
  • Blind Into Baghdad (Atlantic, Jan-Feb 04)
  • Why Iraq Was A Mistake (Newbold, 2006)  • Print
  • Planning Disengagement Strategy from Iraq (Oct 05)
  • Hard Lessons: Iraq Reconstruction Report (2008)
       • Occupation Plan Faulted (analysis)
  • Reconstructing Iraq (Crane & Terrill, SSI, Feb 2003)
  • Pre-war Planning for Post-war Iraq
  • Lack of a Post-Combat (Phase IV) Plan
  • Phase IV Ops: Where Wars Are Won (Crane, 2005)
  • Planning Themes for Stabilty & Reconstruction Ops
  • Iraq Reconstruction Experience (report, Dec 08)
       • NY Times article, 14 Dec 08
  • Notifying Next of Kin (photo essay)
  • Cointerinsurgency: USMC Experience in Iraq
  • Iraq & Counterinsurgency Experience (Cordesman, 06)
  • Prewar Intelligence Predicted Insurgency (2004)
  • The Iraq War (Williamson Murray, review)
  • Learning COIN: Observations From Iraq (Mil Review)
  • The War After the War (Counterinsurgency, CSIS)
  • Numbers Game in Iraq Insurgency (Atlantic, May 06)
  • Lessons From Iraq War Ten Years Later

  • Reflections on Iraq War (Stratfor, Dec 11)
  • Intelligence Failures of Iraq War (video, 1:09:28)
  • Iraq War Ten Years After (National Security Archive)
  • Joe Galloway Archive

    Iraq Air Blockade (1996-2003)
  • Operation Northern Watch  • More
  • Legacy of Air Blockade: Northern & Southern Watch
       • Rotation of Forces Through Northern Watch
       • Northern Watch Operation (crew narrative, 2001)
  • Operation Southern Watch (1996-2003)

    Libyan Civil War (2011)
  • Libyan Civil War  • NATO Intervention
     • Map Timeline (begins 16 Feb 2011)
  • Second Libyian Civil War (2014 -  )

    Humanitarian/Peacekeeping Ops
  • Operation Restore Hope (Dec 1992-May 1993)
       • US Involvement  • Lessons Learned  • More
  • US Army in Somalia, 1992-1994  • Restore Hope
  • Blackhawk Down (e-book)


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  • Terrorism - Historic Roots
  • Inventing the Middle East (pdf)
  • Four Waves of Modern Terrorism
  • Origins of Al-Qaeda Ideology (NDU)  • pdf
  • Committee to Combat Terror (Nixon '70s)

     • AK-47, AR-15: Tools of Modern Terror

  • Prescience:
        Warning of Attack on US Homeland, April 2001
     • pdf

  • Terrorism Timeline  • Another (DoD)  • More
  • World Trade Center Bombing (1993)
  • Khobar Towers (Saudi Arabia, June 1996)
  • US 1997 War Game Warning (Guardian, Sep 2001)
  • USS Cole (October 2000)

  • Terrorism & 9/11 (articles: McGraw-Hill)
  • 9/11 Miniute By Minute (AF Mag)  • pdf   • Details

    Biographies
  • Muhammad Biography
  • bin Laden Biography
  • bin Laden and Son
  • General Musharraf Bio (Pakistan)

  • Death of Osama bin Laden (2 May 2011)
       • bin Laden's death: How it happened (BBC, Sep12)
          • Compound (graphic)  • Crashed Helicopter
       • More Detail (Aug 11)  • More (Oct 12)  • More (Nov 12)
       • Controversy: Seymour Hersh Revelations (May 15)
          • BBC Commentary (Jun 15)  • More (Oct 15)
  • bin Laden Compound History (including satellite views)
       • Post-Assault Details  • More

    Confronting Terrorism
  • Attacking Terrorism: Elements of a Grand Strategy
       • The Four Waves of Modern Terrorism (Rapoport, 2004)

  • History of SEAL Tm 6 (NY Times, 7 Jun 15)

    The Long War ("War on Terror")
  • Global War on Terror
  • War on Terrorism Articles (portal)
  • "War on Terror:" Wrong Name
  • Geopolitical Price of the War (Stratfor, 2 Oct 01)
       • The Afghan Quagmire (9 Oct 01)
       • What's the Strategy in Afghanistan? (15 Oct 01)
  • The Long War on Terrorism (Carafano,2003)
       • Origin of "The Long War"
       • The Long War (SourceWatch)
  • A War Unlike the Cold War (2002)
  • The Long War Journal
  • Long War Operational Histories (USACAC)
  • Understanding the Long War (The Nation, May 09)
  • World War IV (portal: GlobalSecurity)
       • Naming the World Wars
  • WW IV: What It Means (Sep 04)
       • Norman Podhoretz: Author Background
  • War Against WW IV (Contemporary)

        Strategy in the War on Terror
  • A Nation At War (SSI, 2007)  • pdf
  • US Grand Strategy After 9/11 (SSI, 2005)  • pdf
  • Strategic Challenge in Time of War (SSI, 2004)  • pdf
  • Long War: Grand Strategy, Strategy, Tactics
  • Defining & Achieving Decisive Victory (Colin Gray)
  • Office of Strategic Influence (info warfare)
       • More  • More  • More
  • Confronting Challenge: Cold War v 9/11 (T Friedman)
  • America at War (CBS, interactive)
  • Cold War to Holy War
  • End of Deterrence? (Jul 06)
  • Terrorism Potential (book excerpt)
  • Killing top terrorists is not enough
  • Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation (Jena Jordan)
  • Leadership Targeting of Terrorist Groups (Jena Jordan)
  • The Strategist (blog: US Strategy in War on Terror)
  • Wars of Blood and Faith (Mike Peters)
       • The Shape of Wars to Come
  • Lessons Encountered: Learning From the Long War

        Defining the War
  • Fundamentalism
  • Islam  • More  • Community & Structure
       • The Pillars of Islam  • Leadership & Clergy
  • Islamism
  • Islamic Fundamentalism
       • Overview  • Issues (Wikipedia)
       • Islamic Fundamentalism Since 1945 (e-book, 2005)
  • Roots of Today's War: Ideology vs. Passion
  • Current War: Battle for Ideas (Oct 2001)
  • Global Insurrection Within Islam (2003)
  • Al-Qaeda Playbook (USMA translation)
  • US Overextension (Guardian, 2002)
  • Jane's Analysis, Post-9/11
  • March to the Brink of Battle
  • British Plans
  • The Poster and the Map
  • Pres. Bush's Address (9/20/01)
  • Colin Powell Meet the Press (9/23/03)
  • Background on Al-Qaeda (AEI, Nov 03)
  • Why Jihad Went Global (2005, book review)
  • The Evolving Al-Qaeda Threat (Mar 2006)
  • SE Asia in the War on Terror (Nov 09)
  • US Orders of Battle
  • Death of Bin Laden (NY Times Topic)
  • Impending Collapse of Arab Civilization? (Sep 05)
  • Winning the War on Terrorism (Cordesman, Sep 06)
  • 9/11 and the Successful War (Stratfor, Sep 11)
  • War of Unintended Consequences
       • Reference Article: Grading War on Terrorism
  • The Law of War in the War on Terrorism (2014)

  • The ISIS Threat (NY Times videos)
  • How Did ISIS Stay in Power So Long? (NY Times, Apr 18)

    Afghanistan War
  • Afghanistan War (Newsweek archives)
  • Afghan War Background (Foreign Affairs articles)
  • CIA Factbook: Afghanistan
  • Afghanistan Maps
  • Early British Experience in Afghanistan (19th c)
  • Afghanistan Timeline (1919-1996)
  • The Afghanistan Wars (1979-1989 & 2001- )
  • Superpowers Defeated: Afghanistan & Vietnam Compared

  • The 30-Year War in Afghanistan (Stratfor, Jun 2010)
  • War Without End (NY Times, Aug 2018)

    Afghanistan  (Soviet Experience)  
  • Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan (1979-89)
       • Documents  • Alt
  • Soviets in Afghanistan (AF Mag)  • More
       • Hind Helicopter Ops in Afghanistan
  • Soviet Lessons From Afghanistan  
       • NATO Defense College paper • pdf  • More
       • Christian Science Monitor
       • Mountain Warfare Lessons
       • More  • Alt
  • Lessons: Soviet-Afghan War (Cordesman)
  • US Analysis of Soviet War in Afghanistan
  • Zbigniew Brzezinski on Soviet-Afghan War
  • Soviet Veteran on Afghanistan
  • SAS Vet: Comments on Afghanistan
  • Soviet Experience in Afghanistan
  • Soviet Victory That Never Was (NY Times, Dec 09)
  • Operation Cyclone (CIA suuport for mujahideen)
       • Rep. Charles Wilson  • More  • More
       • Charlie Wilson's War (Google book)
  • Soviet Combat Engineers in Afghanistan
  • Carter Doctrine (1980)  • Analysis

    Afghanistan War  (2001 - 2003)  
  • Operation Enduring Freedom (Global Security)
       • More (Wikipedia)
  • Afghanistan War Portal (NY Times)
  • Battle of Tora Bora (Dec 2001)  • Lessons
  • Plan to Overthrow Taliban
  • British Plans
  • 4th Generational Warfare - Afghanistan
  • Diego Garcia
  • Guardian Afghanistan Portal
       • Military Response in Afghanistan (interactive)
  • Northern Alliance Army
  • Afghan Air Force
  • Air War Lessons of Afghanistan (Cordesman, Dec 02)
  • The Afghan Air War (AF Mag)
  • Airpower in Afghanistan  • More
       • Operation Anaconda  • More
  • New Rules of Engagement (Jul 09)
       • Tactical Directive (HQ NATO/ISAF 6 Jul 09)
  • The War of 9/11 (AFA: Airpower in the Long War)
  • Afghan War 2001-03 Lessons Learned (Cordesman)
     
    Afghanistan War  (2003 - )
  • NY Times Topics  • Newsweek Portal
       • RAND Bibliography
  • At War (NY Times blog)
  • Parallels: Vietnam & Afghanistan (2002)
  • Clausewitz "On Afghanistan" (2005)
  • Winning the War in Afghanistan (Cordesman 08)
  • Afghan-Pakistan War: Rising Threat (Cordesman 08)
  • Why We Are Losing in Afghanistan (Cordesman 08)
  • Pakistan's Double Game in Afghanistan War
  • US Not Learning Lessons of Soviet Experience
       • More
  • Soviet Experience in Afghanistan (internal link)
  • Rise of Terrorism in Afghanistan, 2002-2007
  • How a "Good" War Went Bad (Aug 2007)
  • President's Strategy Speech (1 Dec 09)
  • Commentary on USMC COIN Training (Dec 09)
  • Fighting in the Korengal Valley (c 2009)
  • Fixing a Failed Strategy in Afghanistan (Nov 09)
  • Limits of Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
  • The 30-Year War in Afghanistan (Stratfor, Jun 10)
  • Afghanistan & The Long War (Stratfor, Mar 12)
  • Taliban's High-Tech Urban Strategy (May 12)
  • How Not to Win a War (Foreign Policy)

  • Logistics in the Afghan War (Wikipedia)
       • Kyber Pass Logistics & Karachi
       • Afghan War: Logistics Nightmare
       • Getting Logistics Right for the Surge (Dec 09)
       • Supply & Demands: Pakistan & Logistics (May 11)
  • Vulnerability of NATO Supply Line (2011)

  • Comb'd Security Transition Cmd-Afghanistan
  • Afghanistan: Good Enough (Cordesman, May 12)

  • Afghanistan/Pakistan Portal (Frontline)

  • Conterinsuregency in Iraq & Afghanistan (2012)

    Pakistan
  • Pakistan's Counterinsurgency Policy (Jul 09)
  • Why Pakistan Matters (NY Times, 14 Dec 11)
  • The Ally From Hell (Atlantic, 14 Dec 11)
  • Security of Pakistani Nuclear Weapons
       • More  • New Yorker (Nov 09)

    Gulf War II (internal)
  • al-Zarqawi Take-out Strike video
  • Effectiveness of Decapitalion as Anti-Terrorism Strategy

    National Security Strategy
  • National Security Strategy of US (Feb 2015)
       • National Security Strategy (archive, 1987-2015)  • 2010
       • Analysis  • More

  • National Security Decision Directives (archive)
       • Presidential National Security Aides (1932-present)
       • National Security Documents (1943-present)

  • America's National Interests (overview; 2000)
       • Report (pdf)  • (doc)
  • US Global Defense Posture, 1783-2011 (RAND)
       • Key Findings  • Recommendations
  • National Security Strategy 2002 Commentary
  • U.S. Grand Strategy (Kaplan: 2012, video)
  • National Military Strategy of US (Feb 2011, pdf)
  • Quadrennial Defense Review (2010)
  • Quadrennial Defense Review Report (2006, pdf)
  • National Stratgy for Victory in Iraq (Nov 05)
  • National Military Strategy Studies (SSI)
  • Guide to National Security Policy & Strategy (2004)
  • Alternate US Nat Military Strategy (Crane, 2000)
  • Preemption & American Way of War  • Alt  • pdf
       • Abstract
  • Thoughts on Preemptive War (AF Mag)
  • Preventive War: Lessons of History (pdf)
  • US Military Intervention
  • War Pretext Incidents, 1848-1989
  • Strategic Studies Institute (publications)
  • Modern Strategy: Lessons Learned (Cordesman)
  • Evolution - US Grand Strategy v. Terror
  • Geopolitics of the U.S:. The Inevitable Empire
       • American Identity and the Threats of Tomorrow
  • Coming to Terms With American Empire (2015)
  • US Empire?
  • US Imperial Vision, circa 2000
  • Grand Strategy of American Empire (2002)
  • Myths, Realities of US Empire
  • The Empire in 2005 (prediction, Dec 04)  • Alt
  • Pros, Cons of Foreign Bases (AF mag, Jun 09)
  • Reprogramming the Pentagon (SecDef Gates, Dec 08)
  • It's About Oil (UK, Jan 2003)
  • Winning the Oil Endgame (e-book)
  • Presidential Power in the War on Terror
  • 21st c. Terrorism & War (Ga Tech)
  • Iran Next Target?
  • Knowing Why Not to Bomb Iran (van Creveld)
  • Iran: To Strike or Not to Strike?
  • Iran War Game (Atlantic, Dec 04)
       • Update (May 06)
  • Eqypt & Idealism/Realism Debate
  • China and the Commons: Angell or Mahan?
       • Norman Angell and The Great Illusion
  • Intervention: US Post Cold War Strategy (e-book)

  • Project for the New American Century
  • PNAC (commentary)
  • Primer on PNAC (May 2003)
  • PNAC Watch
  • Neocon Impact on US Iraq Policy
  • The Smart Power Initiative (CSIS)
  • New Approach to Strategy & Force Planning (Cordesman, Aug 2003)  • More

  • MOAB (Global Security)

  • Anthony Cordesman (CSIS papers)

  • When Democracy Failed (Germany 1933)

    Nuclear Revival
  • Nuclear Weapon Issues (NY Times portal)
       • Arms Control & Limitation
  • Nuclear Posture Review (NPR - 2001)
  • US Nuclear Programs
  • Rethinking Nuc Weapons
  • US Plans for Nuc Weapons (2002)
  • MiniNuc Revival (BBC, 2003)
  • The Need for Deterrence (AF mag, Feb 07)
       • Defending the Deterrent (AF mag, Jun 09)
  • America's Strategic Posture (report, May 09)
  • Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator
  • FAS Report (illustrations)
  • B61 Gravity Nuclear Bomb  • Photo
  • Bunker Buster to Go Nuclear (Nov 02)
       • Graphic
  • Low-Yield Earth-Penetrating Nucs
  • Global Strike Plan w/ Nuc Option (2005)
       • More  • More

    Stability & Reconstruction Operations
  • Major Theater War Phases
  • Planning for Stabilty & Reconstlruction Ops
  • Lessons From the Occupation of Germany
  • Phase IV Ops: Where Wars Are Won (Crane, 05)  • Alt
  • Getting Serious About Stability (Dec 04)
  • Planning Themes for Stabilty & Reconstlruction Ops
  • On Point II: Transaition to New Campaign
       • Review (lessons learned: past wars & Iraq)
  • Reconstructing Iraq (Crane & Terrill, SSI, Feb 2003)
  • US Mil Ops in Iraq: Planning, Combat & Occupation (Nov 05)  • pdf
  • After Decisive Combat Ops: Then What? (pdf)
  • Lack of a Post-Combat (Phase IV) Plan in Iraq
  • Pre-war Planning for Post-war Iraq
  • Urban Ops in the Information Age
  • America's Post-WW II Role in Nation Building
       • Review

  • Fourth Generation Warfare (internal)






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    Teaching History of War
  • What Is Military History?
  • Why Teach Military History? and How?
  • Study & Use of Military History (pdf)
  • History Institute for Teachers (FPRI)
       • Classroom Lessons From History Institutes
       • Tools of Statecraft: Diplomacy & War
       • Summaries of America's Wars, 1622-1919
          • Lesson Plan Portal
       • Summaries of America's Wars, 1920-Present
          • Lesson Plan Portal
  • History Animated (military history maps)
       • Am Rev  • Civil War  • WWII: Pacific
  • Combat Studies Institute Battle Maps (animated)
  • History News Network: Teaching History
  • US Commission on Military History
  • Why Military History Matters (Kagan, 2006)
  • Military History Trail (BBC)
  • Teaching Military History to a Wider Audience
  • Teaching About the US Home Front in WW II
  • Teaching the Vietnam War
  • Teaching the Next Generation About Vietnam
  • Warfare and the Teaching of History
  • Iraq, Grand Strategy & Mil History (Oct 04)  • Alt
  • Military History: Still Practicable (pdf)

  • Historical Ops in Contingencies & War (AFI 84-102)

  • History Departments Around the World
  • Military History Databases

  • Guide to Study & Use of Military History
       • Intro & TOC  • Ch. 1 & 2
       • Individual Chapters (scroll to "Guide to Study ...")
  • Keegan: A History of Warfare (review)
  • Definitions: • War   • Strategy
       • Military History  vs. History of War
  • War (van Creveld)
  • What is War?
  • Character of War (pdf)
  • The Role of War In Our Culture
  • Three Levels of War (pdf)
  • War: Instrument of National Policy (pdf)
  • Human Factors in War (pdf)
  • Do War and Morality Mix?
  • Theory of Just War
  • The Fog of War (Sorting Through History)
  • The Constancy of War (AUSA, pdf)
  • Center of Gravity in War (AUSA, pdf)
  • Geometry of War  • Figures
  • Emergence - Modern Naval Warfare
  • Strategic Questions w/o Answers (pdf)
  • Principles of War (Clauseweitz)
  • Principles of War & RMA
  • War as We Knew It (Air U, pdf)
  • Consequences of Modern War
       • (Post-WWII)
     • Future
  • Century of Power Projection (AUSA, pdf)
  • Ike Skelton's Reading List  • List
  • Weapons Quiz (BBC)  • Soldier Quiz
       • Weapons Through Time  • Home Front Quiz

    Miltary Quotations (internal link)

  • Copyright Resource
  • Standards: • US History  • World History
       • Historical Understanding
  • Formats: • Syllabus  • Assignments

  • Writing a Military History Paper
  • Essay Writing Tips (Livingston)

    What If ...
  • What If France Had Not Fallen in 1940?
  • What If Britain Had Made Peace With Hitler?
  • What If Japan Had Not Attacked Pearl Harbor?
  • Whay If Japan Had Won At Coral Sea? (pdf)
  • What If the British Hadn't Bombed Hamburg?
  • What If July 20 Bomb Plot Had Succeeded?
  • What If the Marines Had Bypassed Iwo Jima?
  • What If Hitler Had Won World War II?

  • Lesson Plans
  • American History AP Portal
       • American Revolution
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       • World War I
       • World War II
       • Beginnings of Cold War
       • Vietnam War (Assignment 2)
       • End of Cold War (Assignment 2)

  • Social Studies Help Center
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  • US History: Outlines & Charts (Feldmeth)
  • Online Lesson Plans (schoolhistory.co.uk)
       • Interactive History Games  • GCSE  • A-level
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
       • All Lesson Plans
  • War & Nat'l Security Strategy (UCSD)
       • US Foreign Policy  • Nat'l Security Strategy
       • War & Society
  • US Mil History (1607-1914, Grimsley, OSU)
       • Studies in American Millitary History
       • World War II
  • US Mil History Since 1898 (Livingston)
  • Sea Power History (NROTC, ppt)
  • War, Peace & Strategy
       • The Grammar of War
       • Crisis Management & Coercion
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       • Ends-Means in Strategy
       • Morality & War
       • Nuclear War: Concepts & Theory
       • Defining An Enemy; Meeting Threats
  • Intro: History of Military Art (NROTC)
       • V1: Course Overview  • V2: Lsn Guides
       • V3: Lsn Assignments  • PowerPoint Slides
  • War in Western Civil (syllabus)  • Outline
  • American Revolution (Livingston)
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  • Civil War Trivia & Quizes  • Battle Quiz
  • People's Century (PBS)  • Teacher's Guide
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  • Decision to Drop the Bomb
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  • Nuclear Wpns & the Modern Age (course; pdf)
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  •  • doc
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  • National Security Strategy (UCSD)

  • Weapons Technology (internal)     
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    Case Studies
  • Jt Military Ops Historical Collection
  • Cold War Case Study Notes (National Archives)


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  • The Study of War
  • War Studies Primer    • Slide Show of Course
  • WarHistorian.org
  • Reading List in Military History (OSU)
       • Military Historiography Bibliography
  • Dialogue in Military History (Grimsley)
  • War: What is it good for? (Mount Holyoke)
  • Study & Use of Military History (pdf)
  • Western Way of War (Princeton)
  • Dialogue in Military History (Grimsley, OSU)
       • Why Military History Matters (pdf)
  • US Military History, 1607-1914 (Grimsley, OSU)
  • College History Departments
  • History Channel Lesson Outlines
  • Teaching History on the Web (resources)
  • War & Rev in Western World (notes)
       • Images
  • Evolution of War (NROTC, syllabus)
  • Evolution of Warfare (U Ariz NROTC, ppt - 1 of 25)
  • Fasttrack to America's Past
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  • Joe Guilmartin  • More
       • Courses (1997, cached)
         • Battle of Britain
         • WW II Syllabus  • Workbook
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  • WarHistorian (Mark Grimsley)
         • Sample Syllabi
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       • World War I Timeline
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  • John Setear (Univ Va)  • Bookmarks
       • How We Get Into Wars

  • Military History Survey Courses
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  • American Mil History (Tn Tech-extensive)
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  • US Mil History (Army C&GSC)  • Handouts
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  • The Civil War (online course)
  • Civil War & Reconstruction (N Va CC)
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       • WW I  • WW II  • Cold War
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  • Comments on Militarism
  • War, Technology & Society (Wesleyan)
  • War & American Society (MIT)
  • Fr Revolution & Napoleonic Era (MIT)
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  • Military & War in America (SHSU course)  • Readings
       • Notes on American Military History 1914-1953
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  • Mil Revolution (Europe, 15th-18th C, SHSU)  • Earlier version
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  • Evolution of Warfare (NROTC)
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  • Civil War Course (N Va CC)
       • Lecture Outline, 1860-1862
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  • Society for Military Historians

  • Modern History Course
  • Moden European History Syllabus
       • Detailed Outlines  • Readings
  • US Wars (outlines, links)
  • Combat Experience in Vn (online course)
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  • Writing History  • Historiograhic Clues
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    The Legacy of War
  • Arlington National Cemetary
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  • History Resources
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       • History of Historiography
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  • History News Network  • Features
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  • Weaving History
  • Lectures on 20th Century Europe
  • World History KLMA (encyclopediatic !)
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  • History in 5 (world history tutorials)

  • Country Studies (Library of Congress)

  • Power Point Palooza (ppt lessons)
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  • Internet Modern History Source Book
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       • Maps  • World War I
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       • World War I
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  • AP European Civilization

  • Digital History   (American History e-Text)
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  • American History **** (ushistory.org)
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  • US History (by era)
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  • The Presidents' Children
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  • American Experience (PBS)
       • America 1900
       • War & Politics
       • Technology
  • 50 Key Documents in American History
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  • Teaching American History  • Documents
  • Resources for Historians
  • Multimedia Learning (US history media)
  • Eyewitness to History
  • History Matters (online resources)
  • U. S. History (CliffsNotes)

  • "We Didn't Start the Fire" (1950-1999 - video)

  • Democrary in America (Alexis DeTocqueville)  • TOC
  • History of the USA (e-book, 1904)
  • America in Quotations (Google book; WW I p. 175)
  • iChapters (history text previews)
  • The Enduring Vison (lecture slides)
       • Instructor Notes
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  • The American Promise
       • Chapter Summaries  • Maps  • Supplements
  • US History: Beginnings to 1914 (HRW)
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  • US History Maps (Fast Track Teaching)
  • Online Map Creation

  • Industrial Revolution (timeline)
       • Other events
  • Industrial Revolution (superportal)
       • History Guide
       • HistoryWiz
       • Two Views of the Industrial Revolution  • Alt
       • Modern History Sourcebook
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  • History of Engineering & Technology (Calvert)
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  • Online American History (textbook)
  • Household Encyclopedia of General Info (1881)

  • Dr. James B. Calvert Resources

  • Encyclopedia Britannica (1911)
  • Young Folks' Book of Invention (1925)
       • From Musket to Machine Gun

  • Online History Courses
  • War Studies Primer
  • History Hub: Textbooks for American Surveys
  • American History 102: Civil War to Present
  • American History (Academic American)
       • Colonial Era 1607-1763
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          • Overview
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  • History of Western Architecture
       • Roman Architecture

    Teaching From the Web
  • Evaluating Information Sources (portal)
       • Another
  • Educator's Guide to Credibility
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       • Another
  • Intro to Internet Searching (Crispen)
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  • Power Point Palooza (PPT lectures)

    Teaching On the Web
  • Instructional Strategies for Online Courses

    Teaching History
  • Why Study History
  • The History Guide (Steven Kreis)
       • What Is History?
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       • Resources (AHAP)
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    History Book Sources
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    News Sources
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    Expanded Aviation History Links
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    Multimedia Resources

  • MERLOT: Multimedia Learning Resources
  • MultiMedia Learning


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  • Video & Audio
  • American Experience (episode list)
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  • America in the 20th Century (video series)
       • Intro Video (1:58)
       • 100 Years of History in 2 Minutes
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  • Military Channel Top 10's (videos)
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  • The Authentic History Center
          (extensive audio & visual, all periods)

       • WW I  • WW II  • '46-'60  • '61-'73
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  • Video CDs, '40's & '50's
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       • Top 100 Speeches  • By Decade
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       • Songs of the Sea
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       • Lilli Marlene (words: English, German)  • Story
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  • Maritime Art  • More  • More  • More
       • National Maritime Museum (Greenwich, UK)
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       • US Army in Action series
       • US Soldiers (uniform artwork)
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       • Don Stivers (Civil War, Buffalo Soldiers)
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  • Aircraft & Equipment Models
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  • Saturday Evening Post Covers
       • Categories  • Norman Rockwell
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  • Life Magazine Covers
  • Newspaper Front Pages

    Operations Research
  • THe Simulation-Reality Mismatch (AF Mag)
  • The Question of What to Target (AF Mag)

  • Wargaming & Simulation  
  • Wargaming (Wikipedia)  • Miniature Wargaming
       • Timeline of Historical Miniature Wargaming

  • A Brief History of War Gaming
  • H. G. Wells and the History of Wargames
  • Impact of H. G. Well's Little Wars (1913)
       • Small Wars (e-book)
       • Floor Games (H. G. Wells, 1911 - e-book)
       • H. G. Wells and the Invention of Table Top Wargaming
  • Using Historical Miniatures to Teach History

  • History of the Board Game
  • Wargamer Magazine
  • Wargames Journal
  • Wargaming Awards (history of gaming)
  • Strategy & Tactics Magazine (index)
  • SPI Compendium
  • HexWar.com (SPI game demos)
       • User's Guides
  • Farewell to Hexes
  • Wargaming in Military Training (Today's Officer, Sum 05)
  • Use of Games in Education (portal)
  • Games Get Serious (Atomic Scientists - JulAug 06)
  • Wargame Maps

  • Toward a History Based Doctrine for Wargaming  • Alt
       • Aerospace Power Journal (Fall 2000, w/ references)  • pdf
  • Fundamentals of Wargaming
  • Military & Industrial Wargaming, Post-WWII to 1964
  • John Nash & Game Theory  • More
       • Nash Equilibrium
  • Wargaming at Naval War College, Interwar (pdf)
       • More
  • NWC: Professional Wargamers Guide (pdf)
       • Terminology
  • Gaming Nuclear War in '50s & '60s
  • Why Wargaming Works
  • Wargames, Simulations & Exercises (AWC portal)
       • Bibliography
  • Wargaming at USAF SOC
  • USMC Wargaming Center
  • Acquisition Warrior 1999 (pdf)

  • Iran War Game (Atlantic, Dec 04)
       • Update (May 06)
  • North Korea: War Game (Atlantic, Aug 05)  • Alt
  • Economic War Game (2009)



  • Computer-Modulated Wargame Rules
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       • Combat Effectiveness Comparisons (multi-era)
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  • Battle of Britain  • More (cached)
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       • Homepage ; • Features  • FAQs
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       • Demo Info  • Download (.exe file -- PC ONLY!)
  • Blitz Simulator (Rice Univ)
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       • Tactiques Napoléon
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       • Intro to Wargaming & How to Play NAW
       • Historical Note on Battle
  • Napoleon at Waterloo (electronic game)
  • Waterloo Interactive Game (BBC)
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  • Blitz Simulator (Rice Univ)
  • Battle of Britain  • Another
  • Battle of the Atlantic (convoy defense)  • More
       • Find U-505 (offensive tactics)
  • Pegasus Bridge (download game)  • Another
       • Fort Eben-Emael (1940)
  • Making History (WW II strategy)
  • WW II Game Downloads (free)
  • Game Downloads (free)
  • The Operational Art of War (WW II & later)
  • Global Conflict (online game)
  • Cold War Games (CNN)
  • Steel Panther (free)
  • LZ X-ray (Ia Drang Valley game)
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  • Pocket War (PC game)
  • America's Army (US Army game)  • Download
       • Wikipedia Notes  • Demos & Patches
  • Global Agenda (MIT simulation)



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